Nanosheet transistors
ProductionCompany-reported
- What happened
Samsung started making chips on its 3-nanometer process, the first to use gate-all-around transistors.
- Why it matters
Chips can do the same work on less power. TSMC expects its first nanosheet process to use 25% to 30% less power than the one before for the same performance.
TechSpot, Dec 2025- How far from your life
Approved or on sale
Gate-all-around nanosheet transistors is on step 4 of 5. You can get it now, though it may not be common yet.
- Source
“initial production of its 3-nanometer (nm) process node applying Gate-All-Around (GAA) transistor architecture.”Samsung, 30 June 2022
Company-reported: the only source so far is the company itself. It still counts on the ladder, and we show the flag until an independent source backs it.
The bigger picture
More on Nanosheet transistors
On step 4 of 5: Approved or on sale. Everything we track on it
- On sale
Intel launched Core Ultra Series 3, its first chips made on its 18A process with its new RibbonFET transistors. Pre-orders for laptops opened on January 6, 2026, with more than 200 designs expected.
91mobiles, Jan 2026 - Production
TSMC said volume production of N2, its first process with nanosheet transistors, began in the last quarter of 2025 as planned, at its new Fab 22 near Kaohsiung.
TechSpot, Dec 2025