Apple, NVIDIA, and Qualcomm Get First Dibs on TSMC’s 3-Nanometer Process

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Apple, NVIDIA, and Qualcomm are going to be some of the first companies to benefit from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company’s new cutting-edge 3-nm process. The news stems from a report by the South China Morning Post, which confirms that the technology will enter risk production sometime this year for next-generation devices.



“Risk production means TSMC has developed basic production formulas and the process has passed reliability tests,” the South China Morning Post explained. “The 3-nanometre process will enter volume production in 2022, a TSMC spokeswoman said, followed by the roll-out of a 2-nanometre process on an undisclosed schedule.”



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