The world’s largest semiconductor foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) will accelerate the development of state-of-the-art technology. The company plans to invest 300 to 400 people in the R & D team to start the circuit line width reduced to 3 nanometers (nanometer for 1 billionth of a meter) of micro-product development. Is expected to start mass production by 2020. The company showed in the technology development speed to South Korea’s Samsung Electronics and other competitors left behind the gesture.

TSMC co-executive (CEO) Liu Deyin recently attended the industry group conference held in Hsinchu, northern Taiwan, China, revealed the news. TSMC’s main business is the production of smart phones with large-scale integrated circuits (LSI), including the US Apple and mainland enterprises, including a wide range of customers. Liu said the technology is the lifeline of TSMC, suggesting that continue to lead the development of global competition determination.

In the semiconductor field, in order to improve processing power and reduce costs need to narrow the width of the circuit, around the goal of this enterprise has been fierce competition. 08-55-0102

TSMC in Apple-oriented mobile phone “iPhone” has an advantage in supply, but in the “iPhone 6s” was accelerated on the miniaturization of Samsung took the share. In Apple’s September listing of the latest “iPhone 7″, TSMC’s 16 nanometer-class products are considered to win the exclusive right to supply.

It is estimated that TSMC will start by the end of 2016 to 2017 in the first half of 10-nanometer production volume, the first half of 2018 to start 7-nanometer product volume. Many view that the advent of 5-nanometer products to wait until around 2020.

TSMC to promote the line width of the fine, it will also accelerate the development of new products. These products will support new IT technologies that have grown in the developed world. Liu cited areas such as automobiles, the Internet of Things (IoT), and artificial intelligence (AI), indicating that these areas will be the driving force behind future growth. tps7133

With the mainland smart phone manufacturers such as the rise of China’s Taiwanese semiconductor design and development of large enterprises MediaTek 60% of the sales began to rely on the mainland. Liu also showed concern about the mainland market attitude, but stressed the need to maintain and developed countries, the relationship between the customer.