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Aaron Leong - Thu, Jun 19, 2025
Samsung's semiconductor foundry business is reportedly in crisis, facing scrutiny and internal overhauls following Google's decision to entrust the production of its next-generation Pixel 10 Tensor G5 processor to rival TSMC. While this...
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Zak Killian - Thu, Apr 24, 2025
That's right folks: buckle up, because we're well into the bumpy roads of sub-nanometer steps in fabrication process improvements. Intel's about to start launching chips fabbed on its 18A process before you know it, and TSMC has its own...
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Paul Lilly - Fri, Apr 04, 2025
It's been less a month since Lip-Bu Tan took over as chief executive officer (CEO) at Intel and he might already be making some major moves. None bigger than a reported chipmaking deal with rival TSMC that would see the two chip behemoths...
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Paul Lilly - Tue, Mar 04, 2025
TSMC announced plans to invest an additional $100 billion on advanced chip manufacturing in the United States, bringing its total US investment to $165 million. As part of the bolstered spending, TSMC will build five new factories...
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Paul Lilly - Fri, Apr 19, 2024
Over the coming years and decades, we're going to see a lot more computer chips manufactured on U.S. soil, with companies like Intel and TSMC investing heavily on new and upgraded semiconductor fab sites in North America. Lest it need be said, however, TSMC has confirmed that chips produced in...
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Mark Tyson - Wed, Sep 06, 2023
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (TSMC) is expected to be a big beneficiary of Intel’s plans through 2024-25. According to Goldman Sachs Securities analysts, as relayed by Taiwan’s Commercial Times, Intel is confidently...
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Mark Tyson - Tue, Aug 08, 2023
The world’s largest contract chipmaker is coming to Europe with a large $11bn semiconductor plant planned to open by the end of 2027. Today, TSMC announced that it will set up its third manufacturing center outside of its home turf at a...
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Mark Tyson - Wed, Nov 23, 2022
The world’s largest contract chip manufacturer, Taiwan’s TSMC, is ready to start construction of its first 1nm semiconductor production facility. It is estimated that to execute its plans, TSMC will invest a sum of approximately $32B in...
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Mark Tyson - Thu, Aug 18, 2022
TSMC foundries will begin mass production of the first 3nm chips for its customers in September, according to industry reports from Taiwan. The world’s largest contract chipmaker has completed the R&D and trial production for what it...
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Tim Sweezy - Wed, Aug 03, 2022
Tensions between China and Taiwan have some concerned an invasion could render the most-advanced chip factory in the world "not operable." TSMC Chair Mark Liu emphasized in a recent interview, "The war brings no winners, everybody's...
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Zak Killian - Mon, May 02, 2022
Regular HotHardware readers may recall us reporting last summer that Intel had supposedly stolen a march on AMD by snatching up all of TSMC's 3nm chip capacity. Obviously, the foundry can only produce so many chips in a given time frame...
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Tim Sweezy - Mon, Feb 28, 2022
The US Department of Commerce (DOC) issued sweeping restrictions last Thursday in regards to exports to Russia in response to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. The restrictions are aimed at severely impeding Russia's access to technologies...
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Paul Lilly - Mon, Feb 21, 2022
If there is one thing the past year has taught us in terms of supply and unprecedented demand, it's that semiconductor manufacturing capacity is painfully limited. It is paramount, then, that fabless firms spend big to secure their piece...
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Paul Lilly - Thu, Jan 13, 2022
We find ourselves in strange times from a consumer standpoint, whereby it's not just whatever is this generation's 'Tickle Me Elmo' that is in short supply, but a plethora of items. Electronics, mostly—game consoles and PC graphics cards...
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Paul Lilly - Wed, Oct 06, 2021
There are many factors that play into the chip shortage that continues to affect the market for all kinds of various electronics, from graphics cards and game consoles, to certain smart automobile features and everything in between. Some...
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Paul Lilly - Fri, Sep 10, 2021
It could still be a bit before the industry-wide shortage of silicon eases up and dissipates completely. While it is difficult to precisely anticipate exactly when the situation will improve, there are signs that indicate it could be...
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Paul Lilly - Thu, Aug 26, 2021
Frustrated by the global shortage of silicon that is causing cutting edge electronics to almost always be out of stock? You know, things like the latest game consoles (PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S) and discrete graphics cards for...
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Paul Lilly - Fri, Aug 13, 2021
When Pat Gelsinger stepped into the role of CEO of Intel, replacing Bob Swan at the helm, he outlined a plan to restore Intel's leadership in its fab process technologies. He also made clear that Intel would tap third-party foundries...
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Paul Lilly - Sat, Jul 24, 2021
It is never too early to discuss what might come next in the PC hardware space, and as it relates to NVIDIA and its GPU roadmap, its latest generation Ampere architecture is now a little over a year old. The big question is what does...
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Paul Lilly - Fri, Jul 02, 2021
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is not having any trouble finding clients for its advanced 3-nanometer node technology. A couple of industry giants have already reportedly tapped TSMC to fabricate 3nm silicon for them...
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Paul Lilly - Mon, Jun 07, 2021
Even though there is a shortage of silicon (relative to rabid demand), the pace of technology has now slowed. Just ask Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), one of the biggest players in the semiconductor space with clients...
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Paul Lilly - Thu, Apr 01, 2021
Anyone who has had aspirations of building a new PC in recent weeks and months has felt the sting of an industry wide silicon shortage. The most desirable CPUs and GPUs have been frustratingly out of stock, as have been the latest game...
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