Chip manufacturing process improvement helps to reduce power consumption and improve performance, samsung and TSMC are already can make chips with 14 nm / 16 nm craft, and it is reported that TSMC is planning the first launch in the first half of 2020 5 nm process manufacturing technology. In addition, the chip of 7 nm technology is expected in early 2018. If their progress, chip size reduction means 2 years will reach 50%.

Development under 7 nm chip manufacturing process is quite tough, TSMC will be carved the answer may lie in the extreme ultraviolet (UAV) technology. The company said that they have made "significant progress" in this aspect, and is expected to extend to the production of 5 nm technology.

From now until 7 nm technology introduced, TSMC plans in 2016 first quarter 1 offline first 10 nm design, when the new 16 nm FinFETch Compact (FFC) technology is expected to debut this year, in order to bring better energy consumption and cost performance.