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Samsung will help Nvidia build custom non-x86 CPUs and XPUs in a bid to stave off competition from OpenAI, Google, AWS, Broadcom, Meta, and its other key partners

Nvidia partners with Samsung Foundry to expand NVLink Fusion, embedding custom silicon across AI data centers while controlling ecosystem access.

TSMC hits record 70% foundry market share, making a synapse singeing $30.24 billion in revenue last quarter alone

TSMC hits record 70% foundry market share, making a synapse singeing $30.24 billion in revenue last quarter alone

AI GPUs and data centre servers continue to be massive business.

Samsung inks $16.5 billion Tesla AI chip deal — Elon Musk says Samsung will produce new A16 chips: 'The strategic importance of this is hard to overstate'

Samsung inks $16.5 billion Tesla AI chip deal — Elon Musk says Samsung will produce new A16 chips: 'The strategic importance of this is hard to overstate'

Samsung has secured a $16.5 billion deal to produce Tesla's future AI6 self-driving SoC at its Texas fab, a major strategic win for Samsung Foundry.

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Intel hosts Direct Connect Asia event in Seoul — company tries to lure Samsung Foundry clients in its own backyard

Intel Foundry hosts its first Direct Connect Asia event in Korea, targets local chip designers, automotive industry.

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Samsung might make a Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 that's truly 'for Galaxy' S26

Rumors claimed Samsung could be tasked by Qualcomm to make a 2nm process Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 for the Galaxy S26.

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Trump's tariffs on chipmaking tools could make U.S.-made processors more expensive

Trump's tariffs on foreign chipmaking equipment are set to raise costs for U.S. semiconductor manufacturers, threatening to disrupt investment plans and increase the cost of domestically produced chips.

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GlobalFoundries mulls UMC takeover in effort dubbed 'Project Ultron'

GlobalFoundries is exploring an ambitious but challenging merger with rival UMC to create a dominant global player in mature-node semiconductor manufacturing, aiming to boost scale, diversify risk, and counter rising competition.

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Google is reportedly switching from Samsung to TSMC for the Tensor G5. Why could this be a big deal?

Google is reportedly switching from Samsung to TSMC for the Tensor G5. Why could this be a big deal?

Google is reportedly making a manufacturing shift with its next-generation Tensor processors, switching from Samsung Foundry to TSMC. Here's what it all means.

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Samsung to cut foundry investment in half, to $3.5B, says report — Rivals expected to invest more

Samsung to cut foundry investment in half, to $3.5B, says report — Rivals expected to invest more

Unlike industry peers, Samsung Foundry reportedly intends to cut down spending on contract chipmaking unit.

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Samsung reportedly delays purchase of fab tools for fab in Texas — chipmaker allegedly faces challenges with securing clients

Samsung reportedly delays purchase of fab tools for fab in Texas — chipmaker allegedly faces challenges with securing clients

Samsung postponed the delivery of new tools from ASML.

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Arm's partners develop 2nm AI processor using Arm's Neoverse — Arm's Total Design ecosystem doubles in size on first anniversary

Arm's partners develop 2nm AI processor using Arm's Neoverse — Arm's Total Design ecosystem doubles in size on first anniversary

Arm's Total Design ecosystem is now a year old and has grown to include 30 participants all working on AI chiplet platforms based on Arm's Neoverse CSS V3

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Samsung has no plans to spin off its critical foundry business

Samsung has no plans to spin off its critical foundry business

Samsung Foundry will remain part of Samsung no matter what, says chairman

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Samsung's foundry customers reportedly flock to TSMC — three firms move to Taiwanese chipmaker in latest exodus

Samsung's foundry customers reportedly flock to TSMC — three firms move to Taiwanese chipmaker in latest exodus

Small AI chip designers from South Korea increasingly turn to TSMC for their subsequent generations of products after using Samsung Foundry.

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Despite Intel's woes, the U.S. remains the revenue leader of the semiconductor industry

Despite Intel's woes, the U.S. remains the revenue leader of the semiconductor industry

With $264.6 billion in 2023 sales, the U.S. semiconductor industry remains the largest on the planet, and this will not change anytime soon.

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Samsung's yield issues reportedly delays Taylor fab launch to 2026

As Samsung Foundry struggles with yields at below 3nm nodes, it decides to cut personnel at Taylor, Texas fab.

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Chinese companies spend $26 billion on advanced chipmaking machinery investment

Ahead of possible new U.S. export regulations, Chinese chipmakers increase purchases of semiconductor fab tools.

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U.S. closing critical gap in domestic chipmaking supply chain — GlobalWafers given $400 million to make wafers in the U.S.

The U.S. government provides $400 million to GlobalWafers to support wafer manufacturing in Missouri and Texas.

Applied Materials' New Deposition Tool Enables Copper Wires to Be Used for 2nm and Beyond

Although the pace of Moore's Law has undeniably slackened in the last decade, transistor density is still increasing with every new process technology. But there is a challenge with feeding power to smaller transistors, as with the smaller transistors comes thinner power wires within the chip, which increases their resistance…

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Samsung Foundry to build 2nm processors with HBM for Japanese AI firm

Preferred Networks inks deal with Samsung Foundry to supply 2nm AI processors in 2.5D packaging.

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Samsung's new roadmap unveils its 2nm process nodes and outlines backside power delivery plans

Samsung Foundry outlines roadmap for the next three years: 2nm, backside power delivery and more.

Rapidus Adds Chip Packaging Services to Plans for $32 Billion 2nm Fab

To say that the global foundry market is booming right now would be an understatement. Demand for leading-edge process technologies driven by AI and HPC applications is unprecedented, and with Intel joining the contract chipmaking game, this market segment is once again becoming rather competitive as well. Yet, this is…

TSMC Readies Next-Gen HBM4 Base Dies, Built on 12nm and 5nm Nodes

Of the several major changes coming with HBM4 memory, one of the most immediate is the sheer width of the memory interface. With the fourth-generation memory standard moving from an already wide 1024-bit interface to a ultra-wide 2048-bit interface, HBM4 memory stacks won't be business as usual; chip manufacturers are…

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Blacklisted China chipmaker SMIC becomes the world's second-largest pure-play foundry by revenue — outsells GlobalFoundries and others

SMIC becomes the world's second-largest pure-play foundry as it eclipses GlobalFoundries and UMC, but this is only true if you exclude Intel and Samsung.

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Samsung accelerates race against Intel in glass chip packaging development — glass substrates boost performance

Samsung accelerates construction of glass substrates pilot line, plans to start test production in Q1 2025.

Samsung Tapes Out Its First 3nm Smartphone SoC, Gets A Boost From Synopsys AI-Enabled Tools

This week Samsung Electronics and Synopsys announced that Samsung has taped out its first mobile system-on-chip on Samsung Foundry's 3nm gate-all-around (GAA) process technology. The announcement, coming from electronic design automation Synopsys, further notes that Samsung used the Synopsys.ai EDA suite to place-n-route the layout and verify design of the…

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