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Chinese chip industry leader asks companies to focus on building innovations using mature nodes

Ye Tianchun of the China Semiconductor Industry Association and the China Integrated Circuit Innovation Alliance says that tech companies should forge their own path instead of following top tech companies in research and innovation.

Tom’s Hardware

AI accelerators market poised to grow by 250% this year, says TSMC

TSMC believes that AI accelerators will be the fastest-growing market for semiconductors in 2024.

Tom’s Hardware

Samsung starts development on impressive new chip for Galaxy phones, says report

In 2023, Samsung shared plans of mass-producing its 2nm chip in 2025, and it appears the company had already started working on it.

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Plans for China's invasion of Taiwan could be thwarted by a leading European chipmaker's "kill switch," which can remotely deactivate sophisticated chipmaking equipment

ASML and TSMC have a super secret way that they can leverage to remotely access high-tech chipmaking machines and disable them. This would especially come in handy in the event that China decides to go after Taiwan.

Windows Central

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…

AnandTech

Apple reportedly seeks to lock out its competitors from TSMC's 2nm process, by booking all of its manufacturing capacity

That looks nice. We'll take all of it.

PC Gamer

Nvidia announces threefold sales increase in another blowout earnings report—‘We’re racing every day,’ says CEO Jensen Huang

Demand for the company’s GPUs and data centers is skyrocketing, and customers want systems up and running as quickly as possible.

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TSMC's Roadmap at a Glance: N3X, N2P, A16 Coming in 2025/2026

As announced last week by TSMC, later this year the company is set to start high-volume manufacturing on its N3P fabrication process, and this will be the company's most advanced node for a while. Next year things will get a bit more interesting as TSMC will have two process technologies…

AnandTech

TSMC Offers a Peek at 'Global Gigafab' Process Replication Program

At its European Technology Symposium last week TSMC revealed some of the details about its Global Gigafab Manufacturing program, the company's strategy to replicate its manufacturing processes across its multiple gigafab sites. The need for large-scale multi-national fabs to have a process in place to replicate their facilities is well-documented…

AnandTech

Unusual Options Activity in Taiwan Semiconductor ADRs Today Highlight Its Value

Last week Taiwan Semiconductor, a large semiconductor fabrication company, said its April revenue spiked. Call options in TSM stock are having unusual activity today, underlining its underlying value.

Barchart

TSMC will retain leading-edge production tech and trade secrets in Taiwan, says new national tech minister

As TSMC is becoming a multinational corporation, Taiwanese government expects TSMC to be primarily Taiwanese company.

Tom’s Hardware

Taiwan chip companies can turn off manufacturing if Chinese troops show up

China refuses to rule out an invasion, so the US wants assurances that manufacturing can be turned off from anywhere.

TechRadar

The world's largest chipmaker could flip a kill switch and remotely disable its machines in the event of an invasion

That's one helluva kill switch.

PC Gamer

iPhone and Mac chipmaker TSMC can disable its factories should China invade Taiwan amid ongoing tensions between the two countries

Apple partner TSMC can remotely disable the machines it uses to produce chips for Apple and other US companies should China choose to invade Taiwan. The news comes following concerns about what might happen should an invasion take place.

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AnandTech

TSMC to Expand CoWoS Capacity by 60% Yearly Through 2026

Customer demand for AI and HPC processors is driving a much greater use of advanced packaging technologies, particularly TSMC's chip-on-wafer-on-substrate (CoWoS) services. As things stand, TSMC is just barely meeting the current demand for this packaging method – never mind future demand – which is why last year the company…

Tom’s Hardware

TSMC’s EUV machines are equipped with a remote self-destruct in case of an invasion

ASML and TSMC have added kill switches to advanced EUV lithography machines to prevent them from falling into the wrong hands.

Tom’s Hardware

TSMC struggles to meet demand for CoWoS packaging, holding back AI and HPC chip production: report

TSMC can barely meet demand for AI processors, as they need larger interposers.

Tom’s Hardware

Apple COO Reportedly attends secret meetings with TSMC to reserve first batch of 2-nanometer production

Rumors of Apple developing its own AI servers seem much more feasible using TSMC's 2-nanometer fabrication process.

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iPhone 17's major processor upgrade one step closer — top Apple exec visits Taiwan to secure vital 2nm supply

A new report claims Apple COO Jeff Williams has visited Taiwan to help Apple secure vital 2nm chip supply.

Windows Central

Windows on ARM FAQ: What it is, how ARM processors differ from CPUs, ARM history, and more

Windows on ARM typically makes for lightweight devices with long battery life and stellar reliability. But what exactly is ARM anyway?

AnandTech

TSMC Outlines Path to EUV Success: More Tools, More Wafers, & Best Pellicles In Industry

Although TSMC can't claim to be the first fab to use extreme UV (EUV) lithography – that title goes to Samsung – they do get to claim to be the largest. As a result, the company has developed significant experience with EUV over the years, allowing TSMC to refine how…

TechRadar

New AMD Zen 6 rumors suggest a super small yet efficient TSMC 2nm process and 2026 release date

Prominent hardware leaker Moore's Law is Dead's alleged insider source has some new information about AMD Zen 6.

Top News

Taiwan Shifts Focus To US Amid China Tensions

Taiwan shifts focus from China to U.S., strengthening economic ties and diversifying investments amidst escalating tensions.

International Business Times

Rapidus 'Last Opportunity' To Put Japan Back On Global Chip Map

Japan's Rapidus project that brings together some of the world's biggest companies is the "last opportunity" to put the country's once-dominant semiconductor sector back on the global map, its chairman warned.

The Independent UK

Taiwan is selling more to the US than China in major shift away from Beijing

Taiwan is reducing its reliance on the Chinese mainland as it seeks to insulate itself from pressure from Beijing and forge closer economic and trade ties with the United States

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