| ▲ | alberth 4 days ago |
| > N2 is shaping up to be TSMC's most important node since N7 Is it? N2, from an energy & perf improvement seems on par with any generation node update. N2:N3 N3:N5 N5:N7
Power ~30% ~30% ~30%
Perf ~15% ~15% ~15%
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/tsmc-reveals-2nm-fabricati... |
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| ▲ | aurareturn 4 days ago | parent [-] |
| Yes. It has more tape outs at this stage of development than both N5 or N3. It’s wildly popular for chip designers it seems. |
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| ▲ | alberth 3 days ago | parent [-] | | I thought Apple gets exclusive access to the latest node for the first 1-2 years. Is that not the case? | | |
| ▲ | aurareturn 3 days ago | parent [-] | | No. That's not the case. Maybe for a few months only. | | |
| ▲ | alberth 3 days ago | parent [-] | | Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't TSMC launch N3 in 2022, and still only Apple uses this latest/smallest node. Both AMD and NVIDIA are using N4. | | |
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