The Taiwanese company TSMC is preparing three sites in different parts of the island for the production of 2nm components, but current rumors indicate a possible slowdown in the implementation of such projects. At least one of the companies aiming...
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According to industry association SEMI, productivity of 200 mm silicon wafers will increase by 14% from 2023 to 2026 inclusive, to a record 7.7 million silicon wafers per month. During this period, 12 new companies will be created and their total...
As a member of the RE100 initiative, the Taiwanese company TSMC has made certain commitments to switch to the use of energy from renewable sources and achieve carbon neutrality. Recently the company announced about its willingness to accelerate this...
Surpluses of certain types of semiconductor components and the weakness of the macroeconomy this year will lead their manufacturers to reduce their production volumes and reduce their own costs of purchasing technological equipment. The latter...
Back in 2021, GlobalFoundries announced plans to spend around $4 billion to expand its manufacturing base in Singapore, and this week the new line was officially launched. The introduction of additional capacity will increase the productivity of the...
According to the official press releases, Intel has so far managed to win at least four well-known contract customers. If MediaTek settles for less sophisticated technical processes, Boeing, Northrop Grumman and Ericsson are aiming to obtain chips...
In the computing accelerator segment, NVIDIA’s main production partner remains TSMC, whose management recently admitted that it will not be able to fully meet demand for such services until the end of next year. NVIDIA isn’t going to sit...
About 10 of Arm’s key customers and partners are considering becoming major investors in the developer’s IPO, with the potential to collectively spend up to $735 million on the company’s stock, but few of the...
So far, industry sources with varying degrees of certainty have mostly spoken of Apple being on TSMC’s customer list 3nm process technology. This week, MediaTek decided to “step out of the shadows,” admitting that 3nm Dimensity...
Lithographic machines that combine operation with ultra-hard ultraviolet (EUV) radiation and high numerical aperture (high NA) are a necessary tool for mastering the so-called “Angstrom” engineering processes with standards below 2 nm, i...
September 1, loud BloombergOn the island of Hokkaido in Japan, a groundbreaking ceremony took place here for the company of the young company Rapidus, which will establish the production of 2 nm products on behalf of third-party customers by 2027...
on the technological Deutsche Bank conferences Intel’s interests were represented by CEO Patrick Gelsinger, who at the event paid close attention to the company’s prospects of becoming one of the largest contract chipmakers. According to...
Taiwanese company TSMC has been supplying customers with first-generation 3nm chips for several months, Apple is expected to receive the bulk of them, and the situation will not change until the end of this year, according to informed sources. Intel...
In the context of the pandemic, there is not much room left on the conveyor for mass-produced and at the same time not very profitable autochip manufacturers, so many automakers began to suffer from their shortage. Based on this experience, the...
At the end of last year, the top 10 chipmakers invested a record $146.1 billion to expand and modernize their businesses. This year, the amount is set to be reduced by 16% to $122 billion, for the first time since 2019 and the sharpest in the...
China’s semiconductor industry relies heavily on imported high-tech equipment, which the United States, Japan and the Netherlands are using to curb the growth of China’s technological power. At the same time, experts predict that Chinese...
In early 2022, Intel announced its intention to buy Israeli contract chipmaker Tower Semiconductor for $5.4 billion. Since then, the deal has been approved by antitrust authorities of various countries and regions after stalling, in line with a bad...
July statistics showed that China’s integrated circuit production volume grew for the fourth straight month, but the growth rate is slowing amid a slow economic recovery and the maintenance of elevated product inventories. In seven months of...
The Intel 18A’s state-of-the-art manufacturing process is a few years away from commercialization, but the company is already actively mentioning future customers who will use it. This week Intel and Synopsys reportedthat the latter’s...
A year ago it seems ReutersThe President of the United States signed the so-called “Chip Act”, which provides for a total of 52.7 billion US dollars in subsidies for the national semiconductor industry. Applications from applicants were...
