TSMC may pay $1 billion to the US for inadvertent supply of Huawei chips
TSMC, the world’s largest chipmaker, may face a fine of more than $1 billion, according to knowledgeable sources. Although this amount is not critical for TSMC, it is hardly a trifle.
It will speed up gadgets by 15%: TSMC creates the world’s «most advanced» 2-nm chip
Taiwanese TSMC company has introduced a two-nanometer chip, mass production of which is scheduled to begin in the second half of this year.
Intel and TSMC set up joint venture to produce chips in the US, — insiders
Unofficial sources report that Intel and TSMC have reached a preliminary agreement to establish a joint venture to manage Intel’s factories in the United States
Russian engineer on trial for stealing secrets of ASML, TSMC and NXP — collected data to build a semiconductor factory
Engineer German A. is accused of secretly supplying confidential technical information from ASML, NXP and TSMC to Russia and receiving illegal income for this.
Silicon-free: «the world’s first 2D GAAFET transistor» 40% faster than Intel’s counterparts
Developers from Peking University have announced the creation of the world’s first two-dimensional low-power transistor GAAFET.
«Intel doesn’t know how to be a factory», — Apple CEO Tim Cook told TSMC founder when he negotiated the chip production deal
Before signing a deal with TSMC, Apple tried to establish a manufacturing relationship with Intel, but something went wrong. TSMC founder Morris Chang recalls the details of this story.
TSMC is being sued for racism and discrimination — they import Taiwanese and do not hire Americans
Current and former TSMC employees, including a director, sue for discrimination. An American factory hires Taiwanese citizens and refuses to hire Americans.
TSMC deprived Intel of 40% discount due to careless comments by Pat Helsinger
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger’s comments on TSMC’s presence in China have damaged relations between the companies and deprived Intel of huge discounts.
«100% NVIDIA’s fault»: Jensen Huang admits to Blackwell design error, TSMC helps fix it
The design flaw in NVIDIA’s Blackwell GPU that caused a delay in the delivery of AI chips has been fixed. The improved B100/B200 are about to enter mass production.
TSMC is worth $1 trillion — why the Taiwanese chipmaker is important and what challenges it faces
On Monday, Taiwanese semiconductor giant TSMC briefly joined the small club of companies worth more than $1 trillion. Over the past nearly four decades, TSMC has become one of the most important companies in the world — a leader in chip manufacturing that powers most of the world’s electronics.
DRAM and NAND memory will become cheaper, video cards and processors will rise in price by 5-20% — TrendForce
The latest report TrendForce shows that spot prices for memory DRAM and NAND are unlikely to rise in price — on the contrary, conditions may develop for a price reduction. First, there is a large stock on the market. Second, as it turned out, the Chinese government’s actions to combat smuggling of refurbished memory have a significant…
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang, along with executives from TSMC, MediaTek and Quanta, walked the night market in Taiwan
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang and the heads of some of the largest companies in the semiconductor business were spotted together at the Ningxia Night Market in Taiwan. TSMC founder Morris Chang, MediaTek CEO Rick Tsai, Quanta CEO Barry Lem, and famous architect Chris Yao were partying with NVIDIA CEO. The party took place on the eve of Computex 2024, and…
Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 processor will get up to 4.26 GHz to beat Apple A18 — insider
According to insightQualcomm is increasing the clock speed of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 mobile processor to 4.26 GHz. This change will allow the chip to compete with the upcoming A18 and A18 Pro chips for the iPhone, which can also operate at higher frequencies. The frequency race comes amid the release of a productive M4 processor from Apple with…
TSMC chips with 120 x 120 mm dimensions will appear thanks to new CoWoS technology
The record for the largest chip size sounds like something of a dubious proposition, but not in the case of TSMC. The company introduced chip-on-wafer-on-substrate (CoWoS) packaging technology, which will allow for the creation of system-in-package (SiP) systems that are several times larger than existing NVIDIA B200 or AMD Instinct MI300X…
TSMC unveils A16 (1.6 nm) process — Apple iPhone will be able to receive chips on it in 2027
TSMC introduced A16 chip manufacturing process, i.e. 1.6 nm. The new technology significantly increases the density of chip logic and makes it possible to increase chip performance and data processing speed.
Taiwanese from TSMC and Slovenians from EKWB abuse workers in the US: racism, overtime and underpayment
It seems that Asian and Eastern European companies that open factories in the United States bring their «production culture» there. According to testimonies, American employees of TSMC and PC manufacturer EKWB from Slovenia face racism, rudeness, overtime, underpayment, and false accusations.
TSMC will increase prices for chips made outside Taiwan – this is likely to lead to higher prices for end devices
TSMC is the world’s largest chipmaker, and its products are found in a wide range of devices, from phones to game consoles to computers. But soon, devices using TSMC chips may become more expensive if manufacturers decide to buy chips that the company produces outside its base in Taiwan.
TSMC is powering Taipei suburbs with its own generators — Taiwanese government has asked for help
TSMC has shared energy from its backup power generators with Taiwan’s state-owned power company Taipower to help avoid power outages, according to the Taiwanese newspaper Commercial Times. This follows a recent 7.4-magnitude earthquake that shut down eight power units.
A 7.4 magnitude earthquake hits Taiwan — TSMC evacuates factories
According to seismologists, this is the most powerful earthquake in Taiwan in 25 years — there are deaths, dozens of buildings collapsed.
TSMC has added $42 billion to its value and surpassed Visa — thanks to the «AI boom»
Shares of Taiwan’s largest company soared by 7.9%, increasing its capitalization to $575 billion.
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