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Chinese Fab SMIC Will Start 14nm Production in 2019

SMIC Will Deliver 14nm SoC in 1H 2019 When it comes to major processor fabs, Intel, Samsung, TSMC, GlobalFoundries and…

6 years ago

TSMC’s 7nm Largest Share of Firm Revenue

TSMC Sees Strong 7nm Uptake As we head into 2019, TSMC is set to lead the way with the latest…

6 years ago

Intel May Be Killing Custom Fab Business

Intel Custom Foundry May Be No More Nearly 5 years ago, Intel made a surprising announcement. After decades of only…

6 years ago

Foxconn Building New Chip Fab In China

Foxconn Finally Moves Into Silicon Fab Bussiness Even as the silicon market has consolidated over the past couple of years, new…

6 years ago

TSMC Cleared to Start New 3nm Fab in Taiwan

TSMC Approved To Build New 3nm Fab To keep up with increasing demand, all the silicon manufacturers are expanding their operations. As…

6 years ago

Intel Spinning Up Additional Production Capacity

Intel Planning Global Capacity Increases Over the past couple of months, an ongoing story is the Intel shortage. After delays to…

6 years ago

TSMC Reports Full Recovery From Ransomware Attack

TSMC Expects Minimal Impact From Attack Last weekend, a wide-ranging ransomware attack hit TSMC. Over the past week, the company has…

6 years ago

TSMC Fabs Offlined by Ransomware Attack

TSMC Fabs Struck by WannaCry Ransomware Variant Due to the immense capital costs, there are only a few major silicon…

6 years ago

Toshiba Now Selling Majority Stake in NAND Business

Over the last two months, reports started surfacing about the financial woes being faced by Japanese conglomerate Toshiba. After a…

8 years ago

UMC Announces 14nm Process For Q1 2017

When we think of the semiconductor industry, the first names that come to mind are Intel, Samsung, TSMC and Global Foundries.…

8 years ago

Intel Details 7nm Process Rolling Out At Fab 42

One of the aspects that make semiconductor manufacturing unique is the long-term planning and research that goes into it. Companies…

8 years ago

Toshiba Starts Construction of Fab 6 for 3D NAND

Despite facing a variety of finance related issues over the past year, Toshiba appears to be committed to flash memory…

8 years ago

Toshiba Confirms Selling Minority Stake in NAND Fab

Earlier in the month, reports surfaced about a potential Toshiba NAND fab sale. Due to poor financial performance and rocked by…

8 years ago

Chinese Tsinghua Unigroup Plans $30 Billion DRAM and NAND Fab Investment

From a quick look at the world's semiconductor fabs, you might notice that they are all either American, Taiwanese, Japanese…

8 years ago

GlobalFoundries Bypasses 10nm for 7nm

Currently, all the major silicon foundries are utilizing a 1x nm process. TSMC has their 16nm while Intel, Samsung, and…

8 years ago