Apple is increasingly focusing on building its own devices and expanding its ecosystem by taking steps towards a more native experience for users and relying less on third-party accessories. While the Cupertino-based tech giant's HomePod and AppleTV have left quite the mark in the smart home category, it generally relies more on outsourcing cameras and other hardware for smart homes. Now, a new report suggests that the company intends to create a fully integrated experience by developing its own smart home accessories. Gurman hints about Apple working on making smart home products like security cameras for a more integrated experience […]
We’re continuing our Best of Black Friday posts today with a look at the best current deals on power stations and their respective bundle options. Folks across the country and beyond have been steadily investing more and more in the industry for a vari...
Blizzard has announced that two decades after its release, World of Warcraft is finally going to let players build a home and live in it. The feature has long been requested by WoW players and now it’s finally coming in the game’s next expansion.Read m...
Guild Wars 2: Janthir Wilds will receive the Godspawn update, adding a new 50-player boss battle, a new 10-player raid, and a legendary spear. Guild Wars 2: Janthir Wilds is getting the first major update "Godspawn" on November 19th, expanding the story with new story chapters The MMORPG Guild Wars 2 by ArenaNet is receiving its first major update for the Janthir Wilds expansion soon. It's the first of three major updates, and it'll land on November 19. The update will add new content to the game for the players. The Janthir Wilds expansion DLC was released in August this year, […]
The Tensor G4 was officially announced at Google’s Pixel 9 event, and the lack of performance or power-efficiency slides hinted that the chipset could be a minor upgrade over its predecessor, the Tensor G3. However, the company had different plans for its current-generation chipset, which will now materialize with the Tensor G5 in 2025 as the advertising giant will reportedly shift to TSMC’s second-generation 3nm process. However, a new report also states that the Tensor G5 will employ the Taiwanese semiconductor firm’s InFO-POP packaging, and if you want to learn what advantages this will bring to the table, read on […]
Intel looks to ramp up outsourcing efforts as the firm chooses TSMC for its mainstream semiconductor needs while adding new Taiwan suppliers as well. Intel Becomes More Reliant On Taiwan Suppliers As The Firm Apparently Shifts Away From Its Own Division Services Well, it looks like Team Blue has decided to take market competition seriously. That's why they have decided not to trust IFS for now and rather move towards "well-established" alternatives in the markets. Previously, we reported on how Intel's next-gen Falcon Shores AI accelerators will be handed over to TSMC for development, particularly utilizing the 3nm process, showing […]
TSMC's struggles vis-a-vis its flagship American chip fabrication unit in Arizona are common knowledge by now, reinforced by a steady trickle of leaks and expert commentary over the past few months. Two factors purportedly lie at the heart of the Arizona fab's inability to takeoff: a difference in the American and Taiwanese work culture and TSMC's proclivity to skimp on wages. Today, the New York Times is out with a detailed commentary on TSMC's dilemma, highlighting among other things the frustration among American workers for strenuous work conditions and the management's attempts to rope in employees for tasks beyond their […]
Intel is reportedly evaluating both external & internal foundry process technologies for its next-gen Nova Lake CPUs which are aiming for a 2026 launch. Intel's Next-Gen Nova Lake CPUs Will Be Evaluated Using TSMC & Intel Foundry Node A recent report from ChinaTimes, citing industry sources, suggests that Intel is in the early stages of the development of its next-gen CPUs, codenamed Nova Lake. According to the supply chain, Intel is planning to leverage TSMC's process technologies for its Nova Lake CPUs but it is also monitoring the development progress of its own 14A process node which is the internal […]
TSMC is set to implement a "price rise" strategy across its in-demand products such as 5nm & 3nm nodes since the Taiwan giant is eager to maintain its gross margins and leverage from its strategic market position. TSMC's Semiconductor & Packaging Services Are In Hot Demand; 5nm & 3nm Production Lines Are Experiencing 100% Utilization Rates The Taiwan semiconductor giant might be in one of the best positions in the market, given the massive AI demand coming along the way and the orders from companies like Apple and Qualcomm for their respective consumer products. In light of this, TSMC is […]
TSMC is all set to start constructing its first European fab in Germany by next month as the Taiwan giant moves towards becoming a "global" semiconductor leader. TSMC Enters The European Markets With Full Force, Plans To Develop Its First EU Fab In Germany, Right Next To IFS The semiconductor giant is on the way toward becoming a dominant force in the market since TSMC has expanded its region of influence, coming more towards the West. The Arizona facility in the United States is indeed a restatement that TSMC doesn't want to be "region-bounded," and now, with the disclosure of […]
