TSMC Is Considering a 3nm Foundry In Arizona
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Reuters reports that TSMC -- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, the chip foundry making advanced processors for Apple, AMD, and Qualcomm -- is beefing up its plans to build factories in.....»»
Eco-friendly tires: Bridgestone goes green in new tire test
The tire uses recycled plastics and natural guayule rubber from Arizona. Enlarge / This woody desert shrub called guayule could be coming to a tire near you before too long. (credit: Cassidy Araiza/Bloomberg via Getty Images).....»»
90% of vehicles do not need advanced chips, according to auto industry skeptics
Automotive supply chain players are skeptical if TSMC, Intel and Samsung's pursuit of advanced process technologies and capacity expansions will bring real benefits in the long run to the tight supply of mature-process chips......»»
TSMC plans JV fab in Germany, sources say
TSMC reportedly has decided to build a fab in Germany jointly with local partners in a collaboration model similar to that for its ongoing fab project in Japan, according to industry sources......»»
Arm, Intel Foundry team up for leading-edge SoC designs
Arm and Intel Foundry Services (IFS) have announced a multigeneration collaboration in which chip designers will be able to build low-power system-on-chips (SoC) using Intel 18A technology. The collaboration will first focus on mobile SoC designs, bu.....»»
Warren Buffett has sold nearly all of his TSMC stock, citing geopolitical tensions
Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett sold all but a handful of his stake in Taiwanese iPhone chipmaker TSMC, mere months after buying it.Warren Buffett. Image credit: Berkshire HathawayBuffett invested greatly in TSMC during 2022, to an amount later.....»»
Warren Buffett gives reason for surprise sale of stake in Taiwan"s TSMC
Warren Buffett says geopolitical tensions were "a consideration" in the decision to sell most of Berkshire Hathaway's shares in global chip giant TSMC, which is based in Taiwan......»»
TSMC"s Germany plan remains uncertain, but decision will come in summer, according to sources
Sources familiar with TSMC's plan in Germany indicated to DIGITIMES Asia that TSMC will reach a decision in summer regarding the construction of its German fab......»»
TSMC likely to adjust 2023 capex plan downward
TSMC may adjust its capex target for 2023 downward, currently set at US$32-36 billion, according to industry sources......»»
TSMC slowing capacity expansion in Taiwan
TSMC is slowing down its pace of capacity expansions in Taiwan, as its first-quarter 2023 sales missed guidance, according to industry sources......»»
TSMC"s Germany plan remains uncertain amid slowing capacity expansion; decision reportedly coming in summer
According to a report from Taiwanese media Economic Daily dated on April 10, citing sources from TSMC supply chain, TSMC has been requesting its suppliers to provide preliminary quotations on shipping equipment and material to Germany. Though the Tai.....»»
Foundry houses invest big in advanced and mature process equipment
Sharp increases in global demand for advanced and mature chip manufacturing processes continued to significantly bolster equipment purchases by TSMC and other Taiwanese foundry peers in the fourth quarter of 2022, according to statistics released by.....»»
Update: TSMC 1Q23 sales fail to meet guidance as a result of order cuts by major customers
Update: Market upservers and TSMC both attribute the company's lower-than-expected first-quarter revenue to currency exchange fluctuations. TSMC's revenue in US dollar terms actually met the low end of its guidance range of US$16.7-17.5 billion......»»
UMC 1Q23 sales miss guidance
Both TSMC and United Microelectronics (UMC) missed first-quarter revenue targets set in January......»»
TSMC 1Q23 sales fail to meet guidance as a result of order cuts by major customers
Ongoing inventory correction at major customers, such as Apple, AMD, and MediaTek weakened TSMC's sales in March, according to industry sources......»»
After Foxconn, Apple chipmaker TSMC revenue also fell in March
iPhone assembler Foxconn last week reported a 21% year-on-year fall in revenue in March, and we’re today learning Apple chipmaker TSMC revenue also fell in the same month – by 15%. While there are reasons to be cautious about reading too much in.....»»
TSMC posts over 10% revenue decline in March
TSMC revenue for March 2023 fell over 10% on both sequential and on-year bases, according to the company's latest report......»»
TSMC to address 7 major market concerns at upcoming earnings call
With TSMC customers cutting back on orders or delaying shipment pull-in in the first quarter of 2023, market doubts are emerging about whether the foundry's overall business operations could be turning weak, with its revenues widely believed to see a.....»»
Avian flu kills 3 California condors in northern Arizona
Three California condors have died from avian flu in northern Arizona and authorities are trying to determine what killed five others in the flock, the National Park Service announced Friday......»»
Nvidia to embrace TSMC 3D SoIC tech
Nvidia is expected to use TSMC's 3D SoIC (system on integrated chips) stacking and chiplet packaging technology in its high-end processors set to debut between 2024 and 2025, according to sources in the IC backend market......»»
IC designers can hardly expect foundry partners to cut quotes soon
It remains one of the major market concerns as to when IC designers can see their manufacturing costs move downward, but one thing for sure is that their foundry partners in Taiwan will have little willingness to reduce quotes in the short term excep.....»»