Njengoba wazi, i-Samsung ingenye yabakhiqizi abakhulu be-chip emhlabeni. Kodwa ngokuyinhloko kungenxa yokubusa kwayo ngokuphelele emakethe yenkumbulo. Futhi yenza ama-chips wangokwezifiso ezinkampanini ezifana ne-NVIDIA, Apple noma i-Qualcomm, engenazo imigqa yazo yokukhiqiza. Futhi kule ndawo angathanda ukuqinisa isikhundla sakhe esikhathini esizayo esiseduze futhi okungenani asondele kumkhiqizi we-chip wenkontileka omkhulu kunawo wonke emhlabeni, i-TSMC. Bekumele abekele eceleni amadola ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyi-116 (cishe imiqhele eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-2,6) ukuze enze lokhu.
AbakwaSamsung basanda kutshala izinsizakusebenza eziningi ukuze bahlangane ne-TSMC emkhakheni wokukhiqiza ama-chip enkontileka. Kodwa-ke, isasele kakhulu ngemuva kwakhe - i-TSMC ibambe ngaphezu kwengxenye yemakethe ngonyaka odlule, kanti umdondoshiya wezobuchwepheshe waseNingizimu Korea kwadingeka ukuthi athole amaphesenti angu-18.
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Kodwa-ke, uhlose ukukushintsha lokho futhi unqume ukutshala ama-dollar ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-116 ebhizinisini le-chip yesizukulwane esilandelayo futhi, uma kungenjalo adlule i-TSMC, okungenani abambe. Ngokusho kweBloomberg, abakwaSamsung bahlela ukuqala ukukhiqizwa kwama-chips ngobuningi ngokususelwa kunqubo ye-2022nm ngo-3.
I-TSMC ilindele ukuthi ikwazi ukunikeza ama-chips angu-3nm kumakhasimende ayo engxenyeni yesibili yonyaka ozayo, cishe ngesikhathi esifanayo ne-Samsung. Nokho, bobabili bafuna ukusebenzisa ubuchwepheshe obuhlukene ekukhiqizeni kwabo. AbakwaSamsung kufanele basebenzise kubo ubuchwepheshe obunesikhathi eside buthuthukisiwe obubizwa nge-Gate-All-Around (GAA), lokho, ngokusho kwabaningi ababukele, obungaguqula imboni. Lokhu kungenxa yokuthi inika amandla ukugeleza okunembe kakhudlwana kwamanje kuwo wonke amashaneli, inciphisa ukusetshenziswa kwamandla futhi inciphisa indawo ye-chip.
I-TSMC ibonakala ibambelela kubuchwepheshe obufakazelwe be-FinFet. Kulindeleke ukuthi kusetshenziswe ubuchwepheshe be-GAA ukukhiqiza ama-chips angu-2024nm ngo-2, kodwa ngokusho kwabanye abahlaziyi kungase kube ekuqaleni kwengxenye yesibili yonyaka odlule.
