zenithtreader t1_j0871ff wrote
Reply to comment by Leanardoe in Japan to Manufacture 2nm Chips With a Little Help From IBM by Avieshek
I mean in the article they said it is expected to be produced before the end of this decade. TSMC is already planning to mass produce 3nm next year in 2023, it is very likely they would have something akin to 2nm by 2025 or 2026, still years ahead.
The fact is Japan has not been competitive in cutting edge chip fab for more than a decade and this is not something you can simply catch up by throwing money at it.
kiwifuel t1_j08eoek wrote
Well, money buys all the things that drive progress. But time is another factor.
Yancy_Farnesworth t1_j09wcxt wrote
They're not starting from scratch. IBM demonstrated their 2nm process over a year and a half ago, they were the first to do so. They're at the stage where they're getting it from the lab to production.
IBM's not a newcomer to the fab business, they've just been mostly focused on producing their own chips for their own enterprise/datacenter equipment rather than mass market equipment. I'm betting that this partnership is IBM eyeing the fab-only business model; or looking to get themselves fabless like how AMD divested themselves of their fabs and spun off Global Foundries.
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