Customer demand for AI and HPC processors is driving a much greater use of advanced packaging technologies, particularly TSMC’s chip-on-wafer-on-substrate (CoWoS) services. As things stand, TSMC is just barely meeting the current demand for this packaging method – never mind future demand – which is why last year the company announced plans to more than double CoWoS…
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Smartphone vendors have struggled in recent years, with one notable exception: Apple. While others saw sales and profits dive amid economic uncertainty, Apple did something unexpected by selling more expensive iPhones without increasing the price.Apple increased the average selling price for the iPhone, taking advantage of the growing popularity of Pro versions of phones like…
What if Apple slashed iPhone 15 prices globally instead of just in China? Read More »
The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) is reinforcing its commitment to the UK government’s £1bn Semiconductor Strategy by setting out plans to open an independent institute tasked with promoting the sector to overseas investors. The UK Semiconductor Institute will be independently run from the UK government, DSIT confirmed, and bring together commercial entities, private…
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Although TSMC can’t claim to be the first fab to use extreme UV (EUV) lithography – that title goes to Samsung – they do get to claim to be the largest. As a result, the company has developed significant experience with EUV over the years, allowing TSMC to refine how they use EUV tooling to…
TSMC Outlines Path to EUV Success: More Tools, More Wafers, & Best Pellicles In Industry Read More »
In the contemporary landscape of corporate responsibility, environmental sustainability has become a vital concern. With enterprises facing increasing regulatory pressure to record and mitigate their carbon emissions, energy usage, and overall sustainability practices, CIOs and IT departments find themselves at the forefront of this paradigm shift. As stewards of digital infrastructure and data management, CIOs…
An interim artificial intelligence (AI) safety report has highlighted the lack of universal agreement among AI experts on a range of topics, including both the state of current AI capabilities and how these could evolve over time. The International scientific report on the safety of advanced AI was among the key commitments to emerge from…
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Of the several major changes coming with HBM4 memory, one of the most immediate is the sheer width of the memory interface. With the fourth-generation memory standard moving from an already wide 1024-bit interface to a ultra-wide 2048-bit interface, HBM4 memory stacks won’t be business as usual; chip manufacturers are going to need to adopt…
TSMC Readies Next-Gen HBM4 Base Dies, Built on 12nm and 5nm Nodes Read More »
The government has provided guidance to help artificial intelligence (AI) developers improve cyber security in AI models. The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) said the measures aimed at developers would establish a global standard for protecting AI models from hacking. The government hopes the codes of practice will help businesses innovate and drive…
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With all the new fabs being built in Germany and Japan, as well as the expansion of production capacity in China, TSMC is planning to extend its production capacity for specialty technologies by 50% by 2027. As disclosed by the company during its European Technology Symposium this week, TSMC expects to need to not only…
TSMC to Expand Specialty Capacity by 50%, Introduce 4nm N4e Low-Power Node Read More »
Mike Kreiger has had an incredible career already. He co-founded and served as the Chief Technology Officer of Instagram as well as started and worked on Artifact, the AI news aggregation app, before it was recently acquired by Yahoo. Now, he’s venturing even deeper into the world of AI.In a blog post, Anthropic announced that…
