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TSMC Unveils New, Industry-Leading Chip-Making Process

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Apr 24, 2025, 9:10 AM by Rich Brome @rbrome.bsky.social

TSMC has announced its next microchip manufacturing process "node", which it calls A14, equivalent to a 1.4-namometer (nm) scale. Compared to its N2 (2nm) process — entering volume production later this year — A14 "will offer up to 15% speed improvement at the same power, or up to 30% power reduction at the same speed, along with more than 20% increase in logic density." N2, in turn, offers similar performance improvements compared to the 3nm process used for chips in today's flagship phones. TSMC specifically named smartphones as one of the leading applications for the new A14 process. TSMC says A14 development is going smoothly and even ahead of schedule. It plans to enter production with A14 in 2028.

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