AMD is one of the first customers of TSMC's 2nm, and the firm declared the Taiwan giant the winner in the 2nm race.
  • Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
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    13 days ago

    It seems all of the major chip designers want a second source option to TSMC, but the alternatives (Samsung, Intel) are simply not viable for leading edge semiconductors.

    • SynonymousStoat@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      13 days ago

      I don’t even know what we should do at this point. I feel like the only way to get another real player at the same level of TSMC is to dump an insane amount of money into the problem, but even that’s not guaranteed to work. Also, by the time you catch up to TSMC, they’ll probably drop some new tech and leave you in the dust again.

      • Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
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        13 days ago

        The barriers to entry (even if you have a large amount of capital are simply too high).

        That being said, Intel was the undisputed leader of semiconductor fabrication for over a decade before TSMC took the lead.