President of TSMC: 3nm customers are more than expected

Taiwan's "Economic Daily" january 14 news, TSMC president Wei Zhejia said on the 13th that 3 nanometers is expected to be in the second half of 2022 mass production schedule unchanged, more customers than expected, at the same time, also observed 3 nanometers than 5 nanometers mass production in the first year of more new product design finalization. In addition, the N4X of the 5-nanometer family is expected to be trial-produced in the first half of 2023, and the N3E of the 3-nanometer family will be mass-produced in 2023.

In addition, in the face of Intel's continuous outsourcing of the OEM model, it is also interested in expanding its own wafer foundry capacity, Wei Zhejia said, TSMC's planned capacity expansion has taken into account the customer's future expansion of self-made capacity supply factors, and will not rely on a single customer or product.