TSMC to increase prices of chips made outside Taiwan – this will likely lead to higher prices of end devices
TSMC is the world’s largest chip maker, and its products are found in a wide range of devices, from phones to game consoles and computers. But devices…
7.4-magnitude earthquake hits Taiwan – TSMC evacuates factories
The Technology section is powered by Favbet Tech According to seismologists, this is the most powerful earthquake in Taiwan in 25 years — there are casualties, dozens…
TSMC added $42 billion to its value and surpassed Visa – thanks to the “II boom”
Shares of the largest company in Taiwan soared by 7.9%, increasing its capitalization to $575 billion. As Bloomberg notes, the additional $42 billion was enough to overtake…
New tools for the production of ASML microcircuits will double in price – up to $380 million. 10-20 units are already booked
ASML has announced that its newest High-NA extreme ultraviolet (EUV) chip fabrication tools, called High-NA Twinscan EXE, will cost about $380 million each — more than double…
Apple will be the first to receive chips based on TSMC’s 2nm processor
The Technology section is powered by Favbet Tech Apple will be the first company to receive chips manufactured using TSMC’s upcoming 2nm process. TSMC is expected to…
A 5nm chip made in Taiwan, not China, was found in a Huawei laptop
Huawei Technologies Co.’s newest laptop. runs on a chip manufactured by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), as it became known after disassembling the device, which refutes talk…
TSMC plans to put more than 1 trillion transistors in 3D packaging by 2030. 5-fold increase
TSMC has outlined plans to put more than 1 trillion transistors in 3D packaging and 200 billion in monolithic chips by 2030. At the IEDM 2023 conference,…
the cost of 2 nm TSMC wafers will increase by 50% – Apple will be the first to feel it
Analysts at IBS say TSMC’s 2-nanometer wafers for chip production could cost $30,000 a piece — 50% higher than the cost of 3-nm wafers, which cost about…
Japan will allocate $13 billion to support the production of microcircuits within the country
Japan’s economy ministry is preparing subsidies totaling 2 trillion yen ($13 billion) to boost investment in the chip industry to restore its status as a leading semiconductor…
The crisis in the electronics market: TSMC’s revenue for the second quarter in a row fell short of analysts’ forecasts
TSMC failed to meet analysts’ revenue forecasts. This was the second quarter in a row, reflecting the continued decline in global demand for electronics. According to Bloomberg,…
Priority mode for Apple left TSMC’s other customers unable to produce chips on the 3nm process until the end of 2023
Processors in most modern flagship smartphones are manufactured by TSMC on the basis of the 4nm process. This year, a new Apple iPhone 15 Pro smartphone is…
The next Apple MacBook Air and iMac will receive an M3 chip created using a 3-nanometer process – Bloomberg
According to a report by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple is working on the MacBook Air and iMac with an M3 chip built on a more efficient 3-nanometer…
TSMC likely to cut prices on 3nm process to spur demand from AMD and NVIDIA
According to industry sources, the TSMC company is considering the possibility of reducing the prices for the production of chips according to the norms of the 3-nanometer…
TSMC this week will start the production of chips using the 3nm process — first of all, they will prepare the release of the Apple M2 Pro processor for the MacBook Pro and Mac mini
TSMC, which is Apple’s main processor supplier, will begin mass production of chips this week using a 3-nanometer process. Apple will become the main customer of the…
TSMC: SRAM cache for CPU and GPU has reached the limits of scaling – processor cache memory will stop growing rapidly, and the technology will become more expensive
This year, the 68th annual IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) is back in full force, gathering nearly 1,500 engineers from around the world in person in…
TSMC grew revenue by 50% last month, thanks mainly to Apple and Qualcomm
TSMC reported a sharp increase in revenue in November. This is partly due to orders for chips for high-performance smartphones such as the Apple iPhone. It noted…
Samsung to make 3nm chips for NVIDIA, Baidu, Qualcomm and IBM as company benefits from US-China tensions
Samsung will use its advanced manufacturing process to manufacture chips from four well-known technology companies. The race to overtake TSMC as the world’s largest processor maker continues,…
DigiTimes: TSMC to sell 3nm wafers for $20,000 — 25% more than 5nm wafers
TSMC plans to sell its 3nm processors for $20,000 per wafer. Contract prices for big companies like Apple, Intel, or Nvidia are likely to be lower, but…
Crisis yesterday, surplus today: TSMC cuts supply chains in half
November 03, 2022, 12:59 How long has everyone been vying to discuss the semiconductor crisis that erupted after the pandemic? Analysts foreshadowed almost a collapse, but less…
Crisis yesterday, surplus today: TSMC cuts supply chains in half
November 03, 2022, 12:59 How long has everyone been vying to discuss the semiconductor crisis that erupted after the pandemic? Analysts foreshadowed almost a collapse, but less…
Intel will produce MediaTek processors
MediaTek is one of the world’s largest processor manufacturers, with chips powering two billion devices every year. However, it does not have its own factories, and TSMC…
TSMC's new pricing policy will make 2023 smartphones more expensive
From year to year, the average cost of smartphones is continuously growing. One of the growth drivers is TSMC, the world’s leading chipmaker, which regularly raises the…
TSMC will make 3nm chipsets fundamentally different due to FinFlex
TSMC spoke at the North American Technology Symposium 2022, where she spoke about the prospects for her work in the coming years. The main block was a…
USA and Japan team up to create chips using 2nm technology
Japan and the US have agreed to cooperate to develop and mass-produce 2nm semiconductor processes. Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Koichi Hagiuda has arrived in the…
But what about the crisis? Global chip sales break historical records
February 16, 2022, 09:44 For more than a year and a half, news about the global shortage of semiconductors has been flashing everywhere, which has become the…