TSMC
Proper noun
Meaning
TSMC
Initialism of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.
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Examples
Apple relies on partner TSMC, or Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, to actually manufacture these custom-made processors.
AMD will be taking a big leap with Zen 4 as it will be using the 5nm node from TSMC, and then on top of that supporting both DDR5 and PCIe 5.0 stnadards.
Both countries buy them from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, TSMC, Interestingly, the Taiwanese are genetically and culturally Chinese.
For those keeping score, Navi 2X is still based on the 7nm process node, while Navi 3X will be using an "advanced node", which we assume means either 7nm+ or 5nm depending on what TSMC can offer the company at the time.
"Our second-quarter business was sequentially flat, as the continued 5G infrastructure deployment and HPC-related product launches offset weaknesses in other platforms," said Wendell Huang, VP and Chief Financial Officer of TSMC.
However, Moore’s Law has begun to slow down, which implies that giants like TSMC and Qualcomm won’t be able to move forward so fast.