A new tip from a known Weibo leakster, a Chinese microblogging website, has revealed that TSMC has secured orders for the production of 5nm and 6nm chips from Qualcomm.
According to @数码闲聊站, the world’s largest contract chip maker, TSMC already has its 5nm and 6nm processes at maximum capacity, but Qualcomm has still managed to secure its orders with the firm. The tipster also added that new platforms made in these advanced processes will be launched within the second half of this year. These chips are expected to be a part of the American mobile chip maker’s mid to high segment processors for smartphones.
Notably, Qualcomm’s financial report also saw the company register earnings that were lower than what was previously estimated, which was due to Samsung‘s issues with production capacity. Thus, it would make sense that the firm would consider moving to TSMC over Samsung for its new orders. The news also arrives as TSMC is preparing to move to its latest 3nm processes.
The 3nm process would be the firm’s most advanced line and would be the first chip maker to make the shift to this process. Reportedly, trial production of this process is already progressing steadily, with risk production beginning sometime in March, while commercial production to follow soon. So stay tuned for more, as we will be providing updates when additional information is available regarding the matter.
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