Japan’s Rapidus has gained attention for its progress on 2nm chips, a market supposedly dominated by foundry giants like TSMC, Intel, and Samsung. According to Nikkei, the company plans trial production in April and aims to provide 2nm samples by June. To fully understand Rapidus’ potential a...

According to the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), global semiconductor sales in 2024 totaled USD 627.6 billion, reflecting a 19.1% increase from the USD 526.8 billion recorded in 2023. Citing SIA President and CEO John Neuffer, the report highlights that the global semiconductor market a...

According to a report from ijiwei, citing CTech, Intel continues to reduce its workforce as part of the extensive cost-cutting measures it introduced in 2024, with no clear indication of when the layoffs will conclude. The report states that Intel recently disclosed plans to eliminate an additio...

As the former Biden administration tightened chip export controls, targeting processors with 30 billion transistors at 16/14nm or smaller nodes, TSMC followed suit. Chinese media ijiwei reports that TSMC notified many Chinese IC firms it would halt shipments of 16/14nm and below products from Januar...

Following ChatGPT, DeepSeek’s emergence, the AI boom has been further fueled. Driven by AI, the demand for advanced process chips continues to surge. While 3nm chips have already entered mass production, multiple manufacturers are actively investing in 2nm fabs to meet future market needs, targeti...