Intel Drops a Bomb, Not the Ball
posted on March 30, 2021 17:05
Intel rewarded the patient this week as Pat Gelsinger made some very big announcements about the formation of a standalone foundry business, increased partnerships with TSMC for manufacturing of Intel processor products, and a huge promised investment in new manufacturing plants in Arizona. EETimes editor Brian Santo provided an excellent synposis and analysis of Gelsinger’s web presentation.
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Samsung develops HKMG-based DDR5 memory
posted on March 30, 2021 17:04
Samsung Electronics has expanded its DDR5 DRAM memory portfolio with a 512GB DDR5 module based on high-K metal gate (HKMG) process technology, according to the company. Delivering more than twice the performance of DDR4 at up to 7,200 megabits per second (Mbps), the new DDR5 will be capable of orchestrating the most extreme compute-hungry, high-bandwidth workloads in supercomputing, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), as well as data analytics applications, it said.
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Micron Exits 3D XPoint Market, Eyes CXL Opportunities
posted on March 30, 2021 17:03
TORONTO — Micron Technology’s exit from the 3D XPoint market should come as little surprise. The memory maker’s decision follows on several years of not talking much about a technology it jointly developed with Intel Corp.
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Waiting For Chiplet Standards
posted on March 30, 2021 17:02
The need and desire for chiplets is increasing, but for most companies that shift will happen slowly until proven standards are in place.
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(Re)Shoring Up Semiconductor Manufacturing
posted on March 30, 2021 17:01
Sometimes history can be difficult to decipher. But the reasons why manufacturing moved out of the United States are blatantly obvious — cheap labor and reduced regulation.
Even though the analysis might be easy, history can still be difficult once those old mistakes start becoming clearer.
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Chasing After Carbon Nanotube FETs
posted on March 22, 2021 15:05
Carbon nanotube transistors are finally making progress for potential use in advanced logic chips after nearly a quarter century in R&D. The question now is whether they will move out of the lab and into the fab.
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China’s SMIC gets Shenzhen funds for US$2.4bn fab
posted on March 22, 2021 15:04
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC, 中芯國際) is to build a US$2.35 billion plant with funding from the Shenzhen City Government, the first major project to emerge from China’s master plan to match the US and become more self-reliant amid a global chip shortage.
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Bleeding-Edge Nodes Boost Foundry Revenues
posted on March 22, 2021 15:03
Who says Moore’s Law is dead?
Wafer demand is surging, driven by the ramp of 7- and 5-nm process nodes that are boosting foundry revenue on a per-wafer basis, reports IC Insights.
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Samsung, TSMC are Spending to Widen IC Manufacturing Lead
posted on March 22, 2021 15:02
TAIPEI — Samsung and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) are poised to widen their IC manufacturing lead in the chip industry this year as they outspend rivals in production technology, according to industry watcher IC Insights.
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Chip shortage could present new US-China flashpoint
posted on March 22, 2021 15:01
A supply-chain disruption to one of the world’s most essential technological products is quickly becoming the flashpoint for global tensions. The fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic has not just hit international markets in unprecedented magnitudes but has also affected market dynamics in almost unprecedented ways.
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