According to South Korean outlet The Bell, Samsung has reportedly begun mass production of its next-generation application processor, the Exynos 2600, ahead of expectations—the company’s first chip built on the SF2 (first-generation 2nm) process. As the report notes, a key reason Samsung bega...

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...

Struggling from underperforming businesses led by TV and industrial devices, Japanese tech giant Panasonic Holdings, according to Nikkei, plans to begin accepting early retirement applications in October for staff at its consumer electronics and air conditioning division Panasonic Corp. The move ...

With the HBM4 era on the horizon and SK hynix and Micron preparing for production ramp-up from late 2025 through 2026, it is an ideal time to explore how HBM (High Bandwidth Memory) is built, its key advantages and technologies related, and why its manufacturing complexity drives high costs. Here’...