The Latest Breaking News from TSMC

Nvidia's suspected 2025 processor is now rumoured to be built by Intel using off-the-peg Arm cores. Yes, an Nvidia chip built by Intel

Feels kinda weird Intel's foundry ambitions could help bring about the demise of the x86 chip.

PC Gamer · May 28, 2024

Nvidia rumored to be opening a second R&D center in Taiwan — and it has plans for an AI supercomputer on the island

A Taiwan official says that talk of a second R&D center could be a misunderstanding regarding the Taipei-1 supercomputer Nvidia is building on the island.

Tom’s Hardware · May 28, 2024

Google Tensor G5 could debut on Pixel 10 — and it could be the first real Google-made chip

Tensor G5 could be made by TSMC, and may debut on Google Pixel 10 next year.

Tom’s Guide · May 28, 2024

Plans for China's invasion of Taiwan could be thwarted by a leading European chipmaker's "kill switch," which can remotely deactivate sophisticated chipmaking equipment

ASML and TSMC have a super secret way that they can leverage to remotely access high-tech chipmaking machines and disable them. This would especially come in handy in the event that China decides to go after Taiwan.

Windows Central · May 24, 2024

Rapidus Adds Chip Packaging Services to Plans for $32 Billion 2nm Fab

To say that the global foundry market is booming right now would be an understatement. Demand for leading-edge process technologies driven by AI and HPC applications is unprecedented, and with Intel joining the contract chipmaking game, this market segment is once again becoming rather competitive as well. Yet, this is…

AnandTech · May 24, 2024

Apple reportedly seeks to lock out its competitors from TSMC's 2nm process, by booking all of its manufacturing capacity

That looks nice. We'll take all of it.

PC Gamer · May 23, 2024

Nvidia announces threefold sales increase in another blowout earnings report—‘We’re racing every day,’ says CEO Jensen Huang

Demand for the company’s GPUs and data centers is skyrocketing, and customers want systems up and running as quickly as possible.

Fortune · May 22, 2024

TSMC's Roadmap at a Glance: N3X, N2P, A16 Coming in 2025/2026

As announced last week by TSMC, later this year the company is set to start high-volume manufacturing on its N3P fabrication process, and this will be the company's most advanced node for a while. Next year things will get a bit more interesting as TSMC will have two process technologies…

AnandTech · May 22, 2024

TSMC Offers a Peek at 'Global Gigafab' Process Replication Program

At its European Technology Symposium last week TSMC revealed some of the details about its Global Gigafab Manufacturing program, the company's strategy to replicate its manufacturing processes across its multiple gigafab sites. The need for large-scale multi-national fabs to have a process in place to replicate their facilities is well-documented…

AnandTech · May 22, 2024

Unusual Options Activity in Taiwan Semiconductor ADRs Today Highlight Its Value

Last week Taiwan Semiconductor, a large semiconductor fabrication company, said its April revenue spiked. Call options in TSM stock are having unusual activity today, underlining its underlying value.

Barchart · May 22, 2024