Hardware Gaming Nvidia RTX 5000 graphics cards to offer DisplayPort 2.1 and PCIe 5.0 support, built on TSMC 3nm node Let's hope Nvidia improves its pricing policy By Rob Thubron, November 19, 2023, 8:34 AM 43 comments
Hardware Mobile Socionext is working with TSMC on a 2nm Arm chiplet for data centers A power-optimized Arm CPU for HPC and hyperscale applications By Alfonso Maruccia, October 26, 2023, 1:49 PM
Hardware Industry TSMC claims technology supremacy, compares their 3nm node to Intel's 18A TSCM is very confident about its upcoming chip production processes By Alfonso Maruccia, October 20, 2023, 2:06 PM 8 comments
Hardware Industry TSMC progresses with 2nm manufacturing process, anticipates gradual implementation The ecosystem for the new process is almost ready, with a few missing bits here and there By Alfonso Maruccia, October 13, 2023, 8:45 AM
Hardware Industry Samsung and TSMC 3nm yields could be as low as 50 percent Samsung running into SRAM trouble, while industry insiders are suspicious about the overheating iPhone 15 Pro By Daniel Sims, October 6, 2023, 6:41 AM
Hardware Mobile MediaTek beats Apple in announcing 3nm chip, but production is a year away Announcing and launching are two very different things By Shawn Knight, September 8, 2023, 12:37 PM 8 comments
Industry AI AI GPU accelerators will be in short supply for two more years, TSMC warns "It's not Nvidia's fault," TSMC said, "it's us and our CoWoS output" By Alfonso Maruccia, September 8, 2023, 9:15 AM
Industry Hardware Intel could soon spend over 9 billion on chip outsourcing from TSMC Market speculation that could be taken with a grain of salt By Alfonso Maruccia, September 4, 2023, 3:04 PM
Industry Hardware TSMC announces new $11 billion factory in Germany to manufacture automotive and IoT chips The factory will be part of a new joint venture between TSMC and three European companies By Kishalaya Kundu, August 9, 2023, 6:15 AM
AI Hardware AI boom could lead to a new GPU shortage, but Nvidia says the current problem is just packaging Current shortage mostly affects enterprise GPUs, but could spread to consumer cards By Daniel Sims, August 6, 2023, 4:05 PM 9 comments
AI Industry TSMC will invest around $3 billion to increase its chip packaging capabilities The world's most valuable semiconductor company is still increasing its Taiwan presence By Alfonso Maruccia, July 26, 2023, 8:41 AM
Industry TSMC reports first profit decline in four years amid global economic challenges, delays Arizona plant Falling phone, PC, and vehicle demand impacted TSMC's bottom line By Rob Thubron, July 20, 2023, 6:15 AM
Industry Hardware TSMC says US jobs & wages are safe despite bringing more Taiwanese talent to troubled Arizona plant The company also denied claims of work-related fatalities at the site By Rob Thubron, July 14, 2023, 9:29 AM
Hardware Industry Where does Intel stand today? Three key challenges ahead The market is undergoing a shift By Jonathan Goldberg, July 2, 2023, 7:08 AM 26 comments
Hardware Industry US authorities will reportedly extend China fab exemptions for TSMC, Samsung, others Exceptions from CHIPS Act requirements may be indefinite By Daniel Sims, June 15, 2023, 7:29 AM
Industry TSMC's extreme work culture is putting off US workers, CEO says employees should have passion for job TSMC's Glassdoor ratings aren't good By Rob Thubron, June 9, 2023, 9:11 AM 68 comments
Hardware Industry TSMC prepares for 2nm trial production using AI-assisted process Pre-production reportedly starting at Zhuke plant in Baoshan with help from Nvidia's DGX H100 By Daniel Sims, June 6, 2023, 4:27 PM
Hardware Industry This Japanese company believes it can catch up with chipmakers like TSMC by 2027 The rebirth of Japan's semiconductor industry depends on it By Adrian Potoroaca, May 10, 2023, 6:37 PM
Industry Hardware Taiwan wouldn't tolerate US attempts to bomb TSMC in event of China takeover Comments about the fate of TSMC during a Chinese invasion escalate further By Daniel Sims, May 9, 2023, 4:49 PM 36 comments
Industry TSMC wants to build a €10 billion chip manufacturing plant in Germany Thanks to Brussel's money, Europe's attractiveness for chip fabs is increasing By Alfonso Maruccia, May 5, 2023, 7:16 AM 11 comments
Hardware Industry TSMC may charge 30 percent more for chips made at its US-based Arizona fabs The chipmaker is looking for $15 billion in subsidies from the US government By Adrian Potoroaca, May 3, 2023, 11:17 AM 12 comments
Industry Electronics TSMC details N3 node evolution, outlines roadmap for 2nm-class nodes N3E later this year, N2P with nanosheet transistors and backside power delivery in 2026 By Adrian Potoroaca, April 27, 2023, 3:07 PM
Hardware Industry TSMC sees revenues slide for the first time in almost four years The chipmaker isn't worried and expects weak demand will be a short-lived problem By Adrian Potoroaca, April 10, 2023, 12:23 PM
Hardware Industry TSMC founder Morris Chang supports China chip sanctions, but voices doubts on Chips Act Foundry founder discusses chip industry fragmentation and US-China chip sanctions By Daniel Sims, March 18, 2023, 9:13 AM
Industry Tech Culture Former Trump official claims the US would destroy TSMC plants were China to invade Taiwan Former national security advisor thinks control of TSMC would make China the OPEC of semiconductors By Daniel Sims, March 15, 2023, 6:55 AM 29 comments