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Zombie fabs plague China's chipmaking ambitions, failures burning tens of billions of dollars

作者 ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov)
2025年7月10日 17:48
China has made progress in advanced chipmaking, but many ambitious fab projects failed due to lack of expertise, poor planning, and U.S. export restrictions — leaving behind numerous costly but unused 'zombie fabs' across the country.

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LG Innotek to slim down smartphones by replacing solder balls with copper posts

作者 ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov)
2025年7月8日 16:23
LG Innotek introduced Copper Post packaging technology, which replaces traditional solder balls in semiconductor substrates, enabling slimmer, denser, and cooler smartphone designs.

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TSMC swats down claims it is delaying its Japan chipmaking plant to prioritize Arizona plants to avoid US tariffs — TSMC says US investments won't impact other regions

作者 ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov)
2025年7月5日 20:51
TSMC is reportedly slowing work on its second Japanese fab to accelerate buildout in Arizona in anticipation of possible U.S. tariffs on Taiwan-made chips, though the company maintains that its expanded American investments will not affect its projects in Japan and Germany.

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White House lifts chip design export ban on China in exchange for rare earth materials compromise — export licences for EDA software sales no longer required

作者 ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov)
2025年7月3日 20:06
The U.S. has lifted recent license requirements on exporting chip design software to China in exchange for Beijing easing rare earth export controls, enabling Cadence, Siemens, and Synopsys to resume shipments to clients in the People's Republic.

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Intel might axe the 18A process node for foundry customers, essentially leaving TSMC with no rival — Intel reportedly to focus on 14A (Updated)

作者 ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov)
2025年7月3日 00:54
Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan is weighing whether to stop offering the company's 18A technology to external clients and instead focus on the next-generation 14A process, a move that could withdraw Intel from the broad foundry market for several years.

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SpaceX launches UK satellite to create semiconductors in low Earth orbit — sub-zero temps and vacuum of space could advance AI data centers and quantum computing

2025年6月28日 19:00
A satellite designed to produce semiconductors in space has reached low-Earth orbit, launching on a SpaceX rideshare mission. ForgeStar-1 from Space Forge seeks to be a proof of concept to prove that fabrication in space is possible and scalable.

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China to pivot $50 billion chip fund to fighting U.S. squeeze as trade war escalates — country to back local companies and projects to overcome export controls

作者 ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov)
2025年6月27日 22:33
China's Big Fund III is refocusing on building local lithography equipment and chip design software after U.S. export bans blocked access to advanced tools, pushing managers to prioritize filling these critical gaps over supporting already strong areas.

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Semiconductor industry faces critical talent crisis — one million additional skilled workers needed by 2030

作者 ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov)
2025年6月26日 18:00
The semiconductor industry is experiencing strong growth and soaring demand, but a worsening shortage of engineers, managers, and technical talent threatens to undermine its ability to grow further.

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Intel details 18A process technology — takes on TSMC 2nm with 30% density gain and 25% faster generational performance

作者 ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov)
2025年6月23日 17:59
Intel has fully detailed its 18A (1.8nm-class) process at VLSI 2025, highlighting major performance, power, and density improvements enabled by RibbonFET transistors and PowerVia backside power delivery.

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Texas Instruments commits $60 billion to U.S. semiconductor manufacturing — includes planned expansions to Texas, Utah fabs

2025年6月19日 01:00
Texas Instruments follows the semiconductor industry in announcing its new investments in expanding U.S. facilities, though we already knew about most of the projects.

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Imec's next-gen high-speed chip transistor addresses manufacturing concerns — outer wall forksheet design simplifies production, but may sacrifice density

作者 ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov)
2025年6月18日 23:46
Imec has introduced a more manufacturable version of its forksheet transistor, named the outer wall forksheet, intended to extend gate-all-around (GAA) technology through the A10 node and serve as a stepping stone toward future CFET designs.

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Taiwan bans chip exports to Huawei, SMIC — ban comes after Huawei tricked TSMC into making two million AI processors despite US restrictions

2025年6月16日 00:06
Two of the most important companies behind China’s semiconductor self-sufficiency and AI supremacy hopes were dealt a blow on Saturday, with their addition to Taiwan’s strategic high-tech commodities entity list.

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CHIPS Act beneficiaries 'mired in NIMBY fights and two-year permits' — delays to Micron, Amkor, and SK hynix NY fabs costing $5M per day

作者 ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov)
2025年6月11日 21:14
Several major U.S. semiconductor projects — including Amkor’s packaging plant in Arizona, Micron’s $100B DRAM fab in New York, and SK hynix’s HBM site in Indiana — are facing delays or opposition due to environmental reviews and local protests.

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Intel draws a line in the sand to boost gross margins — new products must deliver 50% gross profit to get the green light

2025年6月5日 22:59
In a presentation at Bank of America's global technology conference this year, Intel Products CEO Michelle Johnston Holthaus discussed some of Intel's intense moves to get back into contention against a fierce chip industry.

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GlobalFoundries announces $16 billion U.S. chip production spend — striking spending boom follows demand from domestic customers

2025年6月5日 00:36
Contract fab GlobalFoundries has announced a commitment to spend $16 billion on plant expansion and advanced packaging research. The move comes with no expected spending date.

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Nvidia accused of poaching TSMC engineers in Taiwan – up to $180,000 salaries offered for talent

2025年6月4日 20:23
The media in Taiwan have highlighted the lucrative compensation packages being used to tempt engineers to fill key roles and fuel Nvidia’s ambitious expansion plans.

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TSMC could charge up to $45,000 for 1.6nm wafers — rumors allege a 50% increase in pricing over prior-gen wafers

作者 ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov)
2025年6月4日 18:34
TSMC is preparing to begin 2nm chip production with wafer prices reportedly reaching $30,000 and potentially $45,000 for more advanced nodes like A16, driven by the complexity of backside power delivery.

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