TSMC’s Arizona facility is reportedly set to initiate mass production of the 4nm process by 2H25, with clients such as Apple, NVIDIA, AMD, and Qualcomm being the primary beneficiaries. TSMC’s 4nm process will be under production at the Arizona facility… Read more ›
The US government plans to blacklist a Chinese company whose TSMC-made chip was illegally incorporated into a Huawei artificial-intelligence processor. The Chinese company, Sophgo, drew attention after a chip found on Huawei’s Ascend 910B multi-chip system matched one it ordered… Read more ›
Apple is reportedly switching over to a new Bluetooth and Wi-Fi chip that it designed in-house starting in 2025. The combined Bluetooth and Wi-Fi chip will replace components from Broadcom, allowing Apple to reduce its reliance on the company. The… Read more ›
Qualcomm could increase the price of the 2025 flagship chip by a “significant” amount. The chip has been dubbed the Snapdragon 8 Elite “Gen 2”, with the report alleging that “various internal and external factors” are the situation’s primary catalyst.… Read more ›
Samsung is expected to launch Galaxy S25 series in early 2025 and the Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Galaxy Z Flip 7 in 2H25. There are also Galaxy Z Fold 7 Special Edition and a Galaxy Z Flip FE. The… Read more ›
AMD and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) announced that the AMD-powered El Capitan has taken the top spot on the semi-annual Top500 list as the fastest-known supercomputer on the planet with 1.742 exaflops of performance. El Capitan debuts on… Read more ›
Tim Millet, vice president of Platform Architecture (Hardware Technologies) at Apple, is clear about what differentiates the company’s silicon strategy and why it can outperform the competition continuously. Tom Boger, Vice President of Mac Product Marketing at Apple, has underlined… Read more ›
Samsung is allegedly considering outsourcing Exynos chip manufacturing to TSMC. Samsung Galaxy S25 series will reportedly use Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite chip worldwide. Apparently, solving the low yield issues of the company’s 3nm GAA wafers will take longer than it… Read more ›
TSMC will start producing 2nm GAA-based wafers in 4Q25 at its Fab 20 in Hsinchu which has a capacity of 30k wpm and will be followed by the 30k wpm Fab 22 in Kaohsiung which is expected to start produxtion… Read more ›
According to the “Mid-Year Total Semiconductor Equipment Forecast Report” released by SEMI in Jul 2024, global wafer fab equipment spending will increase from USD95.6B in 2023 to USD98.3B in 2024, a year-on-year increase of 3%, mainly due to the gradual… Read more ›
Intel is aiming to ship 100M units of AI PC, what it calls computers powered by its AI processors, by 2025, a 150% jump from its goal by 2025 of 40M units. Intel Sales & Marketing Group Director Jack Huang… Read more ›
Samsung and Apple has allegedly shown interest in acquiring Intel. Acquiring Intel would not only give them access to the company’s intellectual property but also its factories and related know-how. This would be especially useful for Samsung, which is struggling… Read more ›
Samsung has announced the Exynos 1580 processor for mid-range phones. Samsung is manufacturing the latest chipset on its third-generation 4nm EUV FinFET process. Samsung has embedded the new ARMv9 CPU cores and doubled the GPU performance. The Exynos 1580 features… Read more ›
Intel is allegedly looking to sell at least a minority stake in its Altera unit in a transaction that would raise several billion dollars in cash. Intel is seeking a deal that values Altera at around USD17B. Intel purchased Altera… Read more ›
GWM has officially announced the successful development and activation of its RISC-V automotive-grade MCU chip, the Zijing M100, which was jointly developed with multiple partners. It features a modular architecture with a reconfigurable core and a four-stage pipeline design that… Read more ›
Google has allegedly plans to keep TSMC as a long-term partner, with its Tensor G6 supposedly leveraging the advanced 2nm process. The Tensor G5 was previously reported in July of this year to have reached ‘tape-out’ status, with all that… Read more ›