Samsung Starts Producing 3nm Node

January 3, 2020

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The battle for nanometer node supremacy continues as Samsung has begun manufacturing with the world’s first 3nm node process. TSMC and Samsung have been trading blows for king of the semiconductor industry and now Samsung has ante’d up, or down, to the next level.

Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong announced their success in producing this node on January 2nd, 2020. This new node uses GAA or Gate-All-Around technology instead of FinFET transistors. GAA allows 4 gates on channel vs 3 gates on FinFET to improve performance and control.

Reduced size of 35%
50% less power used
30% performance increase

Discussion

Peter Brosdahl

As a child of the 70’s I was part of the many who became enthralled by the video arcade invasion of the 1980’s. Saving money from various odd jobs I purchased my first computer from a friend of my dad, a used Atari 400, around 1982. Eventually it would end up being a lifelong passion of upgrading and modifying equipment that, of course, led into a career in IT support.

Samsung Starts Producing 3nm Node

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