Semiconductors
Update 9/30: Correcting the number of companies interested in receiving support from the CHIPS fund. GlobalFoundries has applied for financial support from the U.S. CHIPS and Science Act to expand its American manufacturing sites, the company said this week. The company intends to get federal grants and investment tax credits to upgrade facilities used to build chips for various applications, including automotive, aerospace, defense, and many other industries. GlobalFoundries's initiative is in line with the provisions of the U.S. CHIPS and Science Act, which aims to strengthen the nation's semiconductor production capabilities. The act has set aside a substantial amount, $52.7 billion, to support semiconductor research, production, and workforce development. Additionally, it offers a 25% investment tax incentive for the construction of chip plants, estimated to...
TSMC Buys 10% Stake in IMS Nano from Intel
Intel and TSMC have announced an agreement in which TSMC will acquire a 10% stake in IMS Nanofabrication. IMS, controlled by Intel, produces multi e-beam photomask writing tools, whose...
0 by Anton Shilov on 9/12/2023
TSMC: Short Supply of HPC GPUs to Persist for 1.5 Years
The reports about an insufficient supply of compute GPUs used for artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC) servers became common in recent months as demand for GPUs to...
6 by Anton Shilov on 9/7/2023
ASML to Deliver First High-NA EUV Tool This Year
In a promising sign for the development of the next generation of EUV lithography machines, ASML has revealed that the company is set to deliver the industry's first High-NA...
7 by Anton Shilov on 9/6/2023
Intel Foundry Services to Make 65nm Chips for Tower Semiconductor
In quite an unexpected turn of events, Intel on Tuesday announced that its foundry division would produce chips for contract chip maker Tower Semiconductor. Tower was a previous acquisition...
9 by Anton Shilov on 9/5/2023
Intel Calls Off Tower Acquisition, Forced to Focus Solely on Leading-Edge Nodes
Intel Corp. will not proceed with its $5.4 billion deal to acquire Tower Semiconductor foundry due to a lack of regulatory approval from China, the two companies announced on...
17 by Anton Shilov on 8/17/2023
Intel and Synopsys Ink Deal to Develop IP for Intel's 3 and 18A Nodes
Intel and Synopsys this week signed an agreement under which Synopsys will develop a portfolio of various IP offerings for Intel 3 and 18A fabrication technologies for Intel Foundry...
1 by Anton Shilov on 8/15/2023
TSMC Establishes Joint Venture to Build 12nm/16nm Fab in Europe
TSMC on Tuesday announced plans to establish a European Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (ESMC) joint venture with its partners Bosch, Infineon, and NXP to build a fab near Dresden, Germany...
10 by Anton Shilov on 8/8/2023
Intel Plans Massive Expansion in Oregon: D1X and D1A to Be Upgraded
Intel has filed a permit application that outlines significant expansion plans for its campus near Hillsboro, Oregon. According to filings submitted to state regulators, the tech giant's ambitious proposals...
4 by Anton Shilov on 8/2/2023
China Imposes New Export Restrictions on Gallium and Germanium
China this week formally imposed new export regulations on gallium and germanium, as well as materials incorporating them. This move is broadly seen as a retaliatory act for the...
6 by Anton Shilov on 8/2/2023
Dozens of Companies Adopt TSMC's 3nm Process Technology
Designing chips for modern, leading-edge manufacturing technologies is an expensive endeavor. Still, dozens of companies have already adopted TSMCs N3 and N3E (3 nm-class) fabrication processes, according to disclosures...
9 by Anton Shilov on 7/28/2023
Samsung Begins to Produce Third 3nm Chip Amid Massive Losses On DRAM & NAND
Samsung this week reported their financial results for the second quarter of 2023, closing the book on an especially bleak quarter of the year with a massive $3.4 billion...
14 by Anton Shilov on 7/28/2023
Rapidus Wants to Supply 2nm Chips to Tech Giants, Challenge TSMC
It has been a couple of decades since a Japanese fab has offered a leading-edge chip manufacturing process. Even to this day, none of the Japanese chipmakers have made...
19 by Anton Shilov on 7/26/2023
TSMC to Build $2.87 Billion Facility For Advanced Chip Packaging
TSMC on Tuesday announced plans to construct a new advanced chip packaging facility in Tongluo Science Park. The company intends to spend around $2.87 billion on the fab that...
3 by Anton Shilov on 7/25/2023
TSMC: 3nm Chips for Smartphones and HPCs Coming This Year
While TSMC formally started mass production of chips on its N3 (3nm-class) process technology late last year, the company is set to finally ship the first revenue wafers in...
21 by Anton Shilov on 7/21/2023
TSMC Delays Arizona Fab Deployment to 2025, Citing Shortage of Skilled Workers
TSMC on Thursday disclosed that it will have to delay mass production at its Fab 21 in Arizona to 2025, as a lack of suitably skilled workers is slowing...
27 by Anton Shilov on 7/20/2023
Samsung Shipping First GAAFET Silicon; 3nm and 4nm Yields Are Improving - Report
Currently, only two foundries offer their customers 3 nm and 4 nm-class process technologies: TSMC and Samsung Foundry. But business media sometimes blames Samsung Foundry for mediocre yields on...
5 by Anton Shilov on 7/18/2023
Intel Foundry Services Readies Intel 16 Process: Low Power FinFET For Everyday Chips
Intel Foundry Services (IFS) this week soft-launched their new Intel 16 process technology, a 16nm-class node that will be used for the production of low-power chips for everyday workloads...
3 by Anton Shilov on 7/14/2023
Samsung Updates Foundry Roadmap: 2nm in 2025, 1.4nm in 2027
Samsung Foundry revealed its latest process technology roadmap today at its annual Samsung Foundry Forum (SFF) 2023. The company's SF2 (2 nm-class) production node is on track for 2025...
4 by Anton Shilov on 6/27/2023
Intel Sells a 20% Stake in Maker of Multi E-Beam Mask Writing Tools
Intel on Wednesday announced that it had agreed to sell a 20% stake in IMS Nanofabrication, a company the develops and builds multi e-beam photomask writing tools, for $860...
1 by Anton Shilov on 6/22/2023
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