<story><title>‘Better Yield on 5nm Than 7nm’: TSMC Update on Defect Rates for N5</title><url>https://www.anandtech.com/show/16028/better-yield-on-5nm-than-7nm-tsmc-update-on-defect-rates-for-n5</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>samfisher83</author><text>It seems to be that than TSMC needs to increase their prices. They should be extracting more margin when compared to AMD, NVDA etc. They are just killing it. One of the main reasons with intc had better chips was they had the best Fabs.&lt;p&gt;Its kind of sad we used have guys like shockley, moore, kilby etc. The reason why silicon valley is called silicon valley. Now we are just falling behind Taiwan, south korea, and maybe china.</text></comment>
<story><title>‘Better Yield on 5nm Than 7nm’: TSMC Update on Defect Rates for N5</title><url>https://www.anandtech.com/show/16028/better-yield-on-5nm-than-7nm-tsmc-update-on-defect-rates-for-n5</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>exar0815</author><text>This is a problem for Intel on four fronts at the same time:&lt;p&gt;- x86-CPUs from AMD with better efficiency in Desktop and Datacenter&lt;p&gt;- Apple-ARM Macbooks showing that it doesnt have to be x86 at all&lt;p&gt;- x86-APUs from AMD with Navi-GPUs versus Intel Xe&lt;p&gt;- Intel Xe as Compute vs. NVidia Cards.&lt;p&gt;All of these pivot around Intel at least matching the process of their competitiors. 
Also, Intel has optimized 14nm that much, that their initial yields and performance gains on 10nm and 7nm will probably piss-poor initially.</text></comment>