It is said that a digital blogger from Taiwan’s chip industry chain said that TSMC has decided to abandon the N3 process internally, because almost no customers are willing to use it, including Apple, and the development direction will turn to the N3E process that will be mass-produced in the second half of 2023. Allegedly, N3 costs much, but N3E is more cost-effective.
The news said that TSMC decided to give up the N3 process, because the cost is too high, even Apple is not willing to use it
TSMC introduced information about future advanced processes at the 2022 technical seminar. The N3 process will be mass-produced in 2022, followed by N3E, N3P, N3X, etc., and the N2 (2nm) process will be mass-produced in 2025.
The news said that TSMC decided to give up the N3 process, because the cost is too high, even Apple is not willing to use it
From the previous planning point of view, after the completion of technology research and development and trial production of TSMC’s 3nm (N3) process, it is expected that the number of film production in the second half of the third quarter will start to increase significantly, and the monthly film production volume in the fourth quarter will reach the level of thousands of pieces, and it will begin to enter the market. The mass production stage; while the N3E process will enter mass production in the second half of 2023, Apple and Intel will be the two major customers.
