Taiwan holds all the chips in US-China tech showdown
posted on December 13, 2022 10:05
US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taipei in August 2022 touched on the island’s sovereignty — a controversial, historical “red line” in China’s foreign relations.
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Intel targets 1 trillion transistors on a single package by 2030
posted on December 13, 2022 10:04
Intel introduces quasi-monolithic chips for next-gen 3D packaging, teases an incredible 1 trillion transistors on a single package by 2030.
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Gartner Forecasts Worldwide Semiconductor Revenue Growth to Decline 3.6% in 2023
posted on December 13, 2022 10:03
Global semiconductor revenue is projected to decline 3.6% in 2023, according to the latest forecast from Gartner, Inc. In 2022, the market is on pace to grow 4% and total $618 billion.
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A globally critical chip firm is driving a wedge between the U.S. and Netherlands over China tech policy
posted on December 13, 2022 10:02
Washington has its eyes on the Netherlands, a small but important European country that could hold the key to China’s future in manufacturing cutting-edge semiconductors.
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TSMC to up Arizona investment to $40 billion with second semiconductor chip plant
posted on December 13, 2022 10:01
The company will also announce it will be producing more technically advanced chips than originally proposed. The investment by TSMC is one of the largest foreign investments in U.S. history, and the biggest in the state of Arizona.
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TSMC unveils plan for second fab in Arizona
posted on December 07, 2022 10:05
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電) yesterday said it is more than doubling its US investment to US$40 billion as it plans to make 3-nanometer chips in 2026 at a second Arizona fab, adding to the chipmaker’s original plan of building a US$12 billion fab to make 4-nanometer chips in 2024.
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IBM Reveals Its 433 Qubit Quantum Computer
posted on December 07, 2022 10:04
The theme of this year’s IBM Quantum Summit, held in November, was “The Next Wave,” as IBM believes quantum is rapidly approaching an inflection point. The company hit several Quantum roadmap milestones, including the most.
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Intel says it is on course to regain chip leadership
posted on December 07, 2022 10:03
Intel Corp is hitting all the targets it has set on a path to regain leadership in semiconductor manufacturing, an executive responsible for the effort said on Monday.
“We’re completely on track,” Intel vice president Ann Kelleher, the head of technology development, told a news briefing in San Francisco. “We do quarterly milestones, and according to those milestones we’re ahead or on track.”
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GF and Intel semiconductor talent forgo are gifts to competitors
posted on December 07, 2022 10:02
Intel is offering voluntary unpaid leave for thousands of employees while GlobalFoundries (GF) is laying off 6% of its global workforce to reduce short-term costs amid an industry down cycle. They are probably doing competitors such as TSMC, Samsung, UMC, and Foxconn a favor.
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Intel’s Take on the Next Wave of Moore’s Law
posted on December 07, 2022 10:01
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.
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