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TSMC 7nm trials start next year

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Fred Chen

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Watch out Intel and Samsung: TSMC is gearing up for 7nm processing with trial production
http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20160418PD206.html

TSMC to launch 7nm trial production in 1H17
Julian Ho, Taipei; Jessie Shen, DIGITIMES [Tuesday 19 April 2016]
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is scheduled to launch 7nm trial production in the first half of 2017, company chairman Morris Chang said in a report sent to TSMC's shareholders.
At TSMC's investors meeting on April 14, company co-CEO Mark Liu mentioned that more than 20 customers are already engaged with the foundry on its 7nm process technology, and TSMC expects to have 15 customer tape-outs in 2017.
TSMC is scheduled to move its 7nm process technology to volume production in the first half of 2018, according to Liu.
TSMC's 7nm technology leverages 95% the same equipment as 10nm, said Liu, adding that the company is "well on track" with its 7nm development. "N7 is a further extension of N10 technology, with more than 60% in logic density gain and 30% to 40% reduction in power consumption," Liu indicated.
TSMC's 7nm node technology will target production for both mobile and high-performance computing applications, while its 10nm focuses mainly on mobile devices. TSMC has received its customer 10nm tape-outs since the first quarter, and expects more tape-outs in the following quarters, Liu noted. "Sizeable demand" for 10nm will start in the second quarter of 2017, Liu said.
 
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I was just briefed on Samsung 10nm and 7nm. I will post something tomorrow. It is a serious departure from what TSMC is doing. Exciting times in the fabless semiconductor industry, absolutely!
 
bartoni said:
Here's what Anandtech just posted on this: Samsung Foundry Updates: 7nm EUV, 1LPP, and 14LPC
Click to expand...

There is a link at the bottom of the article, which goes to the Samsung interview source: A Look at Samsung Foundry’s Business Strategy, Manufacturing Excellence and Advanced Technology Updates - Voices@SamsungSemiconductorVoices@SamsungSemiconductor

Although it looked from the title like they were going for EUV at 7nm, it doesn't appear so in the exchange:
[FONT=samsung_interfaceregular]Low: Will EUV be ready at 7nm?[/FONT]
[FONT=samsung_interfaceregular]B. Suh: We are reviewing the possibility of EUV adoption very carefully and readiness for mass production will be determined accordingly.

[/FONT][FONT=samsung_interfaceregular]Low: What specific updates has Samsung Foundry made to its current process technology roadmap?[/FONT]
[FONT=samsung_interfaceregular]B. Suh: 2016 is really an exciting year for our foundry business. We announced key updates below to our process technology roadmap:[/FONT]

  • 28nm: addition of RF and eNVM technology to our 28FDS baseline. RF will be available this year and eNVM will be rolled out in phases in 2017 and 2018
  • 14nm: 3rd generation 14LPC offering which provides a lower cost option, without design rule changes or performance sacrifice. To enable connectivity features, we are also introducing RF add-on to 14LPC this year. We have also expanded solutions on our 14nm FinFET to cover product applications in the Networking/Server and Automotive segments
  • 10nm: 2nd generation 10nm with higher performance over 10LPE will be introduced. We call this 10LPP. 10LPP will come with 10% speed boost, maintaining design results with 10LPE
  • 7nm: we have already begun work on our cost optimized 7LPP node which comes with very competitive PPA scaling.
  • 8” matured node: keeping in mind there are still ample of new designs and applications that can take advantage of 8in technology, we are opening up our differentiated 8in technologies ranging from 180nm to 65nm, covering eFlash, Power devices, Image sensors and High voltage processes
 
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