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TSMC 6nm process officially announced
In recent times, TSMC and Samsung have made great progress in the chip manufacturing industry while Intel lags behind. In addition to technological breakthroughs, TSMC …
TSMC 7nm + EUV process will be mass-produced in June
The 7nm process currently used for Apple A12, Snapdragon 855, and Kirin 980 is the first generation of TSMC 7nm chips. The second generation will …
5nm process is stable: TSMC ready for the A14 chip
Reports out of China suggests that in 2020, iPhones will use 5nm chips. TSMC announced that it will provide a complete version of its 5nm chip …
Samsung & AMD trails TSMC in 5nm technology
TSMC has announced that it will launch a full version of the 5nm design architecture under the open innovation platform to help customers realize the …
TSMC’s revenue drops for the second consecutive month
Taiwanese chip maker, TSMC, recently released its monthly revenue data. The report shows that the company’s revenue for February was $1.97 billion. This is less …
Apple’s 2020 iPhone will use TSMC’s 5nm chip
Over the past few years, there has been a consistent improvement of smartphone chip performance and most recently, we had the 7nm process chip whose …
TSMC begins mass production of Snapdragon 855 chipset
Snapdragon 855 mass production begins in Taiwan’s TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company). With a large number of flagship devices slated to launch soon , TSMC …
TSMC announced that a problem will delay its chips production, Huawei’s Kirin chips to be affected
Today, the well known TSMC announced that for the second time in less than six months, a problem has caused issues with its chip production. …
TSMC will see its biggest decline in 10 years due to iPhone’s poor performance
A few days ago, TSMC revealed that its quarterly revenue will show its biggest decline in 10 years. The company said that the decline in smartphone …
Kirin 990 To Be the First Customer to Use a TSMC Process Using EUV
The Huawei’s HiSilicon Kirin 980 has been launched just recently. But we are already getting leaks and rumors concerning the upcoming Kirin chip. Of course, …
TSMC’s 3nm Plant Will Start Production in 2020
Currently, almost all the top-end smartphones are packed with chips based on a 7nm process node. But we know TSMC’s 5nm chips will come in …
TSMC’s 5nm process to commence trials from April 2019
As the world’s number one foundry, TSMC has a whole lot of work to do if it hopes to remain in that position. We have …
TSMC’s new Nanjing foundry to focus on 16nm chips
Yesterday, TSMC opened its new foundry in Nanjing, China. This plant will be the Taiwanese Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Fab16), with an initial capacity of 10,000 …
TSMC 28nm process chip utilization falls below 90%
With the rapid rate of development in the semiconductor industry, Intel, the world’s number one, has been struggling. Many Global Foundries now looks at next year …
TSMC’s 7nm foundry to unveil over 50 chips this year
Earlier this week, Samsung announced that it has commenced the mass production of 7nm LPP. The company also introduced the EUV lithography technology. These promises …
TSMC remains the exclusive supplier of Apple A13 chips next year
In recent years, Apple has been able to fully explore its CPU chip design. The A12 bionic chip continues this trend and is reflected in …
TSMC’s September revenue rose by 7.2% – thanks to Apple & Huawei
We are yet to fully see chips based on the new 7nm process but the R&D for 5nm chips has since commenced. With TSMC as …
TSMC and Microsoft collaborate to foster the production of wafer products
Earlier in 2018, the Open Innovation Platform Ecology Forum announced that TSMC has joined forces with Microsoft to initiate the Open Innovation Platform Virtual Design …
The cost for manufacturing 7nm chipsets make an important manufacturer to give up production
The advent of next-gen 7nm chipsets will open new doors for the mobile processing. The smaller chipsets will be able to deliver more performance at …
TSMC invests $19 bln to Build 3nm Wafer Fab: Mass Production in 2022
Recently, the first product using TSMC’s 7nm process chip was launched. It is an ASIC (Application-Specific Integrated Circuit) miner chip. In the next generation of …