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Tuesday 30 December 2025
TSMC hits its 2nm milestone on schedule as China flexes military muscle
TSMC today announced that its highly anticipated 2nm (N2) technology began volume production in the fourth quarter of 2025, meeting its roadmap targets precisely on schedule.
Tuesday 30 December 2025
South Korea charts road to 0.2nm chips by 2040
The global semiconductor industry is poised to enter the "angstrom era" by 2040 as circuit dimensions shrink to one-tenth of current levels, according to a long-term technology roadmap...
Saturday 20 December 2025
Samsung reveals sub-10nm DRAM breakthrough targeting 0a, 0b nodes
Samsung Electronics has unveiled a key technology pathway for sub-10nm DRAM, offering a rare public look at how the company plans to push memory scaling beyond current 10nm-class...
Thursday 18 December 2025
Intel completes high-NA EUV validation for 14A, advances 2D transistor tech
Intel has completed acceptance testing of the industry's first commercial high-NA EUV lithography system with a numerical aperture of 0.55, the ASML Twinscan EXE:5200B, laying the...
Friday 7 November 2025
Advanced packaging emerges as AI's next performance frontier, insights from DIGITIMES analyst Tony Huang
As Moore's Law slows, advanced packaging has become the critical lever driving breakthroughs in AI chip performance, according to DIGITIMES chief semiconductor analyst Tony Huang...
Wednesday 10 September 2025
TSMC's Cliff Hou and Jim Keller rally behind 'Moore's law 2.0' at SEMICON Taiwan

At SEMICON Taiwan's fireside chat, two of the industry's most influential voices pushed back against the idea that Moore's law has run...

Wednesday 3 September 2025
SK Hynix installs first high-NA EUV lithography system at Icheon fab
SK Hynix announced that it has successfully assembled the industry's first high-NA extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography system for mass production at its M16 fabrication plant in...
Friday 22 August 2025
Samsung boosts 2nm chip competitiveness with Hyper Cell tech
Samsung Electronics' foundry business plans to leverage its Hyper Cell technology to maintain its competitiveness in the 2nm semiconductor process. By adopting a more flexible chip...
Wednesday 23 July 2025
Samsung reportedly adopts long-term strategy for 2nm process to compete with TSMC
Samsung Electronics plans to begin mass production of its 2nm semiconductor process in the second half of 2025. Although reports indicate that Samsung is currently trailing TSMC in...
Monday 21 July 2025
Rapidus sets 2027 goal for 2nm mass production, but political shake-up clouds outlook
Rapidus has unveiled a working 2nm chip prototype, advancing Japan's efforts to reestablish a foothold in leading-edge semiconductor manufacturing. The company aims to launch the...
Friday 20 June 2025
Samsung and SK Hynix reportedly accelerate VCT DRAM development as stepping stone to 3D DRAM
Samsung and SK Hynix are advancing vertical channel transistor (VCT) technology through 4F² DRAM prototypes as a transitional step toward 3D DRAM, while Micron is bypassing VCT...
Tuesday 17 June 2025
TSMC and Samsung ramp up 2nm chip production race for 2H25
TSMC and Samsung Electronics are both intensifying efforts to begin mass production of 2nm semiconductor technology by the second half of 2025, according to reports from South Korean...
Thursday 29 May 2025
China's 5nm workaround: DUV tricks push limits as EUV blockade bites
Huawei's HiSilicon and Lenovo have reignited global debate over China's semiconductor ambitions by launching AI PCs and tablets powered by 5nm chips, despite the country's lack of...
Thursday 1 May 2025
DRAM process development challenges: DRAM structure in process miniaturization
Since its 1970 debut, DRAM has supplanted magnetic core memory as an essential element in von Neumann's computer architecture. By the mid-1980s, fueled by the popularity of PCs and...
Thursday 6 March 2025
Marvell demos 2nm silicon IP, developed with TSMC
Marvell Technology has unveiled its first 2nm silicon IP for advanced AI and cloud infrastructure. The silicon, fabricated using TSMC's 2nm process, is integral to the Marvell platform...