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Re:Intel Ponte Vecchio GPU Will Be Made on TSMC 6nm Process,... by agloeregrets on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @08:18AM (#23974923)
The world-wide PC market including Intel and AMD totaled about 290 million units last year. 190 million of them were laptops.

Apple sold about 200 million iPhones, 70 million iPads and 60 million Apple Watches (and not including other A-series devices such as T2 chips, Apple TV, or HomePod) All of these are split among TSMC’s 10nm and 7nm parts. So it’s fair to say that TSMC with investment in fabs can work on that scale. I’m intrigued that Intel would be chasing the low cost 6nm however.

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Re:Intel Ponte Vecchio GPU Will Be Made on TSMC 6nm Process,... by gsnedders on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @04:10PM (#23980125)
> I’m intrigued that Intel would be chasing the low cost 6nm however.

My guess would very much be availability of delivery dates; I would be unsurprised if the first couple years of 5nm was largely sold out, and provided you can deal with the lower density 6nm (which is, after all, primarily just an incremental 7nm improvement with the same design rules, etc.) it allows them to bring it to market sooner.

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