Ngokwemibiko yamadijithi, imithombo yezimboni iveze ukuthi iTSMC ihlela ukutshala imali engaphezu kwama- $ 15 billion ngo-2021 ukuqhubekisela phambili ubuchwepheshe bezinqubo zenkampani i-3nm.
Abangaphakathi embonini abangenhla bathi i-TSMC ikhulisa umkhiqizo wayo we-3nm chip engxenyeni yesibili ka-2022 ukuhlangabezana nemiyalo ka-Apple. Le nkampani izosebenzisa ubuchwepheshe bayo be-N3 (3nm process), obufaka ubuchwepheshe obubizwa nge-2.5nm noma i-3nm Plus. I-node yenqubo ye-3nm eyenziwe ngcono yokwenza i-Apple yesizukulwane esilandelayo se-iOS namadivayisi we-Apple Silicon.
Kubikwa ukuthi i-TSMC iveze ocingweni lomholo olwabanjwa ngoJanuwari 14 ukuthi cishe u-80% wezindleko zemali kulo nyaka uzosetshenziselwa ubuchwepheshe bezinqubo ezithuthukile, kufaka phakathi i-3nm, 5nm ne-7nm. Lesi sitolo esingahlanjululwa kahle silinganiselwa ukuthi sisebenzise imali ephakathi kuka-US $ 25 billion no-US $ 28 billion ngo-2021, ephakeme kakhulu kune-US $ 17.2 billion ngonyaka odlule.
Ngokusho kwe-TSMC, uma kuqhathaniswa nenqubo ye-5nm, inqubo ye-3nm ingakhuphula ubukhulu be-transistor ngo-70%, noma ithuthukise ukusebenza ngo-15%, futhi yehlise ukusetshenziswa kwamandla ngo-30%.