Samsung started producing 3nm chips, ahead of TSMC in this new energy-efficient manufacturing process.
Samsung claims that the new manufacturing process is 45% more energy efficient than its previous 5nm process, It has 23% more performance and 16% less surface area.
In the future, it expects its second-generation 3nm process to be able to reduce power consumption and size by 50% and 35%, respectively, and increase performance by 30%.
The announcement is key in Samsung’s efforts to compete with TSMC, which dominates the contract chip production market and is the maker of Apple’s chips for its iPhones, iPads, MacBooks and Macs.
Samsung says the chips will initially be produced for “high-performance, low-power” computing applications. but it is expected that they will eventually reach cell phones.
TSMC’s 3nm process is expected to go into production later this year