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After nearly a month of rumors that former TSMC senior vice president Wei-Jen Lo had jumped to Intel—and may have taken sub-2nm process documents with him—the foundry giant finally broke its silence last night. According to the Economic Daily News, TSMC confirmed that on November 25 it filed a l...
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As major U.S. cloud providers ramp up their AI ASIC efforts to lessen dependence on NVIDIA, Meta is reportedly evaluating to spend billions on Google’s in-house AI chips. According to Bloomberg, citing The Information, Meta is in talks to deploy Google’s TPUs in its data centers starting in 2027...
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Tech layoffs are still spreading, and now even Apple has unexpectedly joined the wave with fresh job cuts. According to Bloomberg, Apple has eliminated dozens of sales roles in a bid to streamline the way it offers products to businesses, schools and governments. The company didn’t tell employees ...
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Last week, TSMC Chairman C.C. Wei received the semiconductor industry's top honor, the Robert N. Noyce Award, and revealed that demand now exceeds the company’s capacity by three times, leaving advanced process capacity “massively insufficient,” Commercial Times reports. Amid surging AI chip d...
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Samsung is working to revive its foundry business. According to Chosun Daily, the company’s 2nm yield rate has climbed to an estimated 55–60%, helping it attract customers for its advanced nodes. The report, citing industry sources, also indicates that Samsung Foundry is expected to become profi...