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TSMC says ‘A16’ tech to arrive in 2026, setting up showdown with Intel over who can make the world’s fastest chips
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) said on Wednesday that a new chip-manufacturing technology called “A16” will enter production in the second half of 2026, setting up a showdown with long-time rival Intel over who can make the world’s fastest chips.
TSMC, the world’s biggest contract manufacturer of advanced computing chips and a key supplier to Nvidia and Apple, announced the news at a conference in Santa Clara, California, where TSMC executives said that makers of AI chips are likely to be the first adopters of the technology rather than a smartphone maker.
Analysts said the technologies announced on Wednesday could call into question Intel’s claims in February that it will overtake TSMC in making the world’s fastest computing chips with a new technology Intel calls “14A”.
Kevin Zhang, TSMC’s senior vice-president of business development, told reporters that the company has developed its new A16 chip-making process faster than expected because of demand from AI chip firms, without naming specific customers.
AI chip firms “really want to optimise their designs to get every ounce of performance we have”, Zhang said.