TSMC svondo rino kugona nhanho nyowani ye lithographic tekinoroji, yakasarudzwa N6. Kuburitswa kwenhau kwakataura kuti iyi nhanho yelithography ichaunzwa padanho rekugadzira njodzi nekota yekutanga ye2020, asi chete zvinyorwa zvekota TSMC yekubika musangano yakaita kuti zvikwanise kudzidza ruzivo rutsva nezve nguva yekuvandudzwa kweiyo inonzi 6-nm tekinoroji.
Zvinofanira kurangarirwa kuti TSMC yave kutogadzira akawanda-akawanda e7-nm zvigadzirwa - mukota yekupedzisira vakaumba 22% yemari yekambani. Zvinoenderana nekufungidzira kweTSMC manejimendi, gore rino iyo N7 neN7 + tekinoroji maitiro achaita ingangoita 25% yemari. Chizvarwa chechipiri che7nm process technology (N7+) inosanganisira kuwedzera kushandiswa kweultra-hard ultraviolet (EUV) lithography. Panguva imwecheteyo, sekusimbisa kwevamiriri veTSMC, chaive chiitiko chakawanikwa panguva yekuitwa kweN7 + tekinoroji maitiro akabvumira kambani kupa vatengi iyo N6 technical process, iyo inotevera zvizere N7 dhizaini ecosystem. Izvi zvinobvumira vanogadzira kuchinja kubva kuN7 kana N7+ kuenda kuN6 munguva pfupi-pfupi inobvira uye nemari shoma yezvinhu. CEO CC Wei akatoratidza chivimbo pamusangano wekota kuti vatengi vese veTSMC vanoshandisa iyo 7nm maitiro vachachinja kune 6nm tekinoroji. Pakutanga, mune imwe mamiriro akafanana, akataura nezve kugadzirira kwe "vanenge vese" vashandisi veTSMC's 7nm process tekinoroji kutamira kune 5nm process tekinoroji.
Zvingave zvakakodzera kutsanangura zvakanakira iyo 5nm process tekinoroji (N5) yakagadzirwa neTSMC inopa. Sezvo Xi Xi Wei akabvuma, maererano nehupenyu hwehupenyu, N5 ichava imwe ye "nguva refu" munhoroondo yekambani. Panguva imwecheteyo, kubva pakuona kwemugadziri, ichasiyana zvakanyanya kubva ku6-nm process teknolojia, saka kuchinja kune 5-nm maitiro ekugadzirisa zvinoda kushanda nesimba. Semuenzaniso, kana 6nm process tekinoroji inopa 7% kuwedzera kwe transistor density kana ichienzaniswa ne18nm, ipapo musiyano pakati pe7nm ne5nm uchasvika pa80%. Kune rumwe rutivi, kuwedzera kwe transistor speed hakuzopfuuri 15%, saka iyo thesis pamusoro pekuderedza chiito che "mutemo waMoore" inosimbiswa munyaya iyi.
Zvese izvi hazvitadzise mukuru weTSMC kutaura kuti tekinoroji yeN5 ichave "inonyanya kukwikwidza muindasitiri." Nerubatsiro rwayo, kambani haitarisiri chete kuwedzera chikamu chayo chemusika muzvikamu zviripo, asiwo kukwezva vatengi vatsva. Muchirevo chekuziva iyo 5nm process tekinoroji, tarisiro yakakosha inoiswa pane chikamu chemhinduro dzepamusoro-performance computing (HPC). Ikozvino inoverengera isingapfuure makumi maviri nepfumbamwe muzana yemari yeTSMC, uye 29% yemari inobva kuzvikamu zvemafoni. Nekufamba kwenguva, chikamu chechikamu cheHPC chinofanirwa kuwedzera, kunyangwe vanogadzira ma processors emafoni efoni vachange vachida kubata mitsva ye lithographic. Kuvandudzwa kwe47G chizvarwa network kuchavawo chimwe chezvikonzero zvekukura kwemari mumakore anotevera, kambani inotenda.
Pakupedzisira, CEO weTSMC akasimbisa kutanga kwekugadzirwa kweserial uchishandisa iyo N7+ process tekinoroji uchishandisa EUV lithography. Chiyero chegoho chezvigadzirwa zvakakodzera uchishandisa iyi tekinoroji inofananidzwa neyekutanga chizvarwa 7nm tekinoroji. Kuunzwa kweEUV, sekureva kwaXi Xi Wei, haigone kupa hupfumi hwekudzoka - nepo mitengo yakakwira, asi kana kugadzirwa "kwawedzera", mutengo wekugadzira unotanga kudzikira pamwero wakafanana nemakore achangopfuura.
Source: 3dnews.ru