Samsung Plans 3nm Gate-All-Around FETs in 2021
posted on May 28, 2018 09:05
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Samsung Electronics laid out plans to bring to mass production in 2021 the architectural successor to FinFETS, gate-all-around (GAA) transistors, at the 3nm node.
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Engineered Band Gap Pushes Graphene Closer to Displacing Silicon
posted on May 28, 2018 09:04
Graphene might be the best conductor of electrons we know. However, as a pure conductor it can’t stop the flow of electrons like a semiconductor such as silicon can.
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Intel to Spend $5 Billion on 10nm Fab in Israel
posted on May 28, 2018 09:03
LONDON — Intel Corporation plans to invest $5 billion over the next two years to upgrade its fab in Kiryat Gat in Israel from 22nm to 10nm technology.
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Samsung Says New 7-Nanometer Chip Production Starting This Year
posted on May 28, 2018 09:02
Samsung Electronics Co., trying to win business in the made-to-order chip production industry from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., said it will soon churn out processors based on an important new technology called 7 nanometer
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How China acquires ‘the crown jewels’ of U.S. technology
posted on May 28, 2018 09:01
The U.S. government was well aware of China’s aggressive strategy of leveraging private investors to buy up the latest American technology when, early last year, a company called Avatar Integrated Systems showed up at a bankruptcy court in Delaware hoping to buy the California chip-designer ATop Tech.
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'Next generation' flaws found on computer processors
posted on May 15, 2018 15:05
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Researchers have found eight new flaws in computer central processing units that resemble the Meltdown and Spectre bugs revealed in January, a German computing magazine reported on Thursday.
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Intel hits a wall on Moore's Law; growth in computing power finally slows
posted on May 15, 2018 15:04
Intel has been pushing the laws of physics for years. Now, physics is pushing back. The chipmaker has again delayed the rollout of its 10-nanometer technology, the next generation of smaller, smarter, faster microprocessors. Originally expected in 2015, Intel now says the chips won't be widely available before 2019 - and maybe not until late in the year.
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TSMC’s Roadmap Full, But Thin
posted on May 15, 2018 15:03
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Continuing to move fast in multiple directions at once, TSMC announced that it is in volume production with a 7-nm process and will have a version using extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography ramping early next year. In addition, it gave its first timeline for a 5-nm node and announced a half-dozen new packaging options.
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Global Semiconductor Sales Up 20 Percent Year-to-Year in Q1
posted on May 15, 2018 15:02
WASHINGTON—April 30, 2018—The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), representing U.S. leadership in semiconductor manufacturing, design, and research, today announced worldwide sales of semiconductors reached $111.1 billion during the first quarter of 2018, an increase of 20 percent compared to the first quarter of 2017, but 2.5 percent less than the fourth quarter of 2017.
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Why Can’t China Make Semiconductors?
posted on May 15, 2018 15:01
Jack Ma says he's ready for China to make semiconductors at home. It's a longstanding goal for the Chinese government. And thanks to a recent crackdown on certain technology exports by the U.S., it's now a critical one. The question is whether China can finally conquer this challenge after decades of failures.
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