TSMC is one of the world’s leading silicon manufacturers and acts as one of three companies that currently produce “state-of-the-art” transistors.
They expect the 7 nm node to account for 20% of TSMC’s earnings in 2019
In its fourth quarter financial statements, TSMC confirmed that its 7nm node in 2018 accounted for nearly 10% of the company’s revenue, with up to 23% of revenue in the fourth quarter, exceeding all other nodes it currently produces. In 2019, TSMC expects 7 nm to account for more than 20% of annual results.
AMD is one of the first in the PC industry to use the new 7nm node to develop its Vega chips, which are used in the latest Radeon Instinct series graphics cards for in-depth learning and in the Radeon VII GPU for gaming. AMD also expects the third generation of Ryzen and EPYC second generation processors, which will also use the 7 nm node, to be launched in mid-2019.
TSMC benefits from GlobalFoundries’ decision to abandon 7 nm manufacturing due to high costs. So all those planning to use this equipment had to switch to TSMC, including AMD.
The manufacturer already has plans to start producing 5 nm nodes by 2020, which shows that they are one step ahead of any other modern silicon manufacturer.