Last weekend, TSMC Chairman Liu blamed Intel on its efforts to persuade the US government to support only local chip companies in the US. “Not many people would believe what Intel said,” Liu said. “It would be very unfavorable for…
Samsung chose a small town near Austin, Texas as the location of its $17 billion chip factory to support the United States’ efforts to strengthen its domestic electronics supply chain.The company said in a statement that the Tyler, Texas plant…
MediaTek and TSMC jointly launched the world’s first 7nm 8K digital TV flagship system-on-chip (SoC) MediaTek Pentonic 2000. MediaTek Pentonic 2000 uses TSMC’s N7 advanced process technology to provide exceptional performance and energy efficiency, including a powerful artificial intelligence (AI)…
Qualcomm launched the newest member of its network product portfolio: a module called a radio frequency filter that can be installed in smartphones and other devices to optimize Internet connections. The module is called ultraBAW and is part of the…
According to a report by Nikkan Kogyo on Wednesday, Micron Technology plans to build a DRAM factory in Hiroshima Prefecture in western Japan at a cost of 800 billion yen (US$6.98 billion), but did not specify the source. As per…
Semiconductor and system design services company MosChip Technologies Limited today launched a 28nm multi-protocol long-range (LR) 8G SerDes PHY. MosChip has more than 20 years of track record in designing semiconductor IP, products and SoCs for IoT, networking, industrial and…
According to Reuters, Nvidia’s acquisition of processor licensor ARM is facing an expanded EU antitrust investigation. The report also valued the transaction at 54 billion U.S. dollars. Reuters quoted an unnamed source as saying that the discount offered by Nvidia…
According to reports, ARM Technology China Co. Ltd., a controversial minority subsidiary of the semiconductor intellectual property licensor ARM Ltd. (Cambridge, UK), has begun to get involved in the field of autonomous driving. According to reports, the company is at…
Just a few days after Intel expressed optimism about regaining its lead in process technology by 2025, TSMC issued a statement that questioned the possibility. Competition in the semiconductor industry is heating up and even leading to strange partnerships. Intel…
The shortage of chips has affected manufacturing operations around the world. Industries that are particularly affected include American technology and automakers. Due to shortages, automotive manufacturers, including Ford and other companies, are forced to produce cars that lack critical microprocessors.…