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Rapidus targets mass 2nm chip production in 2027, quadruples capacity ramp up — company plans to scale to 25,000 wafer starts per month in just one year
Premium Japan’s state-backed foundry Rapidus plans to begin production of 2nm-class semiconductors in the second half of its fiscal year 2027, with full-scale production expected in 2028.
Tachyum forced to vacate R&D office due to unpaid rent, wages, and taxes
Tachyum forced to vacate R&D office due to unpaid rent, wages, and taxes
Cadence embeds AI 'super agent' to assist engineers when designing EDA tools
Premium “We’re easily going to get over a trillion transistors… in the package, by the end of the decade,” Cadence Senior Vice President Paul Cunningham claims.
Memory hoarding and skyrocketing prices hit entry-level electronics demand, foundry orders
SMIC is banking on its 'protection' against such drops.
U.S. lawmakers demand sales ban on chipmaking tools to China
Bipartisan group of lawmakers want the U.S. government to impose export controls on all wafer fab equipment bound to China except those that can be made locally and make allies do the following.
Memory makers are set to earn $551 billion from the AI boom, twice as much as contract chip manufacturers
Premium While all makers of microelectronics are set to benefit from the AI supercycle, the memory industry is projected to generate more than twice the revenue of the foundry industry.
TSMC's board approves $45 billion spending package on new fabs
TSMC's board of directors approves spending on new production capacities and promotes a key executive leading the development of A10 fabrication process due in 2030 or later.
Taiwan rejects possibility of transferring 40% of the island's semiconductor capacity to U.S.
Taiwan authorities have no problems with TSMC investing in the U.S. as long the bulk of its fabs and leading-edge process technologies remain in Taiwan.
