Tech and energy giants are redrawing the map of power generation and delivery with the main aim of keeping up with the rising demands from AI — in this equation, liquid cooling technology plays a key role
As AI workloads continue to grow, the power...
In sum – what you need to know:
US-made AI infrastructure – Nvidia has commissioned one million square feet of new production space at factories belonging to Taiwanese trio TSMC, Foxconn, and Wistron in Arizona and Texas.
Major AI-economy drive – $500 billion of AI componentry...
“In the near future, we will be placing tariffs on foreign production of computer chips, semiconductors and pharmaceuticals to return production of these goods to the United States. They left us and went to Taiwan, which is about 90% of the chip business. And...
The TSMC-Amkor partnership is expected to increase Apple chip production in the U.S.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has signed an advanced semiconductor packaging and testing deal with Arizona-based Amkor Technology, which has been providing the Taiwanese company with semiconductor assembly and test services for...
ESMC is a joint venture between Taiwanese semiconductor manufacturing firm TSMC, Bosch, Infineon and NXP
The European Commission (EC) said it has approved a €5 billion ($5.56 billion) German measure to support European Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (ESMC) in its project to construct and operate a...
Intel acquired IMS company in 2015
Intel has agreed to sell a 10% stake in its IMS Nanofabrication business to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) for roughly $4.3 billion. The deal, expected to close in the fourth quarter of this year, leaves Intel as the...
Volkswagen-owned automotive software company CARIAD has appointed Franco-Italian semiconductor manufacturer STMicroelectronics (ST) to develop a system-on-chip (SoC) for a new line of Volkswagen vehicles based on the CARIAD software platform. At the same time, the parties “are moving to agree” that silicon contract manufacturer...
TSMC captured nearly 70% share of the global chipset market share, according to Counterpoint
According Counterpoint’s latest Foundry and Chipset Tracker, several factors contributed to a decline of 5% YoY in Q1 2022 in the global smartphone chipset (SoC/AP+Baseband) shipments, including weaker demand in China...
Taiwan-based TSMC, the world's largest semiconductor manufacturer, reportedly plans to raise prices between 10-20%, impacting devices from smartphones to automobiles.
The Wall Street Journal, citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter, reported that TSMC expects to raise prices on its most advanced chips by...
Intel and TSMC CEOs update on chip production outlook
An ongoing global shortage of semiconductors, caused by a number of related factors, has chip makers planning massive capital spends to bulk up production capacity and the U.S. government conducting a review of the global chip...
The Texas chip manufacturing plant would produce 3-nanometer processors
Reports indicate that Samsung's semiconductor manufacturing arm is considering an approximately $10 billion investment in a fab in Texas that would produce chips on a 3-nanometer (3nm) process.
This wouldn’t be the company’s first Texas plant....
Ford, Audi, Toyota and others have had to halt or reduce production; TSMC calls addressing the shortage a “top priority”
A shortage of semiconductors necessary for vehicle production has forced major automakers around the world to idle production facilities, according to numerous reports. In a...
The U.K. government has banished Huawei’s 5G network kit. Supply must cease before 2021 and operators must rip out and replace all installed equipment by 2027. This is tightening of its previous policy —instigated as recently as January 2020—to exclude “high-risk vendors” from an...
