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Wednesday 30 July 2025
Lip-Bu Tan's 1.4nm Pivot: A lifeline for Samsung Foundry?
Just four months into his tenure, new Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan has introduced a decisive shift in strategy. During the company's second-quarter 2025 earnings call, Tan suggested a potential...
Tuesday 29 July 2025
Nvidia scrambles back to TSMC as China H20 demand outstrips supply
The US has eased export restrictions on Nvidia's H20 GPUs to China as part of wider talks tied to rare earth magnet controls, but the move has failed to meet soaring demand from Chinese...
Tuesday 29 July 2025
Generational shift underway at TSMC as R&D exec Wei-jen Lo retires
Wei-jen Lo, senior VP of corporate strategy at TSMC, announced his retirement on July 27. The 75-year-old joined TSMC in 2004 as VP of Operations II. From 2006 to 2009, Lo acted as...
Monday 28 July 2025
Apple reportedly evaluates Intel 14A process; Nvidia expresses interest in trial production
As US chip giant Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan openly stated that the company may consider terminating its 14A process node plan if it cannot secure effective external client orders, Intel's...
Monday 28 July 2025
TSMC issues official response regarding heavy rain floods at Chiayi AP7 plant
Due to the influence of a low-pressure system and southwest airflow, a heavy rain advisory was issued for the Yunlin, Chiayi, and Tainan regions on July 28, 2025. Chiayi County urgently...
Monday 28 July 2025
Trump drives boom: Over 200 companies queue for Arizona chip rush
Industry insiders reveal that under Trump's strong push, Arizona has become a focal point for semiconductor development supported by the US government. The upcoming SEMICON West exhibition...
Monday 28 July 2025
Analysis: Tesla's US$16.5b chip deal gives Samsung major lift in 2nm race against TSMC
Tesla has signed a 7.5-year, US$16.5 billion contract with Samsung to produce its next-generation A16 chip using Samsung's 2nm process at its Texas facility. The deal represents a...
Monday 28 July 2025
Commentary: Intel's 14A pivot clears runway for TSMC
The competition to bring 1.4nm process nodes to market is splitting the industry's leading chipmakers. TSMC is moving steadily toward its 2028 mass production target, while Intel...
Saturday 26 July 2025
Rapidus unveils 2nm chip prototype in race to challenge TSMC's dominance
Japanese chip startup Rapidus has unveiled its first 2-nanometer chip prototype, marking a symbolic step toward its goal of mass production by 2027. The milestone comes just three...
Friday 25 July 2025
Qualcomm's 2nm wildcard: is Samsung back in play or just leverage?
Qualcomm is reportedly weighing a return to Samsung Foundry for its 2nm flagship smartphone SoCs in 2026, raising questions about a potential pivot from TSMC. Yet conflicting reports...
Friday 25 July 2025
Tariffs blur ASML's outlook, but China anchors the bottom line
ASML CEO Christophe Fouquet tempered the company's solid second quarter 2025 results with a warning: growth in 2026 is far from guaranteed. "While we still prepare for growth in 2026,...
Friday 25 July 2025
Rapidus touts threefold boost in chipmaking speed over TSMC with unified 2nm process
Rapidus is developing an innovative semiconductor production system designed to significantly speed up the manufacturing process of 2nm and sub-2nm chips by combining wafer fabrication...
Thursday 24 July 2025
TSMC sees 2nm orders surge; related capacity to reach 200,000 units by 2028
TSMC has continued to accelerate its development of sub-2nm processes despite market expectations that clients would turn cautious with their 2nm orders, given the quote for the process...
Thursday 24 July 2025
AMD CEO sees chips from TSMC's US plant costing 5%-20% more
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. Chief Executive Officer Lisa Su said that the chips her company gets from supplier Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. cost more when they're produced...
Wednesday 23 July 2025
Ørsted powers up Taiwan's first TSMC-exclusive wind farm
Ørsted announced that the first turbine of the Greater Changhua 2b and 4 offshore wind farms has successfully connected to Taipower's grid and begun generating electricity...