Apple M3, A17 Chips Will Use 2nd-Generation TSMC 3nm Process: Report

Apple M3, A17 Chips Will Use 2nd-Generation TSMC 3nm Process: Report

Apple will reportedly utilise Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company’s (TSMC) 2nd-generation 3nm process for its M3 and A17 chips that are said to feature in next year’s Mac computers and iPhone handsets, respectively. The report suggests that these chips will enter production next year and that the Cupertino company will release these products throughout 2023. The … Read more

MacBook Pro M2 Pro Chip by TSMC to Start Production Later This Year: Report

MacBook Pro M2 Pro Chip by TSMC to Start Production Later This Year: Report

The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) could begin the production of its new 3nm chips for Apple by the end of this year, a new report claims. The Cupertino company could become the first to use the new 3nm processor for its M2 Pro chipsets. The report further suggests that Apple’s A17 Bionic chip and … Read more

Taiwan’s Position in Chip Market Make It Important Ally for US Against China

Taiwan’s Position in Chip Market Make It Important Ally for US Against China

One aspect of Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan that has been largely overlooked is her meeting with Mark Lui, chairman of the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (TSMC). Pelosi’s trip coincided with US efforts to convince TSMC – the world’s largest chip manufacturer, on which the US is heavily dependent – to establish a manufacturing base … Read more

Samsung’s 3nm SoCs to Debut on July 25: Report

Samsung’s 3nm SoCs to Debut on July 25: Report

Samsung in June last week started the mass production of chips with advanced 3-nanometer (nm) technology based on the Gate-All-Around (GAA) transistor architecture. Now, new reports suggest that Samsung SoCs manufactured on the 3nm fabrication process will be launched on July 25. If the reports hold any weight, then the South Korean electronic brand will … Read more

Chip Hoarding by Manufacturers Turns Shortage to Glut: Details

Chip Hoarding by Manufacturers Turns Shortage to Glut: Details

A supply chain crisis triggered by the global pandemic deprived makers of PCs and smartphones to cars of computer chips needed to make their products. All that suddenly changed over three weeks from late May to June, as high inflation, China’s latest COVID-19 lockdown, and the war in Ukraine dampened consumer spending, especially on PCs … Read more

Taiwan’s Economy Minister Claims Chipmakers Order Books ‘Very Full’

Taiwan’s Economy Minister Claims Chipmakers Order Books ‘Very Full’

Order books for both mature and advanced semiconductor nodes for Taiwanese chip firms are still very full, Economy Minister Wang Mei-hua said on Wednesday, amid concerns about a slowdown in tech-related demand. A significantly weaker-than-expected business outlook by memory-chip firm Micron Technology last Thursday raised concern that, following nearly two years of strong demand, the … Read more

ASML Shares Fall After Report Suggests US Wishes to Restrict Sales to China

ASML Shares Fall After Report Suggests US Wishes to Restrict Sales to China

Shares in ASML Holding, a key supplier of equipment to semiconductor makers, fell on Tuesday following a Bloomberg News report that the US government wants to restrict the company from selling equipment to China. ASML has already been unable to ship its most advanced tools to China, but the report said Washington would also restrict … Read more

Samsung to Reportedly Begin Mass Production of 3nm Chips

Samsung to Reportedly Begin Mass Production of 3nm Chips

Samsung is anticipated to announce the beginning of the mass production of 3nm chips next week. In doing so, the company will surpass TSMC, whose 3nm chip production is anticipated to start in the second half of this year. According to a news report from GSM Arena citing Yonhap News, in comparison to its 5nm … Read more

TSMC’s 3nm SoCs to Debut in 2023, 2nm Chips Production to Begin 2025

TSMC’s 3nm SoCs to Debut in 2023, 2nm Chips Production to Begin 2025

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced that its chips manufactured on 3nm fabrication process will be coming in 2023, and the ones made with 2nm process will debut in 2025. At the TSMC 2022 Technology Symposium, the chipmaker also announced a new technology, FinFlex, that it will use to make the N3 and N3E … Read more

TSMC’s 3nm SoCs to Debut in 2023, 2nm Chips Production to Begin 2025

TSMC’s 3nm SoCs to Debut in 2023, 2nm Chips Production to Begin 2025

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced that its chips manufactured on 3nm fabrication process will be coming in 2023, and the ones made with 2nm process will debut in 2025. At the TSMC 2022 Technology Symposium, the chipmaker also announced a new technology, FinFlex, that it will use to make the N3 and N3E … Read more