TSMC believes that Moore's Law is irrelevant in modern-day markets, as the firm has sought out efficient methods of "technology scaling." TSMC Believes Technology Scaling Is Far Away From Fundamentals Set By Moore's Law, Innovation Will Continue To Exist The current semiconductor dynamics have evolved tremendously, and over the past few years, companies have started to pave out new ways to continue the innovation process in the markets rather than depending upon traditions such as Moore's Law. For those unaware, Moore's Law focuses on a continuous model of "node shrinking" in a certain period, associating this with the only way […]
A cutting-edge 2nm fabrication plant is currently under construction as TSMC intends to starts mass production of wafers on this advanced technology for a number of clients, with the most notable likely being Apple. Unfortunately, a tragedy struck Taiwan in the form of the Typhoon Gaemi, causing massive economic losses to the region. Fortunately, the world’s largest semiconductor manufacturer claims that the tropical storm did not damage its 2nm facility, which is located in Kaohsiung. The other 2nm plant located in another region also seems to be unaffected, with TSMC stating that production resumed normally While the Typhoon Gaemi has […]
The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) bid to rapidly increase its chip packaging capacity in the wake of strong demand by the artificial intelligence industry has faced a setback after potential archaeological ruins were discovered at a site for a new plant. TSMC is planning to build two Chip on Wafer on Substrate (CoWoS) packaging plants in Chiayi, Taiwan, and reports on social media quoted in the Taiwanese press share that the National Taiwan University is recruiting trained personnel for archaeological excavations. TSMC plans to build two CoWoS packaging plants in Chiyai, and statements made by the Taiwanese government made […]
According to a report in the Taiwanese press, Taiwan's contract chip manufacturer TSMC turned down NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang's request to set up a dedicated packaging manufacturing line for NVIDIA's products. Along with semiconductor fabrication, chip packaging has become an equally important part of the industry's rush to ship thousands of. AI chips worldwide. However, unlike fabrication capacity, packaging has struggled to meet the elevated demand for chips, making TSMC, the world's largest contract chip manufacturer, dedicate considerable resources towards it. TSMC's latest earnings call also focused on packaging, with the firm choosing to redefine its market to add the […]
Microsoft backed OpenAI continues to remain interested in designing and developing its own chips in order to reduce the supply constraints that the broader industry is facing right now, according to a fresh report from The Information. OpenAI's narrow AI products require thousands of GPUs to function, and the details of the report share that the firm has talked with chip designer Broadcom which makes application specific chips for AI use cases. The portion of report shared by a Taiwanese publication outlines that while initially, OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman was interested in setting up his own chip manufacturing facility, his […]
This was not supposed to happen. The ongoing rush for AI GPUs was supposed to keep investors focused on ASML's soaring order book for its cutting-edge chip manufacturing machines, and TSMC in the limelight as the largest contract chip manufacturer in the world. Yet, geopolitics has a uniquely disruptive way of upending even the most pristine of bullish cases. ASML, TSMC Earnings Overshadowed By Evolving Geopolitics $ASML Q2 Earnings Highlights: 🔹 GAAP EPS: €4.01 (Est. €3.54) 🟢🔹 Revenue: €6.24B (Est. €6.03B) 🟢🔸 Backlog: €38.9B, up 11% YoY🔸 Net Bookings: €5.6B, up 24% YoY 🔸 EUV Orders: €2.5B, up 281% YoY […]
The Tensor G4 was officially announced at Google’s Pixel 9 event, and the lack of performance or power-efficiency slides hinted that the chipset could be a minor upgrade over its predecessor, the Tensor G3. However, the company had different plans for its current-generation chipset, which will now materialize with the Tensor G5 in 2025 as the advertising giant will reportedly shift to TSMC’s second-generation 3nm process. However, a new report also states that the Tensor G5 will employ the Taiwanese semiconductor firm’s InFO-POP packaging, and if you want to learn what advantages this will bring to the table, read on […]
Intel looks to ramp up outsourcing efforts as the firm chooses TSMC for its mainstream semiconductor needs while adding new Taiwan suppliers as well. Intel Becomes More Reliant On Taiwan Suppliers As The Firm Apparently Shifts Away From Its Own Division Services Well, it looks like Team Blue has decided to take market competition seriously. That's why they have decided not to trust IFS for now and rather move towards "well-established" alternatives in the markets. Previously, we reported on how Intel's next-gen Falcon Shores AI accelerators will be handed over to TSMC for development, particularly utilizing the 3nm process, showing […]
TSMC's struggles vis-a-vis its flagship American chip fabrication unit in Arizona are common knowledge by now, reinforced by a steady trickle of leaks and expert commentary over the past few months. Two factors purportedly lie at the heart of the Arizona fab's inability to takeoff: a difference in the American and Taiwanese work culture and TSMC's proclivity to skimp on wages. Today, the New York Times is out with a detailed commentary on TSMC's dilemma, highlighting among other things the frustration among American workers for strenuous work conditions and the management's attempts to rope in employees for tasks beyond their […]
