A halin yanzu mafi ƙanƙantar girman kumburi da muke gani a cikin kamfanonin sarrafa wayoyin salula shine 7nm. Wadannan rukunin kwakwalwan kwamfuta sun fi inganci kuma sun fi wadanda suka fi kyau kyau; karami sune, yawancin transistors dinsu.
Kowace shekara muna ganin manyan ci gaba a masana'antar kwakwalwar kwamfuta. Dokar Moore ta ba da shawarar cewa duk bayan shekaru biyu adadin transistors a cikin microprocessors ya kamata ya ninka yadda girman su ke raguwa, don haka manyan kamfanoni a fannin kamar TSMC an tilasta musu su tashi daga lokaci zuwa lokaci don samar da ingantattun ƙananan kwakwalwan kwamfuta tare da nm architectures. Mafi inganci wanda wannan alamar yanzu ke samarwa shine dandamali na wayar hannu 7nm, amma zuwa 2025 ana tsammanin zai ba da mafita 2nm.
Kodayake akwai shirye-shirye don ci gaban fasahar 2nm na TSMC, 5nm an tsara gine-gine a ƙarshen wannan shekarar, wanda zai wakiltar ƙarancin haɓaka ƙaruwa a cikin kwakwalwan ƙarni na gaba.
A ka'idar, 2nm kwakwalwan kwamfuta zasu iya rike transistors sau 3.5 fiye da mafi kyawun kwakwalwan 7nm da ake dasu akan kasuwa. Wannan zai haifar da ƙarancin amfani da ƙarfi da haɓaka aiki mafi girma.
TSMC, a gefe guda, kwanan nan ya bayyana taswirar hanyar 3nm, wanda ke ci gaba kamar yadda aka tsara. Expectedungiyar farko ta samar da kamfani ana sa ran farawa a 2021, sannan samar da ƙarfi a rabi na biyu na 2022. Kamfanin yana saka hannun jari mai yawa a cikin R & D don hanyoyin samar da fasaha na gaba mai zuwa; babu hutawa.
Babban mai gasa kawai ga TSMC shine Samsung. Koyaya, Koriya ta Kudu har yanzu bata yi kwakwalwan 5nm ba kuma har ma ta jinkirta 3nm chipsets har zuwa 2022 saboda cutar COVID-19. Da alama ya zama a baya.