TSMC may increase wafer pricing by 10% for 2025: Report TSMC plans to hike wafer pricing for HPC customers by 10%, 3% - 4% for other clients, according to analysts. Tom’s Hardware · Jul 10, 2024
TSMC's market cap is on track to reach $1 trillion — 6.5 times larger than Intel TSMC set to become Asia's first trillion dollar company, thanks to AI frenzy. Tom’s Hardware · Jul 9, 2024
AI Boom Reshapes Wall Street As TSMC Joins Trillion-dollar Club The top ten of the world's most valuable companies is headed by Microsoft and Apple, closely followed by AI chip designer Nvidia. Latin Times · Jul 9, 2024
AI Boom Reshapes Wall Street As TSMC Joins Trillion-dollar Club The entry of Taiwanese chip giant TSMC into the elite club of the world's most valuable companies is further proof that the generative AI revolution is shaking up Wall Street. International Business Times · Jul 8, 2024
Semiconductor analyst theorizes that China might want to destroy TSMC instead of capturing it — Chinese invasion of Taiwan would destroy supply chains, cripple South Korean chipmakers The current prevailing thought is that TSMC's existence and the threat of its destruction are among the things holding back China from invading Taiwan. But what if we're wrong? Tom’s Hardware · Jul 6, 2024
Apple 'secretly developing' M5 chips for AI cloud computing, using advanced new packaging tech A new report says Apple is working on M5 chips for AI cloud computing. iMore · Jul 5, 2024
Here's How High Wall Street Thinks Nvidia Stock Can Rise With AI potentially adding over $15 trillion to the global economy by 2030, Nvidia stands at the forefront. Following a 10-for-1 stock split, robust earnings, and more buying from Nancy Pelosi, analysts see Nvidia stock hitting new highs. Barchart · Jul 4, 2024
Google has reportedly finished designing the Pixel 10's custom Tensor G5 SoC A new report says Google's Tensor G5 has successfully taped out, signaling it's ready for production. Android Central · Jul 3, 2024
Can AI boom drive Nvidia to a $4tn valuation despite investor doubt? Powerful new chips are on the way but there are questions over whether tech firm’s growth can be sustained The Guardian - UK · Jul 2, 2024
TSMC's overseas expansion will only contribute 10% of the foundry's production capacity: Report TSMC's fabs in Germany, Japan, and the U.S. will contribute 10% of the company's capacity, so 90% of TSMC's output will remain in Taiwan. Tom’s Hardware · Jun 30, 2024
Thunderbird packs up to 6,144 CPU cores into a single AI accelerator and scales up to 360,000 cores — InspireSemi's RISC-V 'supercomputer-cluster-on-a-chip' touts higher performance than Nvidia GPUs InspireSemi's Thunderbird processor with 1,536 64-bit RISC-V cores promises CPU versatility and GPU-level parallelism. Tom’s Hardware · Jun 28, 2024
Supercomputer-on-a-chip goes live: single PCIe card packs more than 6,000 RISC-V cores, with the ability to scale to more than 360,000 cores — but startup still remains elusive on pricing InspireSemi's Thunderbird I supercomputer-on-a-chip goes live, along with a PCIe card that packs 6,000 RISC-V cores. TechRadar · Jun 26, 2024
Taiwanese research firm says TSMC will maintain foundry lead until at least 2032 — US expected to account for 28% of leading edge manufacturing Taiwan will remain the world's largest manufacturer of logic semiconductors for at least another eight years, according to the director of the Taiwan-based Industrial Technology Research Institute. Tom’s Hardware · Jun 26, 2024
Nvidia's Meteoric Rise Drove Shares of These Three Suppliers Over 30% Year-to-date A high demand for semiconductor products that power AI-based services is leading Nvidia to diversify its chip foundry partners, benefitting leading chipmakers worldwide. International Business Times UK · Jun 24, 2024
PC Gamer · Jun 21, 2024 Intel's Lunar Lake mobile CPUs reportedly delayed until the end of the year, missing the big back-to-school period Back-to-school laptop shopping is a prime trading period for mobile CPUs, but Lunar Lake might be missing the boat.
Android Central · Jun 21, 2024 The Samsung Galaxy S25 may be all Snapdragon again — not all Exynos An unconfirmed rumor from March 2024 suggested that Samsung could go all-Exynos for the Galaxy S25, but a new report says the opposite.
Tom’s Hardware · Jun 20, 2024 TSMC explores using 510x515 mm rectangular silicon wafers — tripling the usable area of current 300mm diameter tech Nikkei says TSMC is researching rectangular substrates for advanced chip packaging.
Tom’s Hardware · Jun 20, 2024 TSMC N3 production and packaging prices to increase by up to 20%, say reports In time for ramp of Nvidia's and Intel's next-gen products, TSMC is set to increase quotes, according to analysts and media.
Tom’s Guide · Jun 19, 2024 Google Pixel 10 could ditch Samsung chips for Tensor G5 — what that means for you Google Pixel 10 could get itsa Tensor G5 chipset from TSMC, and sever its relationship with Samsung's Exynos chips for good.
Tom’s Hardware · Jun 18, 2024 Patent hoarder sues Micron for up to $480 million for infringement — South Korean firm Mimir IP acquired the patents from SK hynix in May Mimir IP acquired around 1,500 patents from SK hynix just last month, and has now sued Micron and its partners for patent infringement in a seeming proxy battle. Such tactics are becoming increasingly common in the semiconductor industry.
Tom’s Hardware · Jun 18, 2024 TSMC suspends CoWoS fab construction because of archeological findings When the past slows down the future: TSMC puts building of its AP7 packaging facility on hold due to discovery of ruins of something.
Tom’s Hardware · Jun 18, 2024 Samsung Texas fab delayed for 2nm upgrade to face-off with TSMC and Intel, according to Korean media Industry sources say that one of the reasons for the delay of Samsung's Texas fab is that it is considering upgrading it from 4nm to 2nm.
AnandTech · Jun 14, 2024 Silicon Motion Demos Low-Power PCie 5.0 SSD Controller: SM2508 Rounding out our Computex 2024 SSD controller news, let's talk about the final major controller vendor at the show: Silicon Motion. Silicon Motion has been somewhat late to the PCIe Gen5 SSD party, as its rival Phison has been offering their high-end PS5026-E26 controller for almost 18 months now. But…
Tom’s Hardware · Jun 14, 2024 Russian chipmaker unveils Raspberry Pi competitor — despite US sanction woes, Elbrus packs its homegrown chip into the smallest form factor yet The Elbrus-2S3 processor is being used to power a Raspberry Pi 5 competitor from Russian state agency Rostec. The problem? The Elbrus-2S3 hasn't been produced since 2022 when Taiwan sanctioned Russia.
Tom’s Hardware · Jun 13, 2024 Samsung's new roadmap unveils its 2nm process nodes and outlines backside power delivery plans Samsung Foundry outlines roadmap for the next three years: 2nm, backside power delivery and more.