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TSMC says it will be first to make 5-nano chips in 1H 2019

Chip race heats up as Apple supplier aims to maintain edge

TSMC's Co-Chief Executive Mark Liu, right, presents an award to Chief Executive Gary Dickerson of Applied Materials, a key supplier. (Photo by Cheng Ting-Fang)

HSINCHU, Taiwan -- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the world's largest contract chipmaker and a key Apple supplier, will begin to make cutting-edge 5-nanometer chips in small quantities in the first half of 2019, said Co-Chief Executive Mark Liu on Thursday.

Liu told attendants at a TSMC supplier meeting that the Taiwanese semiconductor company is progressing well on advanced technologies, disclosing details for 3nm chip technology development.

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