According to industry insiders, TSMC will begin mass-producing chips using the 5nm process in April. At present, its 5nm production capacity has been fully booked by customers.

Previously, a production equipment supplier claimed that TSMC's 5nm production capacity in the second half of this year was fully booked by major customers, including Apple's A14 processor, Hisilicon's new 5G mobile chip, Qualcomm's 5G modem chip X60 and next-generation Snapdragon 875 chip.