Hardware Industry TSMC working towards a future with trillion-transistor chips, 1nm-class manufacturing It says its monolithic designs could reach 200 billion transistors by 2030 By Erika Morphy, December 30, 2023, 12:06 PM 9 comments
Industry Hardware Intel CEO claims 18A node will at least match TSMC's N2 performance and beat it to market TSMC thinks N3P will outperform 18A, but Intel will introduce gate-all-around first By Daniel Sims, December 22, 2023, 5:29 PM 11 comments
Hardware Industry TSMC's 2nm process node could debut with the iPhone 17 Pro in 2025 The A17 Pro in the iPhone 15 Pro is built using TSMC's 3nm process node By Kishalaya Kundu, December 13, 2023, 9:23 AM
Industry Hardware The chip foundry industry is in great shape, and TSMC keeps leading the way Intel is in the top 10 for the first time By Alfonso Maruccia, December 7, 2023, 1:29 PM
Industry Electronics A new Arizona fab will provide chip packaging services for Apple chips Arizona-based company Amkor is joining Cupertino for "made in US" microchips By Alfonso Maruccia, December 1, 2023, 1:48 PM
Hardware AI TSMC chairman: Nvidia will become the world's largest semiconductor company by year's end The AI hype train is driving the GPU company to new heights By Alfonso Maruccia, November 27, 2023, 2:38 PM
Industry German subsidies for new chip manufacturing plants could be in jeopardy Billions of euros could vanish because of a court decision By Alfonso Maruccia, November 24, 2023, 1:55 PM 13 comments
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