TSMC Tweaks 16nm FinFET to Match Intel

Peter Clarke, Electronics360
January 20, 2014

Leading foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. has said that it is developing a second transistor structure for its 16nm FinFET node, which will provide a 15 percent improvement in performance or power consumption.

Of particular note are Co-CEO Mark Liu's comment that the enhancement would put TSMC's 16nm FinFET process on a par with 16nm FinFET from Intel.