TSMC to slow production as Intel delays chip launch
posted on August 10, 2022 08:05
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電), the world’s biggest contract chipmaker, has decided to slow down its 3-nanometer chip production as Intel Corp, one of its major customers, plans to push back the launch of its new Meteor Lake tGPU chipsets to the end of next year, market researcher TrendForce Corp (集邦科技) said yesterday.
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Pelosi’s Taiwan trip puts the world’s biggest chipmaker back in the spotlight of U.S.-China rivalry
posted on August 10, 2022 08:04
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi may have left Taiwan but the visit has cast a spotlight once again on the island’s critical role in the global chip supply chain and in particular on the world’s biggest chipmaker, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., or TSMC.
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Cooling Semiconductor Sales Heighten Fears of a Global Recession
posted on August 10, 2022 08:03
World chip sales growth has decelerated for six straight months -- yet another sign the global economy is straining under the weight of rising interest rates and mounting geopolitical risks.
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Chip Backdoors: Assessing The Threat
posted on August 10, 2022 08:02
In 2018, Bloomberg Businessweek made an explosive claim: Chinese spies had implanted backdoors in motherboards used by some high-profile customers, including the U.S. Department of Defense. All of those customers issued strongly worded denials.
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SK Hynix develops 238-layer 4D NAND flash
posted on August 10, 2022 08:01
SK Hynix has announced the development of its 238-layer 4D NAND flash memory, with shipments of 512Gb triple-level cell (TLC) chip samples already kicking off.
SK Hynix expects to enter mass production of 238-layer 512Gb TLC 4D NAND flash chips in the first half of 2023.
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TSMC Commits to Nanosheet Technology at 2 nm Node
posted on June 09, 2022 13:05
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) has chosen nanosheet technology for production of its next 2 nm node starting in 2025 to help cut energy consumption in high–performance computing (HPC) systems.
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IC Insights reiterates 2022 semiconductor outlook of 11% growth
posted on June 09, 2022 13:04
Despite rampant inflation and other macro headwinds, IC Insights continues to anticipate an 11% increase in total semiconductor sales this year - the same growth rate that was forecast in January.
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Cultivating chip industry
posted on June 09, 2022 13:03
The South Korean government plans to nurture more than 3,000 skilled experts for the semiconductor industry by 2027, the Ministry of Science and ICT said Monday, a move that follows the high-profile visit of US President Joe Biden to a Samsung Electronics facility amid the global shortage of chips.
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Taiwan talks show EU urgency on chips
posted on June 09, 2022 13:02
Ministerial-level talks last week between the EU and Taiwan under a new trade and investment framework reflected the EU’s urgency in gaining more stable access to the global semiconductor supply chain, economists said.
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The Supply Chain Changes History
posted on June 09, 2022 13:01
President Biden’s recent visit to South Korea, meeting the heads of South Korean conglomerates, and a plan to visit Samsung’s semiconductor fab are closely related to a restructuring of the US-centric supply chain.
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