TSMC Update: 2 NM Chips In Development -- October 17, 2021

Link to April 26, 2021, update. TSMC update: 2nm in development, 3nm and 4nm on track for 2022. 

TSMC was the first company to start high volume manufacturing (HVM) of chips using its N5 (5 nm) process technology in mid-2020.

Initially, the node was used solely for TSMC's alpha customers — Apple and HiSilicon. Shipments to the latter ceased on September 14, which left all of the leading-edge capacity to Apple.

By now, more customers are ready with their N5 designs, so the adoption of this node is growing. Meanwhile, TSMC says more customers are planning to use N5 family of technologies (including N5, N5P, and N4) than it expected just several months ago.

For blog entry noting this development, see this link.

Semiconductor chips are tracked at this post at the blog. 

I don't know how thick the average Pringles chip is but traditional potato chips are made by slcing raw potatoes into pieces that are between 0.035 and 0.070 inches thick.

0.050 inch = 1,270,000 nm. 

Keywords: Pringles, TSMC, OMG.