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Thursday 19 December 2024
2nm race heats up: Japan enters as Samsung, Intel scramble against TSMC
The competition for advanced logic processes at the 2-nanometer level will enter its production phase in 2025. Following their absence in the 5nm and 3nm generations, both Intel and...
Tuesday 17 December 2024
Samsung to enter 2nm production in 2025, challenging TSMC
TSMC and Samsung Electronics (Samsung) are set to begin mass production of 2nm technology starting in 2025. Both industry giants are actively vying for customer orders. The South...
Friday 13 December 2024
Samsung reportedly reassigns 2,000 engineers to Pyeongtaek in a bid to overcome HBM challenges
Samsung Electronics has reportedly initiated a large-scale personnel reshuffle, reallocating engineers to its next-generation semiconductor hub in Pyeongtaek. However, the company...
Tuesday 10 December 2024
TSMC's November revenue decline less than expected, with annual revenue set to increase by nearly 30%
Surpassing market expectations, TSMC reported a consolidated revenue of NT$276.058 billion (approx. US$8.504 billion) for November 2024. Although this represents a decrease of 12.2%...
Monday 9 December 2024
Intel's IDM path nearing its end, is Samsung next?
Intel finds itself in a precarious situation as the global supply chain, particularly among Taiwanese manufacturers, continues to struggle without viable solutions. Similarly, Samsung...
Wednesday 4 December 2024
AWS unveils 3nm Trainium3 for AI workloads
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has unveiled its latest innovation, the Trainium3 chip, featuring an advanced 3nm manufacturing process and scheduled for release in late 2025. The announcement...
Tuesday 19 November 2024
Samsung foundry eyes Qualcomm and Nvidia for 2nm and 3nm orders
Samsung Electronics' foundry division is advancing its semiconductor capabilities through the mass production of the Exynos 2600 (tentative name), marking a strategic push for self-sufficiency...
Friday 8 November 2024
Orders from key clients boost TSMC's October revenue to over NT$300 billion
TSMC saw its monthly revenue top NT$300 billion (approx. US$9.4 billion) for the first time in October 2024, driven by a rise in significant orders from important clients such as...
Wednesday 6 November 2024
Intel CEO briefly visits Taiwan to finalize 3/2nm production capacity at TSMC
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger was recently in Taiwan for a brief visit to meet with TSMC chairman C. C. Wei at the Hsinchu Science Park (HSP), according to sources familiar with the matt...
Friday 1 November 2024
Samsung's foundry business faces challenges in catching up with TSMC
From the 14nm generation to the present, Samsung's attempts to capture Apple's orders have often been thwarted. Since the launch of Apple's A10 Fusion chip in 2016, TSMC has monopolized...
Friday 1 November 2024
Intel CEO to visit TSMC in November, say sources
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger will visit TSMC in Taiwan in November, according to industry sources, who also believe that recent media claims about TSMC withdrawing the Intel discount are...
Thursday 31 October 2024
Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun calls for understanding as advanced process inflation drives up smartphone prices
The era of advanced process inflation has arrived, with the price of 3nm processes continuing to rise. Key system-on-chip (SoC) components such as Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite and...
Monday 28 October 2024
Unlikely allies: why Samsung is expected to decline Intel's proposed foundry partnership
Recent reports from South Korean media indicate that Intel is in talks with Samsung Electronics to explore potential collaboration in foundry services and resource sharing. However,...
Friday 25 October 2024
Qualcomm's new Snapdragon 8 Elite boosts Samsung's competitiveness while raising questions about Exynos future
Qualcomm's newly unveiled mobile application processor (AP), the Snapdragon 8 Elite, demonstrates significant performance improvements over its predecessor and reportedly surpasses...
Tuesday 22 October 2024
China's first 3nm SoC by Xiaomi marks a seven-year gap since its last launch, likely manufactured by TSMC
Xiaomi's self-developed 3nm chip has begun taping out, marking the first 3nm mobile SoC launched by a Chinese company, with TSMC anticipated as the manufacturer. However, neither...