TSMC, the largest contract manufacturer of semiconductor products, has already started trial production of 7-nanometer products for 12 customers. The serial release of 7-nanometer products TSMC expects to begin next year.

Note that for the first time these terms the manufacturer named a year ago. The schedule was followed by the co-director of TSMC. So he reacted to the publication of Samsung's plans, which provided for the development of standards up to 4 nm.

According to one of the leaders of TSMC, the company is ready to compete with the South Korean manufacturer. He added that this year TSMC is going to allocate much more for R & D than in the previous one. However, the specific amount was not named.