TSMC trial production of 7 nanometer advanced process, is expected to achieve mass production in early 2018

According to the print media, after the successful production of 10 nanometer advanced process in the 4th quarter of 2016, starting from the first quarter of 2017, the global wafer manufacturing leader TSMC will officially test the 7nm advanced process and is expected to be officially in early 2018. Achieve the goal of mass production. In response, TSMC spokesman Sun Youwen said that since the company expects to hold a corporate briefing on January 12th, it will not comment on any related matters.

The report pointed out that thanks to TSMC's partner product sales growth, TSMC's Apple A10 Fusion application processor, NVIDIA Pascal architecture graphics chip, HiSilicon and MediaTek chips shipped strongly, in the first quarter of 2017 10 nanometer process TSMC's 1Q13 revenue is expected to remain at NT$230 billion in the first quarter of 2017.

Compared with Samsung, TSMC is the first to introduce the trial production stage of the 7-nm advanced process, and has successfully provided the wafer reticle sharing service at the initial stage of customer trial production. If all goes well, the customer's design will be accepted in the second quarter. The so-called tape out is the final step in the chip design process before the mass production of the chip, specifically, the process of completing the photomask of the chip and preparing it for transmission to the manufacturing facility. Therefore, in terms of progress, the relevant development process is very smooth.

TSMC trial production of 7 nanometer advanced process, is expected to achieve mass production in early 2018

According to the source's estimation by this process, more than 15 customers will prepare to use TSMC's 7-nm advanced process production chips in the future. Among them, Qualcomm, which is a Samsung customer at the 1x nm stage, is expected to return to TSMC's embrace in the future, using TSMC's production capacity to manufacture chips and processors.

In addition, according to sources, NVIDIA is currently planning to use TSMC's 7-nanometer process to produce artificial intelligence processors, while TSMC's A10X processor for Apple is expected to be used in the next-generation iPad Pro. In addition, Apple's A11 processor, TSMC will still get most of the orders.

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