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! colspan="3" | N5 [[PPA]] vs. [[N7]]
 
! colspan="3" | N5 [[PPA]] vs. [[N7]]
 
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! Speed @ [[iso-power]] !! Power @ [[iso-speed]] !! Max speed improvement<br>@ Vdd (eLVT)
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! Speed @ iso-power !! Power @ iso-speed !! Max speed improvement<br>@ Vdd (eLVT)
 
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Despite aggressively tighter pitches, TSMC says metal lines RC and via resistance have been kept relatively similar to N7. TSMC says this was achieved by "using EUV patterning, innovative scaled barrier/liner, ESL/ELK dielectrics, and Cu reflow." The improvements meant the interconnect RC did not worsen relative to N7 as N7 did relative to N16.
 
Despite aggressively tighter pitches, TSMC says metal lines RC and via resistance have been kept relatively similar to N7. TSMC says this was achieved by "using EUV patterning, innovative scaled barrier/liner, ESL/ELK dielectrics, and Cu reflow." The improvements meant the interconnect RC did not worsen relative to N7 as N7 did relative to N16.
  
The 5 nm node is expected to deliver a 15% improvement in performance at [[iso-power|constant power]] or a 20% reduction in power at [[iso-performance|constant performance]]. In addition to the ultra-LVT (uLVT) that was offered with [[N7]], there is a new extreme-LVT (eLVT) which can push that 15% up to 25% higher speed at Vdd. Additionally, compared to the standard N5 cells, the HP cell variants can push that performance by another 10% at the cost of density.
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The 5 nm node is expected to deliver a 15% improvement in performance at constant power or a 20% reduction in power at constant performance. In addition to the ultra-LVT (uLVT) that was offered with [[N7]], there is a new extreme-LVT (eLVT) which can push that 15% up to 25% higher speed at Vdd. Additionally, compared to the standard N5 cells, the HP cell variants can push that performance by another 10% at the cost of density.
  
 
The N5 node makes use of a number of [[density boosters]] under a marketing term called "smart hyper-scaling features" (similar to Intel). N5 introduces [[single diffusion breaks]] in order to reduce cell spacing. Additionally, TSMC added the ability to drop the gate contact over the active region (COAG). Although originally experimented with at the N7 node, [[via pillars]] are also used extensively in the N5 node. TSMC makes extensive use of [[via pillars]] in N5 due to the three-fold increase of Mx resistance.
 
The N5 node makes use of a number of [[density boosters]] under a marketing term called "smart hyper-scaling features" (similar to Intel). N5 introduces [[single diffusion breaks]] in order to reduce cell spacing. Additionally, TSMC added the ability to drop the gate contact over the active region (COAG). Although originally experimented with at the N7 node, [[via pillars]] are also used extensively in the N5 node. TSMC makes extensive use of [[via pillars]] in N5 due to the three-fold increase of Mx resistance.

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