Semiconductor maker TSMC анонсировал an updated process for manufacturing chips, N5A, designed to enable artificial intelligence in autonomous vehicles. The product was unveiled at the Technology Symposium.
The company said that N5A will enable cars to deploy the same technologies as those used in supercomputers. The process will deliver energy efficiency, performance and transistor density, as with N5.
According to the manufacturer, the process meets the strict AEC-Q100 Grade 2 requirements, as well as automotive industry quality and safety standards.
N5A is scheduled to launch in the third quarter of 2021.
TSMC also noted that it will begin ramping the 4-nm process in the second half of 2021, with 3-nm to follow in 2022.
The N3 process will be the company’s most advanced technology in 2022. Chips built on it will deliver a 15% speed boost, a 30% reduction in power consumption and a 70% increase in transistor density.
Earlier in May 2021, TSMC announced a breakthrough in the development of 1-nanometer chips.
The company ARM introduced the first processors on the v9 architecture, delivering gains in machine learning computations.
In early May IBM announced a 2-nanometer process for chip fabrication, enabling higher processor performance and energy efficiency.
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