Ngokwengxelo ye China Times Electronics News, iBitmain kunye neKhanani, abavelisi ababini abaziingcali ekuphuhlisweni kwesicelo esikhethekileyo seesekethe (ASICs) zemigodi ye-cryptocurrency, baya kuba yibhendi yokuqala yezicelo zamvanje ze-TSMC. Omnye wabathengi be-nanotechnology.
Ingxelo ikhombe ukuba iBitmain ifumene isampulu yokuqala yeesampulu ze-5nm ze-ASIC kwimigodi yeBitcoin eveliswe yi-TSMC kule nyanga. Emva kwekota yokuqala yonyaka uzayo, uJianan Yunzhi uza kufumana iisampulu zayo zokuqala ze-5nm ASIC.
Xa kuthelekiswa nenqanaba le-7nm yangoku, nangona i-5nm ye-TSMC isekwinqanaba lenguqu, ukusebenza kwayo kuphuculwe kakhulu. I-TSMC isebenzisa kakhulu i-ultraviolet lithography (i-EUV) ukukhulisa ukuxinana kwamaxesha ngama-1.84 amaxesha, enganciphisi ukusebenzisa umbane kuphela kodwa inciphisa nendawo ye-chip.
Kodwa ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, iimveliso ezi-5nm ezithunyelwe ziisampulu zovavanyo kwangoko. Ke ngoko, kungathabatha ezinye iinyanga ezintandathu okanye iinyanga ezilishumi elinambini phambi kokuveliswa kwesininzi esisesikweni se-ASIC.
Ukongeza, ngokweengxelo zangaphambili, kulindeleke ukuba iimveliso ze-5nm ze-TSMC ziqalise ukuveliswa ngobuninzi kwisiqingatha sokuqala sonyaka wama-2020, kwaye iprosesa entsha ye-Apple processor A14 iza kusebenzisa inkqubo yokuqala ye-5nm ye-TSMC. Ngamanye amagama, i-Apple's A14 iza kufumana iimveliso ze-5nm ze-TSMC ngaphambili kuneeBitmain kunye neeleyiti zikaJianan Yunzhi.