
TSMC staff arrested over alleged tech theft
Two former TSMC engineers and a third suspect detained
A pair of ex‑TSMC engineers and another person have been arrested in Taiwan for allegedly pinching proprietary chipmaking technology.

TSMC wants more for less with 2nm node
Job's Mob and chums face 50 per cent higher costs for next-gen wafers
Taiwanese foundry giant TSMC is cranking up its 2nm node production, and by 2026 it plans to be pumping out 60,000 wafers a month from four fabs running at full tilt.

Lisuan Tech targets high-end GPUs
Chinese upstart eyes Nvidia and AMD’s lunch with 24GB card
A Chinese outfit few have heard of is making a bold lunge into the high-end GPU market.

Tariff woes dent TSMC’s seasonal surge
Chip giant’s fourth quarter could fizzle despite AI buzz
Tariff tantrums from the US have started to rattle TSMC’s booming run, with signs that the Christmas consumer rush might be more of a limp than a sprint.

Nvidia chases more H20 chips from TSMC
Wants 300,000 extra units
Nvidia is grovelling at the door of TSMC, begging it to crank out another 300,000 of its H20 AI chips, according to Reuters.

TSMC to bring chip packaging tech to US
Taiwanese outfit bets big on CoWoS, SoIC, and CoW fab in Arizona
TSMC is plotting another big move in its American push, this time with plans to manufacture some of its most advanced chip packaging tech in the US to loosen its dependency on Taiwan.

TSMC’s US fab push still miles behind demand
"Regulation and red tape" hold back Arizona chip plans
TSMC’s multi-billion-dollar push into the US chip industry is nowhere near satisfying domestic demand, despite years of investment and political support.

Samsung gets $16.5 billion chip deal lifeline from Tesla
TSMC rival finally gets a win in foundry fight
Samsung Electronics has signed a 22.8 trillion won (about $16.5 billion) chip foundry contract with what it calls a "global company" which the cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street are convinced is Tesla.

AMD claws back half the server CPU market while Intel stumbles
Epyc chips fuel AMD’s stunning datacenter comeback
AMD has pulled off a massive comeback in the server CPU market, snatching half the pie from Intel in just a few quarters.

TSMC's US fabs cost Big Tech more
AMD and Nvida forced to swallow higher prices
Getting cutting-edge chips out of TSMC’s US fabs is proving far pricier than sticking with its tried-and-tested Taiwan plants, but big tech doesn’t have much choice right now.