TSMC spends just 10% more on silicon wafers manufactured in the USA than in Taiwan fabs
How much does it cost TSMC to start up its new chip-manufacturing plants on US soil? According to a new study by TechInsights ...
Analyst: New Intel CEO to prioritize chip design, foundry capabilities
In a March 24 note to investors, UBS analyst Timothy Arcuri wrote that Intel’s near-term plan under the leadership of newly ...
TSMC's 2nm chips near production, iPhone 18 Pro likely to be first to adopt
The Commercial Times reports that TSMC is set to begin taking orders for wafers built on its 2nm N2 node process next week. The semiconductor giant ...
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China breaks ground in GaN: first 8-inch N-polar wafer, 100nm PDK signal high-frequency chip ascent
Jiufengshan Laboratory (JFS) announced two major breakthroughs in GaN technology: the world's first 8-inch silicon-based ...
Grayson County leaders push to keep cement kilns out
While The Texas Legislature is still in session, this week, some Grayson County leaders are headed to the state capitol in support of a bill to stop the kiln.
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First phase of Rs 69,000 crore ingot-to-module solar plant to start in Dec: Shirdi Sai Electricals' CMD Visweswara Reddy
N Visweswara Reddy is famously known as the "Transformer man of India". His company, Shirdi Sai Electricals Ltd (SSEL), is ...
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Why $100B from chip giant TSMC to be boon for Arizona
Chip giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. plans to invest a $100 billion in the United States, President Donald Trump announced Monday as he appeared with the company's head at the White ...
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Taiwanese chip giant's investments in U.S. stir 'silicon shield' security worries
Opposition politicians worry it could damage the "silicon shield" that many believe ... a conflict that could endanger the flow of vital chips. Both Fu and Ma worried publicly that TSMC - and ...
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U.S. solar installations forecast to decline 1% annually through next decade
This includes allowing solar wafer manufacturers to claim the 25% 48D CHIPS Act ... that is refined into ingots and then sliced into thin wafers. Wood Mackenzie said the buildout of U.S. polysilicon ...
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China’s new silicon-free chip beats Intel with 40% more speed and 10% less energy
A team of researchers at Peking University claims to have made a breakthrough in chip technology, potentially reshaping the semiconductor race. Their newly developed 2D transistor is said to be 40% ...
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‘Changing lanes’: China heralds fastest-ever chip technology – without silicon
said their self-engineered 2D transistor could operate 40 per cent faster than Intel and TSMC’s cutting-edge 3-nanometre silicon chips, while consuming 10 per cent less energy. “It is the ...