US Democrats worried about TSMC plans
Trump needs to explain what he promised
The US Democrats are smelling a rat after TSMC announced plans to build a US-based $12 billion plant on the same day that it kicked one of its best customers, Huawei, in the supply chain.
TSCM to build 5nm Fab in Arizona
Conditio sine qua non
After weeks of speculation, TSMC has officially confirmed that Taiwan based TSMC announced its intention to build and operate an advanced semiconductor fab in Arizona, United States.
Nvidia GA100 is a high-performance AI
TSMC 7nm, next-gen Hopper 5nm
There have been rumors for quite some time about the Nvidia Ampere and the manufacturing nod. Nvidia’s first AI-based solution comes from TSMC, while some GPUs will be manufactured by Samsung too.
AMD went to Samsung for RX 5500 XT Navi 14 GPU
A way to get enough GPUs to partners
According to our sources, AMD might have tapped Samsung for the Navi 14 GPU that is powering the recently launched Radeon RX 5500 XT graphics card.
TSMC quashes rumours that it is to stop making Huawei chips
Not aware of any such request
TSMC has dismissed rumours that the US government was forcing it to cancel its lucrative contracts with Huawei.
TSMC says it is on track for 5 nm
Arriving on platform 9
TSMC vice chairman and CEO C.C. Wei announced the company's plans for 5 nm are on track, which means High Volume Manufacturing (HVM) on the node is expected to be achieved by 2Q 2020.
Glofo and TSMC bury the hatchet
Smoke peace pipe
Globalfoundries and TSMC have dismissed all litigation between them as well as those that involve any of their customers.
TSMC jacks up capital spending
5G growth better than expected
TSMC raised its 2019 capital spending plan by up to $5 billion on Thursday and forecasted a nearly 10 percent rise in fourth-quarter revenue on strong demand for faster mobile chips and 5G smartphones.
It cost one billion dollars to tape out 7nm chip
Economy of scale
After months of investigation and multiple conversations with several fellow engineers, and super C level executives in multiple organizations, we learned that it costs over one billion dollars to tape out a 7nm chip.
AMD's Rome voltage is high
But it is allowed by TSMC
Remember our original Rome story where we wrote that AMD is exceeding TSMC's recommended voltage? It turns out that the story is true, but at the same time, AMD has a special deal with TSMC where the company optimized and allowed a higher voltage for AMD’s Rome.