TSMC expects 10% in revenue growth
posted on September 13, 2016 15:03
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電), which supplies processors for Apple Inc’s iPhones, expects its revenue for this year to grow by nearly 10 percent from a year earlier on smartphone demand.
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TSMC is Confident in their Superior 7nm Chips Being Ready for the 2018 iPhone
posted on September 13, 2016 15:02
In July Patently Apple reported that TSMC had landed an exclusive deal for Apple's 2017 A11, 10nm FinFET processor and noted in that report that the next war with Samsung would be for Apple's business for next-gen 7nm processors for the 2018 iPhone.
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Intel Debuts 14nm+ Processors
posted on September 13, 2016 15:01
SAN JOSE, Calif. – Intel Corp. officially announced Kaby Lake, its seventh-generation Core PC processors made in a 14nm+ process and focused on delivering better 4K video. The family provides the first indication of what more modest product advances may look like as Intel stretches Moore’s law to cover with one process node multiple generations of chips.
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Second Quarter 2016 Silicon Wafer Shipments Set a New Record
posted on August 02, 2016 13:05
SAN JOSE, Calif. — July 26, 2016 — Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments increased during the second quarter 2016 when compared to first quarter 2016 area shipments according to the SEMI Silicon Manufacturers Group (SMG) in its quarterly analysis of the silicon wafer industry.
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Moore’s law scaling dead by 2021, to be replaced by 3D integration
posted on August 02, 2016 13:04
The International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS) has released a new update on the future of semiconductor technology that states conventional 2D transistor density scaling will likely end by 2021 — to be replaced by new and different types of integration and scaling.
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Chip Makers Admit Transistors Are About to Stop Shrinking
posted on August 02, 2016 13:03
In the next five years, it will be too expensive to further miniaturize—but chip makers will innovate in different ways.
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To 7Nm And Beyond
posted on August 02, 2016 13:02
GlobalFoundries’ top technologists open up on next-gen FD-SOI, the economics and challenges of 7nm, and what lies ahead.
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Intel a Bear on PCs, a Bull on Flash
posted on August 02, 2016 13:01
SAN JOSE, Calif.—Despite a modest uptick in its latest quarter, Intel continues to believe PCs will decline by high-single digits this year. However it is bullish on flash memory, especially its 3D NAND and 3D XPoint chips which will start shipping by the end of the year.
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Convergence on the Big Five: Focus on Low-cost Flip Chip
posted on July 05, 2016 15:05
Over the past few years, there has been a significant shift from PCs and notebooks to smartphones and tablets as drivers of advanced packaging innovation.
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Chipmaker Micron to cut jobs after turnaround plans dashed
posted on July 05, 2016 15:04
Memory-chip maker Micron Technology Inc (MU.O) said it would lower costs, including by cutting jobs and focusing on fewer programs, after its hopes of reversing its fortunes this year were thwarted by a persistently challenging market.
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