TSMC Reveals Their Cutting-Edge A14 (1.4nm) Has Reached Yield Performance Ahead of Schedule & Features Huge Upgrades Over 2nm Process

The Taiwan chip giant has revealed details about its next-gen processes, revealing that A14 development is making impressive progress.

TSMC's A14 Process Will Bring Massive Improvements Over N2 In Performance & Power-Efficiency

When you look at the semiconductor firms discussing beyond 2nm, there are a few apart from TSMC. Intel Foundry has disclosed plans around their 14A process, but for now, details around expected performance or even yield figures haven't surfaced yet. Now, in information revealed by TSMC (via Ray Wang), it is reported that TSMC's A14 node has achieved "yield performance" ahead of schedule. More importantly, the Taiwan giant has also revealed the expected performance bumps over the N2 node; by the looks of it, they are impressive.

$TSM's A16 and A14 Process Technology: ""A14 development is progressing smoothly with yield performance ahead of schedule.""

A16: Integrates nanosheet transistors with Super Power Rail (SPR) and novel backside contacts to deliver industry-leading logic density, power… pic.twitter.com/yi9q5QPnTd

— Ray Wang (@rwang07) September 23, 2025

TSMC's A14 process is expected to be a momentous release, contributing to Moore's Law and the innovation of the computing segment in terms of performance. The more interesting point here is that when the chip industry is rather 'struggling' with current-gen nodes like 3nm, the Taiwan giant is already talking about processes that will release years ahead, which is how the company has managed to maintain its dominance over the segment. Let's talk about how A14 is expected to pan out for TSMC according to newer details.

The Taiwan giant reveals that relative to the 2nm node, the A14 will bring in 15% higher speed, at the exact power consumption figures, which means you are looking at up to 30% power-efficiency improvements. The firm plans to employ its 2nd-generation GAAFET nanosheet transistors and the new NanoFlex Pro standard cell architecture, driving up density by up to 20% relative to N2. Hence, we are looking at improvements in several key areas, proving that A14 will be a pivotal process when it comes to scaling up performance.

It would be interesting to see how big a contribution A14 makes to consumer products, considering that customers like Apple, NVIDIA, and AMD will be in line for adoption. For now, TSMC anticipates A14 entering production in 2028.

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