MediaTek’s Dimensity 9500 proves efficiency cores are a waste of silicon
Samsung’s Exynos refuses to learn the lesson
It takes a certain flair to kick off an industry trend, and MediaTek managed it when it lobbed efficiency cores out the window with its Dimensity 9300 in November 2023.
TSMC squeezes chip supply as AI giants fight for N3 capacity
Fidelity’s Huang begs for wafers as fabs hit their limits
TSMC’s latest sports day turned into something of a customer summit when Fidelity boss Huang Renxun publicly pleaded for more chip supply, declaring that “without TSMC, there would be no Fidelity.”
TSMC’s 2nm race heats up
Qualcomm and MediaTek join Apple at the front line
The semiconductor arms race has entered another round, with TSMC speeding ahead on its 2nm roadmap.
TSMC 2nm price hike might push Qualcomm and Mediatek to Samsung
Intel off the table for now
Chipmaking behemoth TSMC has decided that its next shiny thing, the 2-nanometre wafer, will cost about 50 per cent more than the current 3-nanometre kit, and its biggest customers are not amused.
Nvidia’s 800v power push jolts Mediatek and Bizlink
Vera Rubin platform ushers in power revolution for AI data centres
Graphics giant Nvidia has kicked off what it claims is a data centre power revolution, announcing its next-gen Vera Rubin platform and dragging the world into the 800-volt direct current age.
TSMC price hikes not as brutal as feared, but still grim
Chip clients breathe a sigh of relief
It turns out TSMC’s next big price jump will not be quite the wallet-melter everyone expected.
Mediatek’s ASIC dreams wobble
Meta and Google orders slip away
Something strange is stirring at Taiwanese IC design house MediaTek. The company’s push into special application chips (ASICs) after 2026 is suddenly looking a lot shakier.
TSMC hikes wafer prices and kills cheap transistors
Age of bargain silicon ends
The days of cheap transistors are over as TSMC jacks up prices on its most advanced wafers and signals the end of Moore’s Law’s cosy promise of faster and cheaper chips.
TSMC 2nm orders pile up as AI boom fuels demand
Chipmaker has 15 customers, most chasing high-performance computing
TSMC’s 2nm process is pulling in orders at a cracking pace, with senior management at wafer inspection outfit KLA letting slip that 15 customers have already signed up. Ten of them are gunning for high-performance computing, showing just how much the AI craze is fattening demand for Intel and Samsung's rival.
MediaTek pushes Dimensity 9500 into flagship fight
Wants nearly 40 per cent of global mobile share
MediaTek has unveiled its Dimensity 9500, a 5G flagship chip built on TSMC’s N3P process and pitched as “super powerful and super cool.”