Intel plans 'stacked' circuits in bid to regain its chipmaking lead
posted on December 16, 2018 17:05
(Reuters) - Intel Corp (INTC.O) said on Wednesday that it has developed a way to stack its computing circuits on top of one another in a bid to regain the lead in chip manufacturing technology that it has lost to rivals like Taiwan Semiconductor Co Ltd (5425.TWO) in recent years.
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Explainer: What is China's Huawei Technologies and why is it controversial?
posted on December 16, 2018 17:04
(Reuters) - The arrest in Canada of Meng Wanzhou, a top executive at China’s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd and daughter of the founder and CEO, jolted the global business community on Thursday and raised fears that a truce in the U.S.-China trade war could come to a swift end.
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Global Semiconductor Sales Increase 12.7 Percent Year-to-Year in October; Double-Digit Annual Growth Projected for 2018
posted on December 16, 2018 17:03
WASHINGTON—Dec. 3, 2018—The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), representing U.S. leadership in semiconductor manufacturing, design, and research, today announced worldwide sales of semiconductors reached $41.8 billion for the month of October 2018, an increase of 12.7 percent from the October 2017 total of $37.1 billion and 1.0 percent more than last month’s total of $41.4 billion.
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Samsung’s big semi capex spending keeps pressure on competition
posted on December 16, 2018 17:02
IC Insights revised its outlook for total semiconductor industry capital spending and presented its forecast of semiconductor capex spending for individual companies in its November Update to The McClean Report 2018, which was released earlier this month.
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New Metal-Air Transistor Replaces Semiconductors
posted on December 16, 2018 17:01
It is widely predicted that the doubling of silicon transistors per unit area every two years will come to an end around 2025 as the technology reaches its physical limits. But researchers at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, believe a metal-based field emission air channel transistor (ACT) they have developed could maintain transistor doubling for another two decades.
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TSMC to see record 4Q18 revenues on more 7nm contribution
posted on November 24, 2018 08:05
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is expected to post record revenues for the fourth quarter of 2018, although many others in the semiconductor sector have turned conservative about the quarter and even 2019 due to the intensifying US-China trade war, weakening of crypto mining demand and lackluster smartphone sales, according to industry sources.
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Foundries Prepare For Battle At 22nm
posted on November 24, 2018 08:04
After introducing new 22nm processes over the last year or two, foundries are gearing up the technology for production—and preparing for a showdown.
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Micron leads chipmaker losses as demand concerns grow
posted on November 24, 2018 08:03
(Reuters) - Shares of Micron Technology led falls for U.S. microchip producers on Tuesday, driven by a combination of concerns over slackening iPhone demand and a series of brokerage downgrades that reflect a growing technology stock selloff.
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TSMC to challenge Intel data center dominance with IBM win
posted on November 24, 2018 08:02
TAIPEI -- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) is poised to secure a crucial order from IBM for premium server chips, validating the company as a serious challenger to global chipmaker Intel in the high-value data center market.
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The Chip Industry Can’t Seem to Escape Its Boom-and-Bust Past
posted on November 24, 2018 08:01
The chip industry’s new paradigm looks like the old one.
As cutting-edge semiconductors got harder to make and demand boomed from new fields like bitcoin mining, the world’s top processor manufacturers seemed invulnerable. But shrinking sales forecasts from Nvidia and Applied Materials show that companies are as prone as ever to economic cycles and excess inventory.
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