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TSMC unveils 1.6nm process technology with backside power delivery


TSMC goes angstrom-class nodes.

This new A16 manufacturing process will be the company's first Angstrom-class production node, promising to outperform its predecessor, N2P, by a significant margin. Transistor and BSPDN innovations enable tangible performance and efficiency improvements compared to TSMC's N2P: the new node promises an up to 10% higher clock rate at the same voltage and a 15% - 20% lower power consumption at the same frequency and complexity. This technology is tailored specifically for AI and HPC processors that tend to have both complex signal wiring and dense power delivery networks.

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