Every node is full 2 year cadence in accordance to their customer ( Lately Apple ) iPhone releases. 10nm is Pre 7nm, 12nm is 16nm's optimisation node. Nothing High pace about it. As they have been doing this prior to becoming a "leading" node manufacture.
2012 28nm
2014 20nm
2016 16nm
2018 7nm
2020 5nm
2022 3nm* ( Non-GAA )
Every node is full 2 year cadence in accordance to their customer ( Lately Apple ) iPhone releases. 10nm is Pre 7nm, 12nm is 16nm's optimisation node. Nothing High pace about it. As they have been doing this prior to becoming a "leading" node manufacture.