When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. TSMC's N2 (2nm-class) manufacturing technology promises to provide numerous advantages over ...
TSMC was charging chip designers $20,000 for each silicon wafer used to produce a 3nm chipset. Each wafer can produce 300 to 400 chips. At $30,000, the wafer used for 2nm production is 50% more ...
Furthermore, the estimated per-wafer cost presents a 50 percent increase over 3nm and a doubling over 4 or 5nm. Although prices will vary among TSMC's clients, they have come a long way from 2014 ...