semiconductor

TSMC Reportedly Planning a Second Fab in Japan

TSMC (Taiwan Semi-Conductor Manufacturing Company) is reportedly planning to invest in a second chip factory in Japan. Following a report…

2 years ago

TSMC Announces 6-Nanometer Process Technology

Featuring Higher Transistor Density Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced their new 6nm manufacturing technology. This follows after the…

6 years ago

TSMC Starts Building Fab 18 for 5nm Production

TSMC Fab 18 Will Produce 5nm for 2020 With the increasing demand for silicon, all major semiconductor firms are making…

7 years ago

TSMC to Invest $20B in State-of-the-Art Chip Plant

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the world’s biggest contract chip maker, is making big moves to cement its status. Currently, TSMC’s…

7 years ago

TSMC Engineer Charged With Stealing Trade Secrets

A former engineer at semiconductor foundry Taiwanese Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has been charged with stealing trade secrets from the…

8 years ago

Intel Claims New 10nm Process Full Generation Ahead of Competition

After many delays, Intel is finally ready to unveil their new 10nm process. According to the company, the new 10nm…

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

GlobalFoundries Invests $10 Billion to Build Plant in China

Diverging from recent announcements from Foxconn and Intel of building plants in the United States and bringing more manufacturing jobs…

8 years ago

TSMC To Spend $15.7 Billion on new 3nm and 5nm Fabs

Despite the increasing difficulties, semiconductor fabs have continued to push the limits of silicon. After arriving at 14nm and now…

8 years ago

New Heat Dissipation Method Could Make Semiconductors Faster

A team of researchers from the University of California have developed a new technique for dissipating heat across electronic devices…

8 years ago

Samsung Starts Mass Production of 10nm Chips

Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics has announced that it has become the first in the semiconductor industry to start mass…

8 years ago

Samsung Developing Low-Cost 14nm and High-Performance 10nm Processes

Samsung has revealed its foundry’s roadmap for the next few years, which includes the development of a low-cost 14nm FinFET…

9 years ago

Semiconductor Marvell Could be up for Sale

The semiconductor industry is a tough area to operate in and it is a dog-eat-dog world, and now it looks…

9 years ago

Taiwan Earthquake Will Affect TSMC Fab More Than Expected

In the hours after the Taiwanese earthquake, TSMC was one of the major tech firms affected by the magnitude 6.4…

9 years ago

Intel Admits End to Scaling and Moore’s Law

Even though everyone has pretty much already seen the writing on the wall by now, Intel has remained staunch publicly.…

9 years ago