Allen
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Joined: Oct 1999
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TSMC’s 7nm tech is on track
...Volume production of 7nm is planned for 2018..
.. expects to ramp its 5nm process, which will also target mobile products and high-performance computing, in 2019...
5nm is some folks "theoretical minimum size" for Silicon. So, they are trying to get there. I have always ass-u-me-d, that whatever the theoretical minimum, some bright team will figure out how to beat it -- so, maybe 3nm is the true minimum?? At least until they get to 3nm - then shoot for 2nm
As noted previously, AMD is apparently skipping 10nm for CPU and GPU and jumping down to 7nm -- presumably to play catch up with Intel. Articles like these "give hope" to the AMD masses
