Hardware Industry TSMC had a record month in February and is on track for a record year The world's largest chip foundry is on a roll By Adrian Potoroaca , March 11, 2022, 11:52 AM
Industry Hardware The future of semiconductors is UCIe Psst, want to know a secret? By Bob O’Donnell , March 8, 2022, 1:56 PM 22 comments
Hardware Industry Unplanned power outage at Taiwanese plant interrupts semiconductor production across the region 2022 just keeps adding fuel to the fire By Jimmy Pezzone , March 5, 2022, 6:45 AM 12 comments
Hardware Industry Western Digital and Kioxia solve contamination issue affecting NAND fabs in Japan The facilities will ramp back up to full capacity by June By Adrian Potoroaca , March 3, 2022, 3:07 PM
Hardware Industry TSMC R&D executive believes the chip shortage will last until 2024 We can't fast forward to the end of this crisis By Adrian Potoroaca , March 2, 2022, 9:41 AM 13 comments
Hardware Industry Chipmakers downplay supply chain disruption fears amid Ukraine conflict Ukraine is a major supplier of semiconductor-grade neon By Adrian Potoroaca , February 25, 2022, 2:21 PM
Hardware Industry Low yield on Samsung's 4nm process node prompts Qualcomm to go with TSMC for future chips Samsung is currently investigating foundry executives By Adrian Potoroaca , February 23, 2022, 2:06 PM 11 comments
Hardware Industry TSMC's expansion to Arizona reportedly three months behind schedule Growing pains for the world's largest contract chipmaker By Adrian Potoroaca , February 15, 2022, 2:55 PM
Hardware Industry Intel buys Israeli specialty chipmaker Tower Semiconductor for $5.4 billion Intel's foundry business is growing more teeth By Adrian Potoroaca , February 15, 2022, 11:25 AM
Hardware Industry EU outlines plan to boost European chip manufacturing Companies can soon tap into billions in funding and subsidies By Adrian Potoroaca , February 10, 2022, 11:05 AM
Hardware Industry Unrelenting chip demand fuels GlobalWafers and Toshiba capacity expansions The semiconductor industry is getting ready to bake more chips By Adrian Potoroaca , February 7, 2022, 3:19 PM
Hardware Industry Europe's only DRAM and NAND factory is expanding The factory produces Goodram memory By Adrian Potoroaca , February 3, 2022, 2:29 PM
Industry US Commerce Department report highlights alarming chip inventory levels More than 150 companies replied to the Commerce Department's request for information By Shawn Knight , January 25, 2022, 3:09 PM
Industry Samsung and Micron chip manufacturing plants impacted by lockdowns in China Concerning news for a market that's already suffering By Rob Thubron , December 30, 2021, 7:37 AM
Industry Mobile Samsung names new leaders as it merges mobile and consumer electronics businesses Company also thinks chip shortage will last into 2022 By Daniel Sims , December 7, 2021, 7:09 PM
Hardware Industry Chipmakers are expected to spend $146 billion on capacity expansions this year Some of that capacity will be brought to the US By Adrian Potoroaca , November 29, 2021, 2:12 PM
Industry Hardware Texas Instruments will start building new 300mm semiconductor wafer fabs next year The construction site is located in Sherman, Texas, in an area with capacity for up to four fabs By Joao Silva , November 19, 2021, 11:55 AM 11 comments
Industry Car Tech Ford and GM announce plans to develop chips amid ongoing semiconductor shortage US automotive giants are partnering up with existing chip manufacturers, including GlobalFoundries and Qualcomm By Humza Aamir , November 19, 2021, 7:39 AM
Hardware Industry The chip shortage has been giving low-profile chipmakers an unexpected boost It turns out there is still plenty of demand for chips made using older process technology By Adrian Potoroaca , November 9, 2021, 3:40 PM 10 comments
Hardware TSMC promises performance and power efficiency gains with its new 5nm 'N4P' process An improvement over N5 and N4 processes By Daniel Sims , October 26, 2021, 5:44 PM 18 comments
Hardware Industry DRAM prices could increase as earthquake disrupts Micron's Taiwan operations The company makes nine percent of the world's memory chips By Adrian Potoroaca , October 26, 2021, 11:27 AM 11 comments
Hardware Industry Raspberry Pi price to increase for the first time ever due to chip shortage Not even a $35 computer is safe By Zak Islam , October 20, 2021, 11:08 AM
Hardware Industry Micron is building a $7B DRAM plant in Japan, will spend up to $150B for R&D over the next decade The facility could become operational in 2024 By Adrian Potoroaca , October 20, 2021, 10:38 AM
Hardware Industry TSMC won't disclose customer data to the US government The Taiwanese chipmaker was asked to provide sensitive information for greater "transparency" By Adrian Potoroaca , October 8, 2021, 2:47 PM 21 comments
Hardware Industry Intel won't build a chip fab in the UK because of Brexit The company is looking at 10 other European countries instead By Adrian Potoroaca , October 7, 2021, 2:22 PM 31 comments