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Thursday 24 October 2024
TSMC chips in Huawei AI accelerator cast doubt on SMIC's capabilities
Chinese foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) has found itself in a precarious position following a recent TechInsights teardown report concerning a TSMC-manufactured...
Wednesday 25 September 2024
Chinese chipmakers gearing up for Huawei's next flagship launch despite hefty cost
Huawei is preparing to launch its latest flagship Mate 70 series, a product bolstered by substantial government support and suppliers, particularly SMIC, who are reportedly sacrificing...
Wednesday 11 September 2024
Huawei reenters the ring after 6 years, championing 7nm Mate XT following 3nm iPhone 16 announcement
On September 10, Huawei and Apple, the former dominant entities in the global smartphone industry, simultaneously unveiled their next smartphones after a six-year hiatus.
Thursday 18 July 2024
TSMC expects around 10% revenue growth in 3Q24
TSMC announced that revenue and margins exceeded guidance in the second quarter of 2024, and it expects revenue for the third quarter to increase 9.5% sequentially at the midpoint.
Friday 28 June 2024
China's HBM demands account for 7% of 2024 global total
High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) is becoming the core of the High-Performance Computing (HPC) arms race.
Tuesday 28 May 2024
TSMC's 7nm bridges academia and industry in Taiwan
Taiwan's significant wafer foundries, such as TSMC and UMC, and compound semiconductor firms such as Win...
Friday 26 April 2024
Huawei's 7nm chip capability and HBM development reflect China's advanced processes ambition
Huawei continues its relentless journey towards chip self-sufficiency, showcasing signs of China's further advancements in advanced manufacturing processes.
Tuesday 5 March 2024
Can Huawei fill the gap in the Chinese AI Chip market left by Nividia amid US restrictions?
With Nvidia restricted from exporting high-end artificial intelligence (AI) processors to China, all eyes turn to Huawei to see if it can fill the market gap. While Huawei's latest...
Wednesday 24 January 2024
Huawei unveils Kirin 9000W, but what's the difference with the 7nm Kirin 9000S?
The flagship Huawei MatePad Pro 13.2-inch tablet computer, recently released in countries such as Malaysia, Italy, and Saudi Arabia, is equipped with an 8-core Kirin 9000W processor...
Tuesday 26 December 2023
TSMC to return to sales growth in 1Q24, but peers to wait longer
TSMC will be the first among its peers in the foundry sector to see sales rebound in the first quarter of 2024, but the others will have to wait longer, according to industry sourc...
Tuesday 19 December 2023
Huawei's Nova 12 rumored to include 7nm Kirin 9000S, demonstrating sufficient capacity
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang recently admitted that Huawei is a formidable competitor. Huang, however, downplayed the significance of Huawei's 7-nanometer chip, stating that there is nothing...
Wednesday 13 December 2023
Merck CEO anticipates semiconductor investment surge in Asia with Taiwan at the helm
In his customary December visit to Taiwan, Kai Beckmann, the Executive Director and CEO of Merck Group's Electronics business sector, emphasized the future opportunities and outlook...
Thursday 23 November 2023
Restricting TSMC benefits SMIC, multi-patterning prohibitively costly, said lithography guru
With the ongoing US-China tensions, Huawei exemplified its ability to make 7nm chips without EUV equipment, and chip guru Burn Lin believes it's not surprising for Huawei to achieve...
Monday 20 November 2023
TSMC capacity utilization may rebound to 80% in 1H24 on rising demand for advanced processes
TSMC's capacity utilization rate is estimated to pick up slowly through the end of 2023 and rebound to 80% in the first half of 2024, and its US dollar revenue performance this year...
Tuesday 14 November 2023
Chinese CPU developer planning shift to 7nm process manufacturing
China government-supported chipmaker Loongson has begun research on its CPU product line entering the next-generation 7nm technology, with development beginning in 2024, according...