MediaTek has unveiled the Dimensity 9500s and Dimensity 8500, targeting the upper-midrange smartphone market. According to ijiwei, the Dimensity 9500s represents an expansion of the Dimensity 9000 series lineup. It is built on TSMC’s 3nm process and continues MediaTek’s all-big-core CPU architec...

After months of negotiations, Taiwan and the U.S. on Jan. 15 (U.S. time) sealed a long-awaited deal that cuts broad tariffs on most Taiwanese goods exported to the U.S. from 20% to 15%, while Taiwanese chipmakers, including TSMC, stand to benefit from lower duties on semiconductors and related manuf...

At a time when the memory industry is in the midst of a boom deeply driven by artificial intelligence (AI), major memory makers are unanimously shifting their strategic focus toward AI-oriented storage solutions featuring high bandwidth, large capacity, and low power consumption. As demand for high-...

With Micron setting its groundbreaking for the massive Clay, New York, chipmaking complex on January 16, syracuse.com reports that Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick—whose department will oversee up to $20 billion in federal subsidies—is slated to attend the ceremony, alongside Micron CEO Sanjay ...

TSMC addresses concerns over potential wafer price increases during its earnings call today, stressing that its strong profitability is driven not only by pricing, but also by robust demand and high capacity utilization. The comments come after an analyst, during the Q&A session, notes that t...