Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will begin mass production of Huawei HiSilicon Kirin 985 mobile processors by the end of this quarter, according to DigiTimes.
Information about the preparation of the Kirin 985 chip for powerful smartphones has already been in the Internet. This product will be an improved version of the Kirin 980 processor, which combines eight processing cores with a clock speed of up to 2,6 GHz and an ARM Mali-G76 graphics accelerator.
In the manufacture of the Kirin 985 chip, standards of 7 nanometers and photolithography in deep ultraviolet (EUV, Extreme Ultraviolet Light) will be used. The corresponding process technology at TSMC is designated N7+.
The first smartphones based on the Kirin 985 platform, apparently, will debut no earlier than the third quarter.
It is also noted that TSMC will soon introduce an improved N7 + technology, which will be called N7 Pro. It is planned to be used in the manufacture of A13 processors by order of Apple. These chips will form the basis of the new generation of iPhones.
In addition, the resource DigiTimes adds that TSMC may organize mass production of 5nm products at the end of this or early next year.
Source: 3dnews.ru