White House warns of 'escalating vulnerabilities' to U.S. from semiconductor shortage
posted on April 09, 2022 12:05
WASHINGTON, April 6 (Reuters) - The White House held a classified briefing on Wednesday with some U.S. lawmakers on the dire risks to the American economy from semiconductor supply chain issues as it pushes Congress for $52 billion in funding to subsidize production.
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Concerns grow over sale of UK's largest semiconductor plant to Chinese company
posted on April 09, 2022 12:04
Concerns are growing over plans by a state-backed Chinese company to acquire the U.K.'s largest semiconductor plant for U.S. $82 million, amid reports that the British government has "quietly" approved the sale despite ordering a review a year ago.
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Chinese telecoms giant Huawei pushes semiconductor packaging innovation to ease disruptions caused by US chip sanctions
posted on April 09, 2022 12:03
Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei Technologies Co has filed a patent application on the mainland for a semiconductorpackaging innovation, which industry analysts describe as a potential way to ease the disruptions caused by US chip sanctions on the firm’s operations.
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Chip industry's expansion plans at risk as equipment delays grow
posted on April 09, 2022 12:02
TAIPEI -- Chipmakers trying to expand production capacity are having to wait a year and a half or longer for key equipment, as unprecedented parts shortages and supply constraints batter the chip tools industry.
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Forecasts Show Fab Equipment Spending to Hit All-Time High
posted on April 09, 2022 12:01
As industry leaders push for increased fab capacity to address persistent chip shortages, global front–end fab equipment spending is expected to increase by 18 percent over the next year, according to SEMI’s latest World Fab Forecast report. The industry group forecasts spending to reach $107 billion in 2022 and expects a growth trajectory well into 2023.
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Machine Learning Showing Up As Silicon IP
posted on March 23, 2022 14:05
New machine-learning (ML) architectures continue to appear. Up to now, each new offering has been implemented in a chip for sale, to be placed alongside host processors, memory, and other chips on an accelerator board. But over time, more of this technology could be sold as IP that can be integrated into a system-on-chip (SoC).
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Extending Copper Interconnects To 2nm
posted on March 23, 2022 14:04
Transistor scaling is reaching a tipping point at 3nm, where nanosheet FETs will likely replace finFETs to meet performance, power, area, and cost (PPAC) goals. A significant architectural change is similarly being evaluated for copper interconnects at 2nm, a move that would reconfigure the way power is delivered to transistors.
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TSMC No. 1 as semiconductor firms post record sales
posted on March 23, 2022 14:03
Sales at the world’s 10 largest pure-play foundry operators hit new quarterly highs in the fourth quarter of last year, for a 10th consecutive quarter, with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電) retaining its position as the world’s largest contract chipmaker, Taipei-based market information advisory firm TrendForce Corp (集邦科技) said.
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Chiplets Enter The Supercomputer Race
posted on March 23, 2022 14:02
Several entities from various nations are racing each other to deliver and deploy chiplet-based exascale supercomputers, a new class of systems that are 1,000x faster than today’s supercomputers.
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Why China Has U.S. Congress Focused on Computer Chips
posted on March 23, 2022 14:01
(Bloomberg) -- A rare point of bipartisan consensus in Washington is the desire to spend more than $50 billion to bolster U.S. chip production. That’s a key part of bills pending in both houses of Congress intended to increase U.S. competitiveness with China. The bills are similar, but not identical, and differences on auxiliary issues threaten to stall their progress.
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