Taiwan media Economic Daily reported today that TSMC's A16 process, which is scheduled to be mass-produced in the second half of 2026, has already gained its first batch of customers: in addition to long-term partners who have booked the first batch of production capacityappleoutside,OpenAI It also placed pre-orders for its own AI chips.
The A16 process is the most advanced node TSMC has announced so far. It uses the next-generation Nanosheet GAA transistor technology.TSMC's first process to use Super Power Rail backside power supply solution.
TSMC claims that the backside contact technology used in the A16 process can maintain the same gate density, layout footprint, and component width adjustment flexibility as the traditional front power supply.Especially suitable for HPC products.
Reports indicate that OpenAI is making progress in the field of AI chipsPartners include Broadcom and Marvell(i.e. Marvell), two major custom ASIC design companies, among which OpenAI is expected to become one of Broadcom's top four customers.
Specifically in terms of process, Taiwanese media expects OpenAI's custom AI chip toTSMC will continue to produce chips on its 3nm series process and the future A16.