While Japan’s Rapidus reached a major milestone in July, announcing that prototyping for its 2nm gate-all-around (GAA) chips has begun at the IIM-1 foundry in Chitose, Hokkaido, CEO Atsuyoshi Koike, according to Hokkaido Shimbun, identifies U.S. firms IBM and chip-design startup Tenstorrent as the...

With Team Blue currently hosting its first Intel Tech Tour in Arizona, new details on the 18A ramp-up have emerged. Commercial Times reports that the semiconductor began limited shipments to U.S. customers in Q3, with 18A wafers already in production and initial output of its own CPUs expected in Q4...

According to its press release, imec announced a leadership transition, appointing Patrick Vandenameele as its next CEO effective April 2026, while sharpening its focus on the rising demands of AI chipmaking. At the same time, the institute reported breakthroughs in single-patterning High-NA EUV lit...

As U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick floated the idea of a “50-50 split” in chip production between the U.S. and Taiwan in a NewsNation interview, Economic Daily News suggests TSMC is moving faster in Arizona. Its third fab could enter mass production as early as 2027—beating the original...

Applied Materials, Inc. has announced a strategic collaboration with GlobalFoundries (GF) to establish a state-of-the-art waveguide manufacturing facility at GF’s Singapore plant, aiming to accelerate the next wave of innovation in photonics technology. Leveraging decades of semiconductor exper...