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Re: TSMC's 2nm (N2) node and the 7 GHz target (Re: Creating a "European CMOS 2.0 Army")

From Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
Newsgroups sci.physics, sci.logic, sci.electronics.design
Subject Re: TSMC's 2nm (N2) node and the 7 GHz target (Re: Creating a "European CMOS 2.0 Army")
Date 2026-07-14 16:46 +0000
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>Mild Shock <janburse@fastmail.fm>wrote:
>>Hi,
>
>TSMC's 2nm (N2) node and the 7 GHz target
>represent a monumental milestone in silicon
>manufacturing, shifting away from legacy
>FinFETs to advanced Gate-All-Around (GAA)
>nanosheet transistors.
>
>This evolution allows chip designers—particularly
>in the PC and AI sectors—to push processor
>clock speeds previously thought impossible
>on standard nodes
>
>AMD confirms Zen 6 rollout for its July 22 AI event
>https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-confirms-zen-6-launches-in-less-than-two-weeks-starting-with-epyc-venice
>
>Production of the 6th Gen EPYC family is
>already ramping up. AMD says Venice is its
>first high-performance computing product
>manufactured using TSMC’s 2nm process
>technology.
>
>Bye
>
>Mild Shock schrieb:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> For marketing purposes people
>> typically look at the race towards
>> 2nm, and we find:
>> 
>> A month ago, Apple lost its exclusivity
>> on 3 nm smartphone processors with
>> MediaTek’s Dimensity 9400 chip, integrated
>> in the Vivo X200 Pro smartphone. Qualcomm
>> is also in the race with its recently
>> unveiled Snapdragon 8 Elite and set to
>> power the Xiaomi 15 Pro in 2025. However,
>> Apple should regain its position as innovation
>> leader in 2026 with the release of the
>> iPhone 18, which should feature the A20
>> chip built on TSMC’s 2 nm process."
>> 
>> But there is a vertical vias revolution
>> going on as well, some SOCs typically
>> being at 18 layers now:
>> 
>> Zooming Into a CPU (It's Incredible)
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bez-2cvYja0
>> 
>> imec has coined the term CMOS 2.0:
>> 
>> LEUVEN (Belgium), MARCH 12th, 2026 — Imec,
>> a world-leading research and innovation hub
>> in advanced semiconductor technologies, has
>> launched a first-of-its-kind consortium with
>> 26 European university groups that will jointly
>> work on the technology roadmap beyond
>> CMOS scaling (CMOS 2.0).
>> https://www.imec-int.com/en/press/imec-launches-university-consortium-around-next-generation-chips 
>> 
>> 
>> So we might see more mobile grade GPUs.
>> 
>> Bye

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TSMC's 2nm (N2) node and the 7 GHz target (Re: Creating a "European CMOS 2.0 Army") Mild Shock <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2026-07-14 14:12 +0200
  Re: TSMC's 2nm (N2) node and the 7 GHz target (Re: Creating a "European CMOS 2.0 Army") Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> - 2026-07-14 16:46 +0000
  pi-WAM is just like Laika3, the first Dog on Mars (Was: TSMC's 2nm (N2) node and the 7 GHz target) Mild Shock <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2026-07-15 18:10 +0200
    So memory bandwidth is no issue at all (Re: pi-WAM is just like Laika3, the first Dog on Mars) Mild Shock <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2026-07-15 18:37 +0200
      For iGPU which acts as a APU RAM is shared (Re: So memory bandwidth is no issue at all) Mild Shock <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2026-07-16 17:09 +0200
        Village Idiot wants 8088 back [Puting Troll] (Re: For iGPU which acts as a APU RAM is shared) Mild Shock <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2026-07-16 23:03 +0200
          VT100 25 x 80 terminal = 2000 Bytes (Re: Village Idiot wants 8088 back [Puting Troll]) Mild Shock <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2026-07-16 23:09 +0200

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