01-14-2021, 08:24 AM
https://www.extremetech.com/computing/31...d-7nm-node
Quote:According to Reuters, Intel intends to manufacture DG2 — its upcoming consumer graphics card — at TSMC, on an enhanced 7nm node that hasn’t even been named yet. TSMC has sold 7nm in three flavors — N7, N7P, and N7+. N7P was the original N7 node with additional performance enhancements, while N7+ introduced EUV lithography. The introduction of EUV was a major step all on its own. TSMC may have built a new 7nm node for its own purposes; the company occasionally introduces new variants of mature nodes. 7nm is still close enough to the leading edge to plausibly be refined in some fashion.
Alternately, Intel might have paid TSMC to implement a specific version of the node that suits its own goals. Reuters claims the node will be more advanced than Samsung’s 8N, which Nvidia tapped for Ampere.