New AMD Zen 6 rumors suggest a super small yet efficient TSMC 2nm process and 2026 release date Prominent hardware leaker Moore's Law is Dead's alleged insider source has some new information about AMD Zen 6. TechRadar · May 17, 2024
Taiwan Shifts Focus To US Amid China Tensions Taiwan shifts focus from China to U.S., strengthening economic ties and diversifying investments amidst escalating tensions. Top News · May 17, 2024
Rapidus 'Last Opportunity' To Put Japan Back On Global Chip Map Japan's Rapidus project that brings together some of the world's biggest companies is the "last opportunity" to put the country's once-dominant semiconductor sector back on the global map, its chairman warned. International Business Times · May 17, 2024
Taiwan is selling more to the US than China in major shift away from Beijing Taiwan is reducing its reliance on the Chinese mainland as it seeks to insulate itself from pressure from Beijing and forge closer economic and trade ties with the United States The Independent UK · May 17, 2024
TSMC to Expand Specialty Capacity by 50%, Introduce 4nm N4e Low-Power Node With all the new fabs being built in Germany and Japan, as well as the expansion of production capacity in China, TSMC is planning to extend its production capacity for specialty technologies by 50% by 2027. As disclosed by the company during its European Technology Symposium this week, TSMC expects… AnandTech · May 16, 2024
Ampere announces 256-core 3nm CPU, unveils partnership with Qualcomm Ampere plans to launch 256-core AmpereOne processors at 3nm next year. Tom’s Hardware · May 16, 2024
TSMC's third generation 3nm node on track — N3P mass production to begin later this year TSMC will start mass producing chips on its N3P node this year as the N3E fabrication process ramps. This will be the third generation of "3nm" class nodes from the company. Tom’s Hardware · May 16, 2024
TSMC to build base dies for HBM4 memory on its 12nm and 5nm nodes TSMC to use 12FFC+ and N5 process technologies to build base dies for HBM4. Tom’s Hardware · May 16, 2024
Truck driver dies after ‘explosion’ at TSMC Arizona A truck driver has died after an accident at a TSMC plant in north Phoenix. 41-year-old Cesar Anguiano-Guitron was rushed to hospital after a high-pressure waste tank valve ‘explosion’ knocked him over 20ft from his truck but updated reports say he passed away. Tom’s Hardware · May 16, 2024
TSMC Readies Next-Gen HBM4 Base Dies, Built on 12nm and 5nm Nodes Of the several major changes coming with HBM4 memory, one of the most immediate is the sheer width of the memory interface. With the fourth-generation memory standard moving from an already wide 1024-bit interface to a ultra-wide 2048-bit interface, HBM4 memory stacks won't be business as usual; chip manufacturers are… AnandTech · May 16, 2024
TSMC: Performance-Optimized 3nm N3P Process on Track for Mass Production This Year As part of the second leg of TSMC's spring technology symposium series, the company offered an update on the state of its 3nm-class processes, both current and future. Building on the back of their current-generation N3E process, the optical shrink of this process technology, N3P, is now on track to… AnandTech · May 15, 2024
Samsung's fiercest rival unveils mobile storage chip that will make phones and laptops faster — SK Hynix claims that its ZUFS tech will boost local AI inference without consuming more resources Samsung's chief rival SK Hynix has developed a next-generation mobile NAND called ZUFS 4.0. TechRadar · May 15, 2024
US to increase tariffs on Chinese semiconductors by 100% in 2025 — officials say it protects the $53 billion spent on the CHIPS Act The U.S. will increase import tariffs on Chinese semiconductors from 25% to 50% in 2025. Tom’s Hardware · May 15, 2024
Nvidia and MediaTek could be cooking up a powerful laptop CPU to blow away Snapdragon X Elite – or even Apple’s M4 The purported chip will apparently be made on the same advanced process as Apple’s M4 CPU. TechRadar · May 14, 2024
Laptop · May 13, 2024 Nvidia might be working on new AI GPUs — but there's a catch, gamers Nvidia is reportedly underway on a future generation of AI-focused GPUs, codenamed Rubin, but who are they really for?
StockNews.com · May 13, 2024 3 Chip Stocks to Spark Your Portfolio The semiconductor industry’s growth prospects look promising thanks to the soaring chip demand across various end-use sectors and the rising penetration of AI, IoT devices, and machine learning. Therefore, it could be wise to buy quality chip stocks, KLA (KLAC), Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM), and Everspin Technologies (MRAM) to spark…
TechRadar · May 11, 2024 The socket is the motherboard, Part 2 — Intel archrival (and Nvidia's BFF) plans to build giant chips that could use kilowatts of power but they won't be as big as Cerebras trillion transistor behemoth TSMC has announced plans to create giant system-in-packages (SiPs) based on its chip-on-wafer-on-substrate (CoWoS) packaging technology.
PC Gamer · May 10, 2024 US Commerce Secretary says if China seized TSMC it would be 'absolutely devastating' to the US economy, as it buys 92% of its cutting-edge chips from the Taiwanese manufacturer As Chinese relations with Taiwan remain strained, the US continues to reinforce the importance of chip manufacturing on home soil.
AnandTech · May 10, 2024 AMD Hits Record High Share in x86 Desktops and Servers in Q1 2024 Coming out of the dark times that preceded the launch of AMD's Zen CPU architecture in 2017, to say that AMD has turned things around on the back of Zen would be an understatement. Ever since AMD launched its first Zen-based Ryzen and EPYC processors for client and server computers,…
International Business Times · May 10, 2024 Chip Giant TSMC's April Revenue Jumps 60% On-year Taiwanese chip giant TSMC said on Friday that April revenue jumped nearly 60 percent on-year, riding a huge wave of demand for the advanced semiconductors used in AI hardware.
Tom’s Hardware · May 9, 2024 China seizing TSMC would be 'devastating' for U.S. economy, Commerce Secretary says If China captures Taiwan and TSMC, this will be a major blow for U.S.-based companies and economy, which is why U.S. invests in its own semiconductor production, says Gina Raimondo.
Tom’s Hardware · May 9, 2024 Nvidia's unannounced R100 AI GPUs reportedly coming in late 2025 — 'Vera Rubin' multi-chip designs using 3nm and CoWoS-L Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo expects Nvidia to adopt a multi-chip design for Vera Rubin R100 and R200 GPUs. These are rumored to be the next generation data center, AI, and HPC GPUs, with a faster release cadence than previous solutions.
AnandTech · May 7, 2024 Apple Announces M4 SoC: Latest and Greatest Starts on 2024 iPad Pro Setting things up for what is certainly to be an exciting next few months in the world of CPUs and SoCs, Apple this morning has announced their next-generation M-series chip, the M4. Introduced just over six months after the M3 and the associated 2023 Apple MacBook family, the M4 is…
TechRadar · May 4, 2024 Samsung's archrival strikes crucial partnership with Nvidia's closest ally to deliver key next-gen memory — SK Hynix teams up with TSMC to advance HBM development but could this move encourage TSMC to become like Intel? South Korean memory giant SK Hynix has partnered with Taiwanese chip maker TSMC to produce next-gen HBM4 memory.
International Business Times · May 3, 2024 SK Hynix Says High-end AI Memory Chips Almost Sold Out Through 2025 South Korean semiconductor giant SK Hynix said Friday its entire 2024 production of high-end memory chips was sold out and most of next year's line was gone too, reflecting the huge demand for cutting-edge AI hardware.