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Re:‘Better Yield on 5nm Than 7nm’: TSMC Update on Defect Rat... by nabla9 on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @11:08AM (#24272108)
Large volume manufacturing deals are negotiated sometimes years before, TSMC had no idea how much demand there was or how badly Intel fails when AMD, NVDA and Apple bought the capacity.

New GIGAFAB takes time to build.

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Re:‘Better Yield on 5nm Than 7nm’: TSMC Update on Defect Rat... by IanCutress on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @12:45PM (#24273253)
From breaking ground, about 20 months according to TSMC for Fab18 to build and install. Then another 9 or so to HVM
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