Intel is reportedly evaluating both external & internal foundry process technologies for its next-gen Nova Lake CPUs which are aiming for a 2026 launch. Intel's Next-Gen Nova Lake CPUs Will Be Evaluated Using TSMC & Intel Foundry Node A recent report from ChinaTimes, citing industry sources, suggests that Intel is in the early stages of the development of its next-gen CPUs, codenamed Nova Lake. According to the supply chain, Intel is planning to leverage TSMC's process technologies for its Nova Lake CPUs but it is also monitoring the development progress of its own 14A process node which is the internal […]
TSMC is set to implement a "price rise" strategy across its in-demand products such as 5nm & 3nm nodes since the Taiwan giant is eager to maintain its gross margins and leverage from its strategic market position. TSMC's Semiconductor & Packaging Services Are In Hot Demand; 5nm & 3nm Production Lines Are Experiencing 100% Utilization Rates The Taiwan semiconductor giant might be in one of the best positions in the market, given the massive AI demand coming along the way and the orders from companies like Apple and Qualcomm for their respective consumer products. In light of this, TSMC is […]
TSMC is all set to start constructing its first European fab in Germany by next month as the Taiwan giant moves towards becoming a "global" semiconductor leader. TSMC Enters The European Markets With Full Force, Plans To Develop Its First EU Fab In Germany, Right Next To IFS The semiconductor giant is on the way toward becoming a dominant force in the market since TSMC has expanded its region of influence, coming more towards the West. The Arizona facility in the United States is indeed a restatement that TSMC doesn't want to be "region-bounded," and now, with the disclosure of […]
TSMC believes that Moore's Law is irrelevant in modern-day markets, as the firm has sought out efficient methods of "technology scaling." TSMC Believes Technology Scaling Is Far Away From Fundamentals Set By Moore's Law, Innovation Will Continue To Exist The current semiconductor dynamics have evolved tremendously, and over the past few years, companies have started to pave out new ways to continue the innovation process in the markets rather than depending upon traditions such as Moore's Law. For those unaware, Moore's Law focuses on a continuous model of "node shrinking" in a certain period, associating this with the only way […]
A cutting-edge 2nm fabrication plant is currently under construction as TSMC intends to starts mass production of wafers on this advanced technology for a number of clients, with the most notable likely being Apple. Unfortunately, a tragedy struck Taiwan in the form of the Typhoon Gaemi, causing massive economic losses to the region. Fortunately, the world’s largest semiconductor manufacturer claims that the tropical storm did not damage its 2nm facility, which is located in Kaohsiung. The other 2nm plant located in another region also seems to be unaffected, with TSMC stating that production resumed normally While the Typhoon Gaemi has […]
The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) bid to rapidly increase its chip packaging capacity in the wake of strong demand by the artificial intelligence industry has faced a setback after potential archaeological ruins were discovered at a site for a new plant. TSMC is planning to build two Chip on Wafer on Substrate (CoWoS) packaging plants in Chiayi, Taiwan, and reports on social media quoted in the Taiwanese press share that the National Taiwan University is recruiting trained personnel for archaeological excavations. TSMC plans to build two CoWoS packaging plants in Chiyai, and statements made by the Taiwanese government made […]
According to a report in the Taiwanese press, Taiwan's contract chip manufacturer TSMC turned down NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang's request to set up a dedicated packaging manufacturing line for NVIDIA's products. Along with semiconductor fabrication, chip packaging has become an equally important part of the industry's rush to ship thousands of. AI chips worldwide. However, unlike fabrication capacity, packaging has struggled to meet the elevated demand for chips, making TSMC, the world's largest contract chip manufacturer, dedicate considerable resources towards it. TSMC's latest earnings call also focused on packaging, with the firm choosing to redefine its market to add the […]
Microsoft backed OpenAI continues to remain interested in designing and developing its own chips in order to reduce the supply constraints that the broader industry is facing right now, according to a fresh report from The Information. OpenAI's narrow AI products require thousands of GPUs to function, and the details of the report share that the firm has talked with chip designer Broadcom which makes application specific chips for AI use cases. The portion of report shared by a Taiwanese publication outlines that while initially, OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman was interested in setting up his own chip manufacturing facility, his […]
This was not supposed to happen. The ongoing rush for AI GPUs was supposed to keep investors focused on ASML's soaring order book for its cutting-edge chip manufacturing machines, and TSMC in the limelight as the largest contract chip manufacturer in the world. Yet, geopolitics has a uniquely disruptive way of upending even the most pristine of bullish cases. ASML, TSMC Earnings Overshadowed By Evolving Geopolitics $ASML Q2 Earnings Highlights: 🔹 GAAP EPS: €4.01 (Est. €3.54) 🟢🔹 Revenue: €6.24B (Est. €6.03B) 🟢🔸 Backlog: €38.9B, up 11% YoY🔸 Net Bookings: €5.6B, up 24% YoY 🔸 EUV Orders: €2.5B, up 281% YoY […]