The Latest Breaking News from TSMC

TSMC says Intel didn’t ask for investments — denies existence of talks for partnership, joint venture

TSMC said that it's not considering investing in Intel, contrary to what some sources said.

Tom’s Hardware · Sep 28, 2025

US Commerce head notes China 'isn't even shy' about its goal to 'take' Taiwan, says US-Taiwan tariff deal coming soon — goal is to have 40% of chips made in America

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Saturday that a major semiconductor deal with Taiwan was coming “pretty soon,” signaling a potential breakthrough in U.S. efforts to shore up domestic chip production.

Tom’s Hardware · Sep 28, 2025

Qualcomm's most powerful CPU ever will target AMD's Ryzen AI+ 395 with 128GB onboard LPDDR5X memory - while Intel has only 32GB integrated memory to contend with

Qualcomm launches Snapdragon X2 Elite and Extreme with up to 18 cores, 128GB memory, ray tracing graphics, and 80 TOPS AI.

TechRadar · Sep 28, 2025

Intel Stock Pops On Report CEO Engages TSMC, Apple

Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) CEO Lip-Bu Tan has been working aggressively to line up funding and customer partnerships critical to the company's turnaround.

Benzinga · Sep 25, 2025

Qualcomm announces Snapdragon X2, the first 5 GHz Arm CPU, its 'biggest advance in PC gaming' and the chip that might finally make gaming on Arm an actual thing

We've heard it all before, but this chip could be awesome.

PC Gamer · Sep 25, 2025

TSMC's new 2nm chip will reportedly cost 50% more — get ready for more expensive laptops and phones

A new report on TSMC from the China Times suggests that the cost of next-generation chips are going to be 50% more expensive, meaning prices may rise significantly on the best laptops and smartphones over the next few years. Here's why.

Tom’s Guide · Sep 23, 2025

If claims about TMSC's prices for its next-gen process node are even only half right, then the best CPUs and graphics cards are going to become a lot more expensive

Apparently, the cost for an N2 wafer will be more than 50% greater than an N3 one.

PC Gamer · Sep 23, 2025

MediaTek reportedly mulling US chip production — could use TSMC's Arizona fab to avoid tariff fallout

MediaTek is in talks with TSMC to manufacture certain chips at its Arizona fab to satisfy U.S. customer demands and potentially avoid tariffs.

Tom’s Hardware · Sep 22, 2025

'NVLink is the key': Analysts ponder on probably the biggest tech deal of the decade - Intel + Nvidia and what it means for TSMC, AMD and others

Industry commentary sees Nvidia–Intel tie-up as decade-defining, with NVLink at its core, and analysts focused on implications for TSMC and AMD.

TechRadar · Sep 22, 2025

Intel, AMD, and MediaTek reportedly among TSMC's 2nm early adopters — company said to have 15 customers lined up for new process tech

TSMC’s upcoming 2nm-class node has attracted around 15 customers — mostly in high-performance computing — making it the company’s most widely adopted leading-edge process at this stage, with Apple, AMD, Intel, and MediaTek among the early adopters.

Tom’s Hardware · Sep 22, 2025