A new report has revealed that the much sought after 5nm process from TSMC has been majorly divided between 8 major customers. This includes Apple, Qualcomm, AMD, NVIDIA, MediaTek, Intel, Bitmain, and Altera.
Apple has a strong demand for the new 5nm process for its upcoming A14 and A14X Bionic chips and MacBook processors. At the moment, it is estimated that the company had ordered 40,000 to 45,000 5nm process capacity in the first quarter of 2020. Furthermore, Qualcomm is also stepping into 5nm chips with its next flagship Snapdragon 875 processors. Similarly, MediaTek is also planning on launching the next generation of its Dimensity chips, which will start production in Q4 2020.
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TSMC is the world’s largest contract chipmaker and semiconductor foundry. It is one of the first to transition to the 5nm process and is also working on the smaller 3nm process as well. Notably, the 5nm process orders that Samsung had received from Qualcomm has been reportedly lost to TSMC. This marks another loss for the South Korean tech giant which has been trying to catch up to the Taiwanese firm.
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