Comment by hajile
TSMC started sampling N5 in 2019 and full production in 2020. This means the US finally has a 5-6 year old TSMC node in the US.
Hardly a big win.
TSMC started sampling N5 in 2019 and full production in 2020. This means the US finally has a 5-6 year old TSMC node in the US.
Hardly a big win.
The article says that the A16 processors being produced here are using the N4P process, and are referred to as both 5nm and 4nm, confusingly. But they are used in the iPhone 15 and 15 Plus which are still available.
Any de novo chip plant operation in the US seems like a big win. Machinery can change any day. Operational workforce is significant.