| Chazore said: Are they really the only manufacturer on the planet?. This is just getting silly now. I get "line must go up", but "price must go up" is just a nasty ass combo. Nvidia can afford that due to their endeavours, but what about AMD?. |
TSMC is to litography what Sony is to camera lenses or SpaceX to rockets, they're years ahead of the competition.
Besides, this will be bought 100% by Apple in the first two years or so. The initial libraries are usually not suitable for high-performance applications, so there will be no bidding wars for AMD or Nvidia to get involved in anyway.
| Chicho said: Canon says they can do the equivalent to a 5 nanometer process while being 10x cheaper. They also say that with updates to the same technology they will in the future do the equivalent to a 2 nanometer process. |
And nanoimprint lithography is even more years behind, Toshiba being the last unfortunate soul willing to take a go. The technical challenges are massive, so whatever Canon says isn't worth the paper they printed it on, no pun intended.
