TSMC postpones 3nm process plans by 4 months, at least

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gizchina.com, Mar. 31, 2020 – 

The total investment of TSMC's 3nm process is as high as 1.5 trillion Taiwan dollars, about 50 billion U.S. dollars. At least, at the moment, 20 billion U.S. dollars have been spent. The trial production was originally planned for June. But now it will be postponed to October.

After the semiconductor company enters the 10nm node, there are only three companies in the world capable of following up: Intel, TSMC, and Samsung. Among them, Samsung's 3nm process will shift to GAA surround gate transistor process. TSMC's 3nm is relatively conservative. The first generation also uses a FinFET process.

TSMC originally held a technical forum meeting in April to reveal the plan of the 3nm process. But due to the impact of the epidemic, it has now been postponed to the end of August.

In addition, the trial production plan for the 3nm process may also be postponed. The original trial production was planned for June. However, due to the spread of the latest epidemic, semiconductor equipment, and installers could not be completed on time.

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