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Tuesday 2 May 2023
TSMC overseas foundry quotes to be 10-30% higher than in Taiwan
TSMC has begun to formulate pricing strategies for its new overseas wafer fabs. Quotes for advanced chips to be fabricated by its plant in Arizona are estimated to be 20-30% higher...
Friday 28 April 2023
TSMC sees major fabless clients defer 3nm chip rollouts
TSMC has obtained 3nm chip order commitments from vendors including AMD, MediaTek, Nvidia, and Qualcomm, which are all looking to defer the delivery of their 3nm generation devices,...
Thursday 27 April 2023
TSMC talks about enhanced N3E and other 3nm variants
At its 2023 North America Technology Symposium, TSMC showcased progress in its 2nm technology and new 3nm process variants, including an improved N3E.
Thursday 27 April 2023
TI sees market uncertainties for all applications except automotive
Leading analog IC vendor Texas Instruments (TI) has seen its overall financial results for first-quarter 2023 meet its original financial guidance, but its observation is that macro...
Thursday 27 April 2023
Honda aims to make over 2 million EVs annually, tapping TSMC for stable chip supply
Honda Motor plans to grow EV market share in North America, China, and Japan with a goal of making more than 2 million vehicles annually by 2030. It has secured collaboration with...
Thursday 27 April 2023
Customers remain hesitant about more advanced processes; academia needs to solve cost and yield rate issues
Although TSMC's 3nm process has already achieved mass production, its capacity utilization rate is not yet filled. Chen Liang-chia, a distinguished professor of the mechanical engineering...
Thursday 27 April 2023
TSMC, UMC step up automotive IC deployment
TSMC and United Microelectronics (UMC) have both stepped up their deployments in the automotive IC field.
Wednesday 26 April 2023
TSMC, GF strike new contracts with car vendors
TSMC and GlobalFoundries have both struck long-term contracts with car vendors.
Tuesday 25 April 2023
Tougher conditions for US CHIPS Act may discourage Taiwan, Korea chipmakers from investing
The details of the US CHIPS and Science Act (also known as the CHIPS Act) subsidies, which aims to rebuild the country's local semiconductor supply chain, have been released, but...
Tuesday 25 April 2023
Chinese SSD controller vendors actively tapping enterprise market
China's SSD (solid-state drive) control chip suppliers, including DapuStor, are keen to tap into the enterprise-use SSD market with high-end controllers developed in house, aiming...
Tuesday 25 April 2023
TSMC lands advanced chip orders shifted from China
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has gained advanced chip orders shifted from Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) and other China-based foundries, which...
Monday 24 April 2023
TSMC signs contract to procure green energy for partners and subsidiaries in Taiwan
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) announced it signed contracts with Ark Power, a green energy subsidiary of Taiwan-based Ark Solar Energy, to procure a total of 20...
Monday 24 April 2023
Marvell demos 3nm data infrastructure silicon
Marvell Technology has demonstrated high-speed, ultra-high bandwidth silicon interconnects manufactured using Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) 3-nanometer (3nm)...
Friday 21 April 2023
TSMC betting on Apple orders to bolster 2H23 growth too risky, say observers
TSMC's latest earnings call conference has released mixed messages in the eyes of market observers. On the one hand, they are upbeat about the foundry maintaining its capex for the...
Friday 21 April 2023
eMemory security-enhanced OTP qualifies on TSMC N5
NeoFuse, a security-enhanced version of eMemory's one-time programmable (OTP) non-volatile memory (NVM) technology, has been qualified on the TSMC N5 process. Another design tape-out...