The Latest Breaking News from TSMC

Silicon Valley’s Sleeping Giant? Intel’s Comeback in Focus

Investor enthusiasm is building around Intel as government support and partnership speculation hint at a resurgence for the chip giant.

MarketBeat · Feb 14, 2025

Taiwan's Lai Vows More Investment In US As Chip Tariffs Loom

Taiwan will boost investment in the United States and on its own defences, President Lai Ching-te said Friday, as Taipei seeks to head off US President Donald Trump's threats of tariffs on its semiconductor chips.

International Business Times · Feb 14, 2025

US gov't pushing TSMC and Intel to create joint venture in the US: Report

TSMC has made no official announcements about expanding in the U.S. at the board meetings this week, but the rumor mill points to quicker expansion in Arizona and a joint venture with Intel.

Tom’s Hardware · Feb 13, 2025

TSMC bans more chip sales to China due to stricter U.S. export sanctions

TSMC now requires Chinese IC designers that use FinFET-based process technologies to package them at U.S. government-approved OSATs.

Tom’s Hardware · Feb 8, 2025

MediaTek is conducting impact simulations to prepare for U.S. tariffs

MediaTek’s CEO said that the company has been conducting simulations around the U.S. tariffs, likely in anticipation of a favorable outcome.

Tom’s Hardware · Feb 8, 2025

Valve shoots down rumors of RDNA4-based Steam Console — it routinely tests new hardware that isn't put into its own devices

Rumors of a new Steam Console using RDNA4 are greatly exaggerated, but there's clearly a future for Steam-branded hardware. Here's the rundown on what we know and expect from the eventual Steam Deck successor.

Tom’s Hardware · Feb 6, 2025

Bill Gates laments Pat Gelsinger's failure to save Intel: 'I was hoping for his sake, for the country's sake that he would be successful'

'Seriously guys, drop it, we get it already': someone at Intel, probably.

PC Gamer · Feb 6, 2025

Apple's M5 chip is rumored to be in mass production - but we're still waiting for M4 MacBook Airs

We're still awaiting Apple's M4 Ultra chip (plus M4-powered MacBook Air laptops), but rumors of M5 chips going to production are ramping up.

TechRadar · Feb 6, 2025

In a first tariff-induced hit against the PC gaming sector, ASRock is talking about increasing costs and moving its graphics card manufacturing away from China

10% can cause ripples.

PC Gamer · Feb 6, 2025

Apple rumored to kick off M5 chip production using TSMC performance-enhanced 3nm node

South Korean website claims that TSMC has started high-volume production of Apple's M5 processors using N3P fabrication process.

Tom’s Hardware · Feb 5, 2025