TSMC confirms 3nm tech for 2022, could enable epic 80 billion transistor GPUs

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www.pcgamer.com, Nov. 27, 2020 – 

Monster chip foundry TSMC has confirmed its 3nm production node is on track for full mass production in the second half of 2022, according to Chinese tech site ItHome (in Chinese). TSMC reckons its 3nm node will pack in somewhere north of 250 million transistors per square millimetre of silicon, making it at least two and half times more dense than Intel's latest 10nm node. In theory, TSMC's 3nm tech could enable a GPU three times more complex than AMD's new Radeon RX 6000 Series chips.

TSMC, of course, makes all of AMD's high performance Ryzen CPUs and Radeon GPUs. Until recently, it also produced Nvidia's top graphics chips, too. Advances like TSMC 3nm tech matter because they allow for more complex, faster computer chips. Like, you know, CPUs and GPUs.

Intel reckons its new 10nm process is good for around 100 million transistors per square millimetre, while TSMC's most refined 7nm process is rated at 113 million transistors per square millimetre.

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