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ARM CEO joins Nvidia in stance against US export controls — Rene Haas says narrower access 'not good' for industry or consumer

作者 stephen.warwick@futurenet.com (Stephen Warwick)

2025年6月13日 00:03

ARM CEO joins Nvidia in stance against U.S export controls

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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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TSMC slows down global plans due to soft demand, but accelerates Arizona fab plans by six months for A16 / N2 production

2025年6月10日 23:17

TSMC's $165 billion U.S. investment gets speed boost

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Vital chipmaking software access restored to China — shift follows high-level call between Presidents Trump and Xi Jinping

作者 stephen.warwick@futurenet.com (Stephen Warwick)

2025年6月10日 19:24

Industry reports indicate access to some vital semiconductor design software has been restored in China, following a call between President Trump and Xi Jinping.

Synopsys logo on the front of glass building

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Plans to shrink particle accelerators by 1,000x could speed chipmaking by 15X - Inversion Semiconductor proposes 'tabletop' particle accelerators with petawatt lasers

作者 ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov)

2025年6月10日 01:09

Inversion Semiconductor, a 2024 startup backed by Y Combinator, aims to develop a compact, LWFA-based light source that 10 times more powerful than ASML's current EUV light sources while also targeting even shorter wavelengths.

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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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Elon Musk's SpaceX to build its own advanced chip packaging factory in Texas – 700mm x 700mm substrate size purported to be the largest in the industry

作者 editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales)

2025年6月5日 20:06

Elon Musk reportedly plans to move some chip packaging capabilities in-house at SpaceX.

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Scientists print 'world's smallest violin' in platinum with nanolithography — UK physicists push toward nanoscale computing

2025年6月5日 19:13

Physicists at the UK's Loughborough University have printed the "world's smallest violin" in platinum, measuring 13 x 35 microns. The nanolithography achievement will pave the way for studying the future of nanoscale computing.

The world's smallest violin, printed in platinum by Loughborough University

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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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TSMC quashes UAE fab rumors, but says AI demand remains fierce in the face of tariff pressures

作者 stephen.warwick@futurenet.com (Stephen Warwick)

2025年6月3日 18:48

CEO C.C. Wei says AI demand is consistently outpacing supply

CC Wei at the TSMC shareholders meeting holding a microphone

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Chip news live: All the latest in the semiconductor industry

作者 stephen.warwick@futurenet.com (Stephen Warwick)

2025年6月2日 20:10

All the latest on the chip industry covering tariffs, AI, and beyond.

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TSMC reopening discussions with Washington to build chip manufacturing plant in UAE — report

作者 editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales)

2025年6月1日 21:12

TSMC is allegedly in talks with Washington to consider the possibility of opening an advanced chip fab in the Middle East.

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Chip design software giant pauses China sales and suspends financial guidance — Synopsys slams on the brakes as Washington issues fresh crackdown on semiconductor software exports

作者 stephen.warwick@futurenet.com (Stephen Warwick)

2025年5月30日 18:42

Synopsys has told staff in China to halt sales and services, and has suspended future financial guidance, following new U.S. export restrictions on semiconductor software.

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China to ease rare earth export restrictions to benefit domestic and European semiconductor firms

2025年5月29日 19:25

China will ease rare earth export restrictions for domestic and European semiconductor firms, according to state media.

Rare-earth mine in Bayan Obo, a mining town in Inner Mongolia in China.

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TSMC reiterates it doesn't need High-NA EUV for 1.4nm-class process technology

作者 ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov)

2025年5月29日 04:27

TSMC reaffirmed that it will not use High-NA EUV lithography for its upcoming A16 and A14 process technologies, as Low-NA EUV tools combined with internal innovations provide sufficient scaling and performance benefits.

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AMD acquires Enosemi to enter photonics race — chasing Nvidia into light-based interconnect tech

2025年5月29日 02:44

AMD has acquired photonics firm Enosemi, highlighting a desire to push into photonics and to become a full software stack supplier in the datacenter, chasing Nvidia in both respects.

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TSMC to open up chip design center in Munich to help local chip developers

作者 ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov)

2025年5月28日 23:09

TSMC will open its first European chip design center in Munich to support European developers with design technology co-optimization for both mature and advanced nodes.