TSMC 5nm and 3nm chip production reportedly all booked up

The lower the process node, the higher the number of transistors that can be used in a chip. The higher the number of transistors, the more powerful and energy-efficient a chip is. According to Moore’s Law, named for an observation made by Intel co-founder Gordon Moore in 1965 and revised in the 1970s, the number of transistors that fit into a square mm should double every other year bringing down the process node at the same time.

TSMC is reportedly working hard to produce 2022’s 3nm A16 Bionic chip for the iPhone 14 line by the second half of that year. Manufacturers not able to book orders with TSMC might have to consider working with Samsung Foundry. According to so-called experts, Samsung’s technology is inferior to TSMC’s, but companies like Qualcomm, which is using Samsung to manufacture the Snapdragon 888 SoC, might have no opportunity to book orders with TSMC.