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TSMC announces N4P process as value N3 alternative for 2023

27 October 2021, 13:11

Fifth process to be developed from original N5 promises 6 per cent perf uplift over N4.

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AMD CEO: Global chip shortage severity to ease in H2 2022

29 September 2021, 12:11

Dr Su said that manufacturing output planned last year will start to make an impact.

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Insiders say TSMC has decided to raise prices by 10-20 per cent

25 August 2021, 13:11

Some sources say the price rises will be effective from October, others from Q1 2022.

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TSMC's 2nm fab building plans have been approved

29 July 2021, 10:11

Taiwan regulator approval means that TSMC 2nm production could start in 2023.

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Nvidia Lovelace GPUs booked in as TSMC 5nm parts

26 July 2021, 13:11

Industry sources say that Lovelace (consumer), Hooper (data centre), will launch in 2022.

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TSMC reckons intrachip cooling might become necessary soon

13 July 2021, 12:11

So has presented some research on microchannel liquid cooling in its 3D chips.

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Intel and Apple are first in line for TSMC 3nm chips says report

5 July 2021, 10:11

Tech titans are testing their chip designs now, mass production starts next year.

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TSMC secures 90 hectares for its 2nm chip factory in Hsinchu

28 June 2021, 12:11

Massive facility (size appox = 225 football fields) expected to be ready in 2026.

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TSMC has started construction of its $12 billion Arizona factory

2 June 2021, 12:11

Meanwhile, TSMC talks about advanced tech leadership at its 2021 Technology Symposium.

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AMD demos Ryzen 9 5900X prototype with added 3D V-Cache

1 June 2021, 11:11

AMD / TSMC's 3D stacking shown to boost game performance by 15 per cent on average.

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TSMC and partners announce 1nm process breakthrough

19 May 2021, 12:11

Advanced 'beyond silicon' tech using 2D materials is at the heart of the advance.

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Columbia Uni researchers demo injectable single-chip system

14 May 2021, 11:11

Tiny implantable medical device is a temperature monitor with ultrasound antenna.

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Sony tipped to be preparing a PlayStation 5 Slim with 6nm APU

7 May 2021, 12:11

The new console should be smaller, cheaper, and use less power.

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TSMC is already expanding on its Arizona ambitions says insider

5 May 2021, 13:11

It announced a $12bn Arizona factory last year, but now has plans for up to five more.

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Chip shortages to persist until H1 2022 hints Arm Taiwan president

2 April 2021, 13:11

CK Tseng thinks that the tight capacities at foundries could see some relief next year.

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TSMC 4nm running ahead of schedule, says report

30 March 2021, 13:11

Trial production has begun, with mass production expected to kick off in Q4 2021.

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TSMC aims to double 5nm production capacity this year

4 March 2021, 12:11

In other news, an analyst has highlighted rumours of TSMC auctioning off excess capacity.

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TSMC moves to prevent drought affecting production

25 February 2021, 13:11

Taiwan's central and southern reservoirs all currently stand at below 20 per cent capacity.

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AMD in talks with Samsung to resolve chip shortages: rumour

2 February 2021, 11:11

Source says that AMD could dualize some lines, as TSMC is so busy with Apple etc.

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Taiwan's chipmakers agree to prioritise automotive products

27 January 2021, 13:11

Semicon component shortages are hurting the likes of VW, Ford, Toyota and others.

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TSMC said to be cutting sales allowances for major clients

15 December 2020, 11:11

Meanwhile Samsung Foundry is growing faster than TSMC for the first time in years.

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TSMC's 3nm factory structure construction complete

27 November 2020, 11:11

Equipment will be moved in over the next 18 months. Production to start by H2 2022.

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TSMC board approves Arizona manufacturing expansion

12 November 2020, 12:11

It has allocated US$3.5 billion to kickstart the project which will break ground next year.

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Nvidia to shift RTX 30 GPUs to TSMC 7nm in 2021, says report

14 October 2020, 13:11

Currently all Nvidia GeForce RTX 30 GPUs are fabricated by Samsung on 8nm.

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Intel 14nm and AMD/TSMC 7nm transistors micro-compared

22 September 2020, 12:21

Der8auer sliced up some CPUs and put them under a scanning electron microscope.

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TSMC N3 (3nm) mass production scheduled for H2 2022

25 August 2020, 10:11

Between then and now we will see N5, N5P, and N4. And TSMC intros 3DFabric package tech.

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TSMC has produced >1 quintillion 7nm transistors since April 2018

21 August 2020, 10:11

Claims to have fabbed "one billion functional, defect-free 7nm chips" in that time.

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Cerebras teases 850k core 2nd-generation wafer scale engine

19 August 2020, 12:10

The full wafer chip packs in 2.6 trillion transistors thanks to a move to TSMC 7nm.

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Microsoft reveals more Xbox Series X SoC details

18 August 2020, 11:11

It shares some interesting slides such as the (AMD RDNA2) GPU block diagram.

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Softbank reportedly asked TSMC and Qualcomm to bid for Arm

6 August 2020, 12:11

It supplied them, plus Nvidia and Foxconn, extra financial details and projections.

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AMD and Intel do battle over TSMC capacity, says report

27 July 2020, 11:21

Meanwhile, Intel teased an Xe GPU event for 14th August, but seems to have changed its mind…

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Japan latest country to ask TSMC to build a fab on its home turf

21 July 2020, 11:11

TSMC becomes most valuable semiconductor maker in the world, and suspends Huawei work.

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TSMC officially reveals its 4nm manufacturing process

10 June 2020, 10:10

"We're already in business negotiations with customers on N4," said TSMC's Mark Liu.

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