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Counterpoint released the global foundry market share ranking for the fourth quarter of 2023, showing that TSMC maintained its leadership status with a 61% market share driven by strong demand from AI and the restocking of smartphones.
TSMC 5nm capacity utilization reached...
Open AI’s CEO says we won’t need new hardware or lots more training data to get there.
AP PHOTO/JON GAMBRELL, FILE
A number of moments from my brief sit-down with Sam Altman brought the OpenAI CEO’s worldview into clearer focus. The first was when he pointed to my iPhone SE (the one with the...
The Rapidus fab in northern Japan will have a blanket of grass over the top and use very little water and artificial light and rely on 100% renewable energy. It will be ready for production of 2nm process node chips in early 2027, according to an executive. (Rapidus)
Rapidus remains on track to...
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TAIPEI, Taiwan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NVIDIA’s next-gen Blackwell platform, which includes B-series GPUs and integrates NVIDIA’s own Grace Arm CPU in models such as the GB200, represents a significant development. TrendForce points out that the GB200 and...
Photo illustration of Apple M4 chip colorfully springing to life from the control board of a MacBook Pro.
Rumors about Apple's M4 chip are all the rage right now, with the latest claiming that we might see the M4 chip debut in the new iPad Pro at Apple's "Let Loose" event on May 7. That rumor...
Optical connectivity – and especially silicon photonics – is expected to become a crucial technology to enable connectivity for next-generation datacenters, particularly those designed HPC applications. With ever-increasing bandwidth requirements needed to keep up with (and keep scaling out)...
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Washington and Brussels are in the midst of a policy funk over the possibility that China’s industrial policies could do to the market for legacy chips—or what some in the industry prefer to refer to as “mature-node semiconductors”—something similar to...
FILE PHOTO: The logo of the Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. is seen outside its headquarters in Shenzhen, Guangdong province
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Federal Communications Commission is moving to prevent Huawei, ZTE and other foreign companies deemed to pose U.S. national security concerns from...
ASML’s High Numerical Aperture (High NA) Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) lithography scanner sits in Intel Oregon’s D1X test manufacturing factory, where it is going through its final calibration. It is as big as a double-decker bus and weighs as much as a blue whale. It will shoot lasers at light...
There’s now just one week before our May semiconductor industry update webinar. Will this year’s 16 percent growth forecast hold strong? How much longer can IC ASPs show double-digit growth? What will be the repercussion of the poor first quarter sales? When will IC unit growth resume? What will...
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has no qualms about being a demanding leader.
Huang told "60 Minutes" that accomplishing "extraordinary things" required hard work.
The CEO is known for juggling 50 direct reports while running the $2 trillion company.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has a reputation for being a...
Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) has faced criticism of being late to the party in revealing its latest artificial intelligence innovations, but the iPhone maker has stealthily built a dream team of AI experts, according to an analysis by the Financial Times.
Apple has built this team, in part, by...
King Yuan Electronics Co., Ltd. (2449TW) on the 26th day of April announce for subsidiary, KYEC Microelectronics Co. Ltd. to dispose of its entire 92.1619% share in King Long Technology (Suzhou) Ltd.(“KLT”) to King Legacy Investments Limited, Dense Forest Limited, LePower (HK) Limited, Anchor...
(Bloomberg) -- The Biden administration’s efforts to revitalize the chip industry have mostly focused on doling out multibillion-dollar grants for domestic factories. But there’s a less-discussed side to the push: turning cutting-edge semiconductor research into a more enticing field for...
The TSMC Symposium was full of surprises. I do not remember a process from TSMC branded as cost effective but here it is:
And here is where it fits in the updated TSMC roadmap:
TSMC N4P is a big node so I understand the reasoning behind N4C and I hope it will be the N4 version that Arizona...
FILE PHOTO: The logo of the Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. is seen outside its headquarters in Shenzhen, Guangdong province
(Reuters) - A group of Chinese chip companies led by Huawei Technologies and backed by the country's government aims to produce high-bandwidth memory (HBM) semiconductors, a...
U.S. Department of Commerce Proposes up to Roughly $6.14 Billion for Micron to Expand Domestic DRAM Chip Production in Idaho and New York
Micron’s Full Vision Would Create Approximately 20,000 Jobs and Catalyze up to $125 Billion in Private Capital Over Two Decades, Including Commitments of $50...
Here is the first article from the symposium:
By Stephen Nellis
SANTA CLARA, California (Reuters) -Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co said on Wednesday that a new chip manufacturing technology called "A16" will enter production in the second half of 2026, setting up a showdown with longtime...
1Q24 results in line with guidance with wafer shipments up 4.5% QoQ
First Quarter 2024 Overview1:
Revenue: NT$54.63 billion (US$1.71 billion)
Gross margin: 30.9%; Operating margin: 21.4%
Revenue from 22/28nm: 33%
Capacity utilization rate: 65%
Net income attributable to shareholders of the...
