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TSMC confirms USA advanced semiconductor fab plans

15 May 2020, 12:21

Construction is planned for 2021, with 5nm 20,000 WPM production commencing in 2024.

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List of TSMC 5nm customers and their orders published

12 May 2020, 14:11

AMD Zen 4 and RDNA 3 chips, Nvidia Hopper GPUs, Apple A15 mass production in 2021-22.

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Chipmakers asked to build advanced chip foundries in US

11 May 2020, 12:20

Due to geopolitical situation US wants to become semiconductor self-sufficient.

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AMD, Apple, and Nvidia lap up TSMC capacity vacated by Huawei

14 April 2020, 12:31

Huawei cut orders due to lower smartphone shipments but TSMC was unfazed.

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Arm-based Apple Mac laptops and desktops tipped for 2021

27 March 2020, 12:11

The long-rumoured transition will actually happen next year, reckons KGI analyst.

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TSMC to begin 5nm volume production next month

12 March 2020, 15:11

Reports say that demand from its clients have ensured the process is fully booked.

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AMD to usurp Apple as TSMC's largest 7nm customer

3 January 2020, 11:11

Meanwhile, Apple A14 SoCs will start rolling off TSMC's 5nm lines from Q2 this year.

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TSMC on track for 5nm commercial production in H2 2020

9 December 2019, 12:21

And it confirms that its 3nm node will see volume production commence in 2022.

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Samsung foundry business boosted by Intel CPU orders

29 November 2019, 10:11

Industry sources say Samsung will be making Intel desktop CPUs, not just chipsets and so on.

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TSMC and GlobalFoundries resolve legal disputes

29 October 2019, 10:11

The chip foundry rivals will instead indulge in broad global patent cross licensing.

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TSMC begins construction of next-gen 3nm fab

28 October 2019, 11:11

It is aiming for volume production from the 30 hectare facility late 2022 - to early 2023.

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TSMC market value casts a shadow over Intel

21 October 2019, 11:21

And TSMC will be making 3nm chips by the time Intel moves to 7nm says analyst.

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AMD roadmaps featuring Zen 4 and RDNA2 shared

12 September 2019, 10:11

New architectures are expected to be in products by 2022 and 2021, respectively.

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GloFo patent suit against TSMC threatens Nvidia sales ban

27 August 2019, 11:11

TSMC has "violated 16 chip production patents" and customer products are in the firing line.

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TSMC quietly upgrades 7nm and 5nm processes for performance

1 August 2019, 10:10

Meanwhile, Samsung says that its 6LPP, 5LPE, 4LPE developments are all on track.

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TSMC confirms its 3nm node development is "going well"

24 July 2019, 13:11

It is already lining up customers for the technology, and plans to extend its "leadership".

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Samsung to shoulder some 14nm production strain for Intel

18 June 2019, 12:30

Korean news media says Samsung formally agreed to fab Intel 14nm Rocket Lake CPUs.

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TSMC becomes first to announce R&D for 2nm node

13 June 2019, 12:11

A 2nm production facility will be ready in Hsinchu, Taiwan, by 2024.

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TSMC 5nm will improve logic density by 1.8X over 7nm

3 May 2019, 10:11

And 5nm entered risk production in Q1 2019, volume production expected in H1 2020.

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Samsung completes 5nm EUV development

16 April 2019, 16:11

Meanwhile TSMC unveils its 6-nanometer process.

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TSMC to begin 7nm EUV mass production in March

12 February 2019, 13:11

The firm has bought 18 of the total 30 EUV systems that ASML will ship in 2019.

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TSMC production impacted by substandard chemicals

29 January 2019, 11:11

Over 10,000 wafers of defective chips (for 14 customers) produced before error detected.

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TSMC to work with Taiwan Govt on Quantum Computer

18 December 2018, 14:01

It will be collaborating for the next five years with select Taiwanese universities and IBM.

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Intel’s TSMC outsourcing plans come into focus

30 October 2018, 14:31

Entry-level Atom processors and some of its chipsets are going to be made by TSMC.

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Intel assures PC chip supply on track to meet revenue outlook

1 October 2018, 11:10

But will it be able to fight back once TSMC is "firmly in the lead"?

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AMD on track to gain 30 per cent desktop CPU market share

26 September 2018, 11:01

Taiwanese industry sources say we will likely see this rebound in the Q4 2018 figures.

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Intel tech roll back: it is fabbing the new H310C chipset at 22nm

20 September 2018, 10:01

Freeing up 14nm capacity for its CPU production.

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Intel will outsource some 14nm chip production to TSMC

10 September 2018, 11:01

Report says Intel's delay in advancing to 10nm has lead to insufficient 14nm capacity in-house.

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TSMC shut down production lines due to computer virus

6 August 2018, 11:13

But everything should be back to normal by now.

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TSMC has started 7nm commercial production

22 June 2018, 15:11

And it has scheduled its move to 5nm mass production for the end of 2019 or early 2020.

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TSMC starts mass production of 7nm Apple A12 processor

23 May 2018, 10:11

And Apple sends out invites to its WWDC 2018 keynote: Mon 4th - Fri 8th June in San Jose.

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TSMC has started construction of its 5nm ‘Fab 18’ in Taiwan

26 January 2018, 12:11

It is the firm’s fourth 12-inch gigafab. Volume production is scheduled for early 2020.

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AI-enabled Huawei Mate 10 and Mate 10 Pro mobiles announced

17 October 2017, 12:01

There’s a Porsche Design edition for high rollers too.

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