Entries for January 2023
US-China chip war: America is winning
posted on January 23, 2023 16:05
For more than a century the scramble for oil unleashed wars, forced unusual alliances and sparked diplomatic rows. Now the world's two biggest economies are battling over another precious resource: semiconductors, the chips that literally power our daily life.
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Chip war burns and churns as Biden presses Kishida
posted on January 23, 2023 16:04
The Chinese government has called the United States “selfish” as Washington works at persuading Japan and the Netherlands to join its chip export ban imposed on China.
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Gartner Says Worldwide PC Shipments Declined 28.5% in Fourth Quarter of 2022 and 16.2% for the Year
posted on January 23, 2023 16:03
Worldwide PC shipments totaled 65.3 million units in the fourth quarter of 2022, a 28.5% decrease from the fourth quarter of 2021, according to preliminary results by Gartner, Inc. This marks the largest quarterly shipment decline since Gartner began tracking the PC market in the mid-1990s. For the year, PC shipments reached 286.2 million units in 2022, a 16.2% decrease from 2021.
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Apple supplier TSMC, the world’s biggest contract chip maker, to keep spending in check amid weak global semiconductor demand
posted on January 23, 2023 16:02
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC), the world’s biggest contract chip maker, expects to cut spending this year, as it braces for continued weakness in global demand.
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Secondary Electron Blur Randomness as the Origin of EUV Stochastic Defects
posted on January 23, 2023 16:01
Stochastic defects in EUV lithography have been studied over the last few years. For years, the Poisson noise from the low photon density of EUV had been suspected [1,2]. EUV distinguishes itself from DUV lithography with secondary electrons functioning as intermediary agents in generating reactions in the resist.
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What’s next for the chip industry?
posted on January 16, 2023 16:05
The year ahead was already shaping up to be a hard one for semiconductor businesses. Famously defined by cycles of soaring and dwindling demand, the chip industry is expected to see declining growth this year as the demand for consumer electronics plateaus.
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Big Trouble in Little Interconnects
posted on January 16, 2023 16:04
Samsung Electronics and Micron Technology continue to fight for supremacy in the NAND market, with both companies recently announcing higher-density 3D NAND solutions—albeit with different nomenclatures.
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We’re in a chip war’: Korea’s lead on semiconductors is worried about the country losing chip manufacturing to the U.S.
posted on January 16, 2023 16:03
In three decades at Samsung Electronics Co., Yang Hyang-ja helped shape the 84-year-old conglomerate’s present dominance in global memory chipmaking. Now, she’s taking on a far broader challenge: ensuring Korea remains relevant as the U.S. and China fight over semiconductors.
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Intel’s Take on the Next Wave of Moore’s Law
posted on January 16, 2023 16:02
The next wave of Moore’s Law will rely on a developing concept called system technology co-optimization, said Ann B. Kelleher, general manager of technology development at Intel in an interview with IEEE Spectrum ahead of her plenary talk at the 2022 IEEE Electron Device Meeting(IEDM).
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TSMC to begin 3nm mass production
posted on January 16, 2023 16:01
TAINAN FAB: The firm in an unusual move is to hold a ceremony to launch mass production, which analysts said seeks to affirm its continued presence in Taiwan
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電) on Saturday said that it would hold a ceremony on Thursday to mark the beginning of mass production using its 3-nanometer process.
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