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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U.S. Blacklists YMTC, 21 Chinese Companies on AI Threat
posted on December 26, 2022 09:05
The U.S. Commerce Department is blacklisting Yangtze Memory Technologies Co. (YMTC) and more than 20 other Chinese chipmakers suspected of an AI threat to U.S. national security.
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How Far Will Copper Interconnects Scale?
posted on December 26, 2022 09:04
As leading chipmakers continue to scale finFETs — and soon nanosheet transistors — to ever-tighter pitches, the smallest metal lines eventually will become untenable using copper with its liner and barrier metals.
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Challenges In Backside Power Delivery
posted on December 26, 2022 09:03
One of the key technologies to enable scaling below 3nm involves delivering of power on the backside of a chip. This novel approach enhances signal integrity and reduces routing congestion, but it also creates some new challenges for which today there are no simple solutions.
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GLOBAL CHIP INDUSTRY PROJECTED TO INVEST MORE THAN $500 BILLION IN NEW FACTORIES BY 2024, SEMI REPORTS
posted on December 26, 2022 09:02
The worldwide semiconductor industry is projected to invest more than $500 billion in 84 volume chipmaking facilities starting construction from 2021 to 2023, with segments including automotive and high-performance computing fueling the spending increases, SEMI announced today in its latest quarterly World Fab Forecast report.
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China’s chip imports record steepest drop this year amid manufacturing disruptions, tech war with US, economic headwind
posted on December 26, 2022 09:01
• Chip imports fell 14.4 per cent to 498.5 billion units in the 11 months ended November 30, down from 582.1 billion in the same period last year
• Semiconductor exports also continued to decline, falling 11.7 per cent year on year to 250.5 billion units in the 11 months to November
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