NEWS
To maintain and strengthen TSMC’s technology leadership, the Company plans to continue investing heavily in R&D. For advanced CMOS logic, the Company’s 3nm and 2nm CMOS nodes continue to progress in the pipeline. In addition, the Company’s reinforced exploratory R&D work is focused on beyond-2nm node and on areas such as 3D transistors, new memory and low-R interconnect, which are on track to establish a solid foundation to feed into technology platforms.
以上一段是摘自台积电官网的未来研发计划,从这段描述中可以看出,台积电剑指2nm,甚至更先进的工艺。在逼近物理极限的情况下,新工艺研发的难度以及人力和资金的投入,也是呈指数级攀升。在如此艰难的背景下,台积电的底气何在?我认为有如下三点:
当前的先进工艺节点只是商业代号,而非Gate Length或Half-Pitch
雄厚的资金及资源加持
2025年?三星也可以!
为什么要追求先进工艺?