Anti-blocking Samsung? TSMC announces 6nm process technology

  TSMC and Samsung, the world's two largest wafer fabrication companies, are racing to become more competitive in advanced process technology. Following the successful development of Samsung's 5nm EUV process on the 16th, and the mass production of 6nm this year, TSMC also announced the introduction of 6nm (N6) process technology in the evening, and is expected to enter the trial production in the first quarter of 2020.

TSMC said that N6 process technology will significantly strengthen the current industry-leading 7 nanometer (N7) technology, helping customers to achieve a high degree of competitiveness between performance and cost, while achieving the goal of accelerating time to market by direct transfer of N7 technology design. .

Zhang Xiaoqiang, deputy general manager of TSMC Business Development, said that N6 technology will continue to be more than the current N7.

Leading position to provide customers with higher efficiency and cost effectiveness. The strengthening of this process technology is based on the success of TSMC's 7-nanometer technology. "We are confident that our customers can quickly acquire higher products from this new technology through today's complete design ecosystem. value".

TSMC further stated that the N6 technology logic density increased by 18% compared with N7 technology by the new capability of the 7nm nanometer version (N7+) in the current trial production using NUV lithography; and the design rule of N6 technology and the company passed The tested N7 technology is fully compatible, enabling the 7nm complete design ecosystem to be reused. As a result, the N6 provides customers with a seamless upgrade path with a fast design cycle and the use of very limited engineering resources to support customers in adopting this new technology to achieve product benefits.

TSMC pointed out that N6 technology is expected to enter trial production in the first quarter of 2020, providing customers with more cost-effective advantages, and continuing the leading position of the 7-nanometer family in power consumption and performance, supporting a variety of product applications, including high-end To mid-range mobile products, consumer applications, artificial intelligence, Netcom, 5G infrastructure, graphics processors, and high-performance computing.