TSMC to begin 3nm chip production next month

Re:TSMC to begin 3nm chip production next month by arroz on Thursday August 18, 2022 @10:39AM (#32510313)

TSMC would exist without apple, it just would be way less relevant

TSMC started becoming relevant because apple switched from Samsung to TSMC way back in in the second iPhone if I am not mistaken

They started getting a lot of cash and investing it back in RnD, and with time got to where they are now, leading the industry by far with only Samsung capable of providing somewhat competing technology but with much smaller market share

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Re:TSMC to begin 3nm chip production next month by smoldesu on Thursday August 18, 2022 @10:42AM (#32510351)

I think that's total conjecture, they were very competitive long before they started catering to $PHONECO: https://www.tsmc.com/english/dedicatedFoundry/technology/log...

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Re:TSMC to begin 3nm chip production next month by klelatti on Thursday August 18, 2022 @11:11AM (#32510776)

Competitive but not the leader in logic. And don't forget that TSMC's advances have helped AMD to complete with Intel.

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Re:TSMC to begin 3nm chip production next month by MikusR on Friday August 19, 2022 @12:00AM (#32517461)

iPhone 6 was the first with soc made at TSMC. iPhone 4 was the first with apple designed soc, but still made at Samsung.

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