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Monday 24 August 2020
Six pillars bolstering Moore's Law: Q&A with Intel chief architect Raja Koduri
At the inaugural Architecture Day held in late 2018, a new technical group headed by Intel senior vice president and chief architect Raja Koduri first came up with six strategic pillars...
Wednesday 22 July 2020
KLA intros electron-beam defect inspection system
KLA has announced the eSL10 e-beam patterned-wafer defect inspection system, which is designed to accelerate time-to-market for high-performance logic and memory chips, including...
Monday 20 July 2020
SMIC faces hurdles catching up with TSMC
China's state-backed SMIC has stepped up the development of its FinFET process technology, disclosing plans to roll out its FinFET N+1 and N+2 processes without implementing EUV li...
Thursday 2 July 2020
Samsung reportedly to skip 4nm foundry process
Samsung Electronics has revised its foundry process roadmap, skipping 4nm and jumping directly to 3nm from 5nm, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 1 July 2020
MediaTek intros gaming-optimized solutions for mainstream smartphones
MediaTek has launched its newest chips in the smartphone gaming-focused G series - the MediaTek Helio G25 and G35. The latest chips feature MediaTek HyperEngine game technology for...
Wednesday 1 July 2020
GF rolls out 12LP+ FinFET process
Globalfoundries has announced its most advanced FinFET solution, 12LP+, which is ready for production. The differentiated 12LP+ solution is optimized for artificial intelligence (AI)...
Tuesday 9 June 2020
TSMC 5nm technology said to be in more process variants
TSMC's 5nm technology will be offered in more process variants, including a further enhanced 5nm node in addition to 5nm Plus, according to sources at IC inspection services companies...
Thursday 28 May 2020
TSMC to move 5nm Plus process to volume production in 4Q20
TSMC is expected to kick off volume production of chips manufactured on an enhanced version of its 5nm FinFET process, dubbed tentatively 5nm Plus, in the fourth quarter of 2020,...
Monday 18 May 2020
Samsung, Globalfoundries to see growing threat from TSMC
TSMC has an over 50% of the global pure-play foundry market, and the establishment of its new US fab could pose a further threat to Samsung's foundry operations and Globalfoundries,...
Thursday 14 May 2020
SMIC raises 2020 capex
China-based pure-play foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) has revised upward its capex outlook this year to US$4.3 billion, up US$1.1 billion or about 34% from...
Thursday 7 May 2020
SMIC plans listing on Shanghai STAR board
Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC), China's top IC foundry, has disclosed plans to trade its shares on the science and technology innovation board (STAR) of China's...
Thursday 30 April 2020
Samsung to spend big on EUV fab tools in 2020
Samsung Electronics is gearing up for mass production of 5nm chips later this year to further enhance its FinFET process offerings that leverage extreme ultraviolet (EUV) technolog...
Friday 17 April 2020
TSMC 3nm process development remains on track
TSMC has disclosed that its 3nm technology development remains on track, with risk production scheduled for 2021 followed by volume production in the second half of 2022.
Tuesday 14 April 2020
HiSilicon places 14nm chip orders with SMIC
China's Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) with its 14nm FinFET process manufacturing has obtained orders from HiSilicon, according to industry sources.
Monday 16 March 2020
SMIC gearing up for 7nm process manufacturing
Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) has moved 14nm FinFET process to volume production with orders from Huawei's chip arm HiSilicon, and is gearing up for its next-generation...