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Foundry house TSMC plays a crucial role in the semiconductor sector, and the world economy in general.

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Sunday 31 August 2025

Intel veteran to head ADI’s Oregon fab as leadership exodus deepens

Narahari Ramanuja, a 25-year Intel veteran and former director of advanced packaging technology development, is leaving the company to...

Saturday 30 August 2025

TSMC supplier AMC rewires its future with warpage-control materials after LCD collapse

Taiwan's LCD panel industry, which peaked at over NT$1 trillion in 2007, collapsed within years and became unprofitable. The decline...

Friday 29 August 2025

South Korean media points to TSMC as main cause of Samsung's AP procurement cost surge

Samsung Electronics' smartphone division is reportedly struggling with escalating cost pressures, largely attributed to the rapid rise in prices for mobile application processors...

Friday 29 August 2025

TSMC to tighten supplier audits, targeting firms with deep China ties ahead of 2nm rollout

Reports of TSMC halting Chinese equipment use and auditing Taiwanese suppliers have raised concern. The company said it does not comment on rumors, stressing its focus on risk management...

Friday 29 August 2025

Lutnick to TSMC: no free ride on Biden's US$6.5B chip grant

US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said in a CNBC Squawk Box interview on the 26th that one of his first actions after taking office...

Thursday 28 August 2025

CoWoP packaging takes on TSMC’s CoWoS, pressures CoPoS in AI chips

Advanced packaging technologies are evolving at breakneck speed, with attention now shifting beyond wafer-level processes to panel and printed circuit board (PCB) platforms. A new...

Thursday 28 August 2025

TEL says no data leak after ex-employee indicted in Taiwan for alleged TSMC 2nm tech theft

Taiwan has indicted a former TSMC engineer for allegedly leaking 2nm technology to benefit Tokyo Electron (TEL). TEL said it regrets the case, found no evidence of data leaks, and...

Thursday 28 August 2025

Taiwanese tech firms, led by TSMC, pursue global investments to enhance operations and manage currency risks

The Department of Investment Review within Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) has approved five investments by Taiwanese technology firms involving overseas capital injections...

Thursday 28 August 2025

Taiwan prosecutors indict three over TSMC trade secret theft for overseas use

Taiwan prosecutors have formally indicted three individuals for allegedly stealing core national semiconductor trade secrets from TSMC, the country's leading chipmaker, for potential...

Thursday 28 August 2025

Samsung is reportedly considering a stake in Intel to boost chip packaging and challenge TSMC

Samsung Electronics is reportedly considering a strategic investment in Intel to strengthen its foundry business, according to South...

Wednesday 27 August 2025

Nvidia's CoWoP PCB architecture targets ABF substrates but faces warpage risk

Nvidia's new advanced packaging technology, Chip-on-Wafer-on-Platform (CoWoP), has moved into testing with engineering samples of its base printed circuit boards (PCBs) under verification...

Wednesday 27 August 2025

Commentary: Trump eyes TSMC's Arizona fab as leverage to lift Intel and 'Made in America' drive

Since August 11, 2025, when Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan met with US President Donald Trump at the White House, and following the White House confirmation on August 22 that it would subsidize...

Wednesday 27 August 2025

At $30,000 a wafer, TSMC’s 2nm push still draws a rush of customers

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) plans to begin volume production of its 2nm chips in the fourth quarter of 2025, despite foundry prices soaring to a record US$30,000...

Wednesday 27 August 2025

TSMC leak case does not affect Taiwan-Japan chip cooperation, says board member

On August 25, 2025, at the Japan-Taiwan Innovation Summit, Paul Liu, National Development Council (NDC) Minister and a board member of TSMC, addressed the incident involving the suspected...

Tuesday 26 August 2025

TSMC reportedly drops Chinese equipment from 2nm fabs amid US pressure

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) has decided to operate its upcoming 2nm wafer fabs entirely without Chinese-made equipment. The new lines are scheduled to begin operations...

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