‘Better Yield on 5nm Than 7nm’: TSMC Update on Defect Rates for N5

Re:‘Better Yield on 5nm Than 7nm’: TSMC Update on Defect Rat... by newsclues on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @10:58AM (#24271972)

I think Taiwanese engineers rather work for Apple in the USA than for the State owned companies in mainland China.

They have the money and can attract the talent

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Re:‘Better Yield on 5nm Than 7nm’: TSMC Update on Defect Rat... by radicaldreamer on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @11:15AM (#24272197)

TSMC is already a major Apple partner, Apple had no reason to start a talent war here. Remember, Apple squeezes suppliers and labor (wage fixing from the Steve Jobs days).

They only build their own stuff when they see a competitive advantage to doing so — when IBM stopped delivering on chip efficiency or when Intel’s chips started stagnating.

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Re:‘Better Yield on 5nm Than 7nm’: TSMC Update on Defect Rat... by baybal2 on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @01:08PM (#24273513)

TSMC is known to be very selective with cadres. People who are given "keys to the kingdom" are selected among all things upon loyalty. Take a look on their number of GMs, and VPs with 10+ years of work at TSMC. At the highest levels, TSMC kind of stops being a company, and starts looking like a fraternity.

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