EUV solves the bottleneck of the existing development technology through high-energy, short-wavelength light source, and is the key equipment for the development of advanced processes. A time-consuming price of 100 million euros and the introduction of EUV mass production by wafer foundries is regarded as technology by the industry. The key to leading.
TSMC will lead the group next year, and will be the first to introduce EUV mass production, which means that once again, Intel, Samsung and other rivals will be able to stand up.
Wei Zhejia, chairman of TSMC, confirmed that TSMC's 7-nanometer enhanced version (7+) will be mass-produced in the second quarter of next year. It is the world's first wafer foundry to use EUV to produce chips for customers.
Earlier, Samsung announced that it had obtained orders for some of Apple's processors, and claimed to be the first semiconductor factory in the world to introduce EUV mass production at 7 nanometers. Wei Zhejia's statement is equal to Samsung, indicating that TSMC's technology is much higher than its peers, highlighting TSMC's Advanced processes have won the trust of global chip manufacturers.
Wei Zhejia is not willing to disclose the first batch of EUV equipment mass production customers, emphasizing that there are multiple products introduced into the 7+ FFT advanced process will be mass production. It is reported that TSMC will apply EUV to the 5 nanometer process of mass production in 2020, and began to apply 3 nanometer process technology development, industry expectations, TSMC 挟 EUV leading mass production advantages, will sweep 5G, AI and other orders.