Entries for June 2021
GlobalFoundries Asks Court to Reject IBM Lawsuit
posted on June 24, 2021 18:05
GlobalFoundries is seeking a court ruling dismissing IBM’s claim that the chip maker violated a manufacturing agreement with the former owner of its fabs.
GlobalFoundries acquired IBM’s semiconductor fabs in 2014. According to reports and a court filing, IBM has accused the Abu Dhabi-owned chip maker of failing to comply with the terms of a manufacturing contract. IBM is seeking $2.5 billion in damages.
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Senate Approves $52B for Chip R&D, House Debate Looms
posted on June 24, 2021 18:04
The focus on U.S. efforts to re-shore semiconductor manufacturing shifts to the House of Representatives after the Senate approved landmark legislation this week that allocates $52 billion for domestic chip research and manufacturing.
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Taiwan, Ultimate Risk for China and the World, Semis Front and Center in the World
posted on June 24, 2021 18:03
Nothing good can come out of a China/Taiwan conflict for China or the world. For China, the risks are numerous and enormous. If they attempt to take over Taiwan, the conflict could extend from India, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, Japan, the US(which would probably involve Nato since they are allies by treaty) and their economies rely upon TSM chips like most of the world's economies.
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AMD ON WHY CHIPLETS—AND WHY NOW
posted on June 24, 2021 18:02
Moore’s Law is not just a simple rule of thumb about transistor counts, it’s an economic, technical, and developmental force—and one strong enough to push some of the largest chipmakers to future-proof architectural approaches.
That force pushed some of AMD’s lead architects to reroute around the once-expected cadence of new technology development by pursuing a chiplet approach. We’ll get more to the reasons why and what they considered in a moment but first, it’s useful to lay the groundwork.
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TSMC’s Chip Scaling Efforts Reach Crossroads at 2nm
posted on June 24, 2021 18:01
Perpetuating Moore’s Law — the observation that the transistor density in a typical chip doubles every two years — poses a number of challenges at the 3nm node, yet Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. (TSMC) remains optimistic.
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Intel CEO sees ’10 good years’ of chip industry growth
posted on June 17, 2021 18:05
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger said that he expects 10 “good years” of growth in the semiconductor industry during a panel at CNBC’s Evolve conference on Wednesday.
“We believe the market, the world, is in a very expansionary period,” Gelsinger told CNBC’s Jon Fortt. “I predict there’s 10 good years in front of us, because the world is becoming more digital, and everything digital needs semiconductors.”
As Semiconductor Spending Explodes,This Sure Feels Like a Super Cycle!
posted on June 17, 2021 18:04
What a time to be in the semiconductor industry! If you’re a chip manufacturer you’re currently being blamed for the woes of the supply chain and shortages, because you failed to anticipate demand..
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Taiwan’s TSMC mulling US chip packaging plant
posted on June 17, 2021 18:03
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) is thinking about building a chip packaging facility in the U.S.
According to Nikkei Asia, the advanced IC packaging facility would be TSMC’s first such plant outside of Taiwan and comes amid a push by the American government to have more of the tech supply chain in the U.S.
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US, Europe tackle Chinese locUS, Europe tackle Chinese lock on rare earth metals
posted on June 17, 2021 18:02
What if China were to cut off the United States and Europe from access to rare minerals that are essential to electric vehicles, wind turbines and drones?
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Update: Google Used a New AI to Design Its Next AI Chip
posted on June 17, 2021 18:01
Google reports this week in the journal Nature that its next generation AI chip, succeeding the TPU version 4, was designed in part using an AI that researchers described to IEEE Spectrum last year.
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