Comment by chasil
2 months ago
Intel still knows 14nm quite well, and would likely sell access to the line if asked.
If Taiwan ceased to exist, that would put us a decade back.
2 months ago
Intel still knows 14nm quite well, and would likely sell access to the line if asked.
If Taiwan ceased to exist, that would put us a decade back.
Samsung is just tiny bit behind TSMC.
The gap isn't a decade, more like 12-18 months.
Also, TSMC has 5nm production in the US. There are actual people with know how of this process in the US.
All of their photolithography equipment is manufactured in the Netherlands by ASML
https://www.asml.com/en
Other companies are using the same equipment (Samsung and Intel) but TSMC has deeper expertise and got more out of the same equipment so far.