@foggyhill Yes, it is more an economics issues rather then Limit. The iPhone alone means 200M+ of SoC Per year on latest node. That is more then Intel ship on Desktop + Laptop on 14nm.
@Herbivore2 ; TSMC doesn't want to skip 10nm per se. They think of it as a stepping stone to 7nm. Much like how 20nm and 16nm played out, 20nm was the first half of the work, 16nm, was the 2nd half of the work.
TSMC 10nm is properly roughly equal to Intel's 14nm. TSMC 7nm will be the long node, with multiple iteration to follow. It wont be TSMC's 5nm before they are roughly on the same tech level.
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Yes, it is more an economics issues rather then Limit. The iPhone alone means 200M+ of SoC Per year on latest node. That is more then Intel ship on Desktop + Laptop on 14nm.
@Herbivore2 ;
TSMC doesn't want to skip 10nm per se. They think of it as a stepping stone to 7nm. Much like how 20nm and 16nm played out, 20nm was the first half of the work, 16nm, was the 2nd half of the work.
TSMC 10nm is properly roughly equal to Intel's 14nm. TSMC 7nm will be the long node, with multiple iteration to follow. It wont be TSMC's 5nm before they are roughly on the same tech level.