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...

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...

As TSMC’s 2nm mass production countdown begins, speculation mounts over its major clients. KLA, a key chipmaking equipment supplier, reports that around 15 customers are designing at the N2 node, including roughly 10 high-performance computing (HPC) players, according to Investing.com, etnews and ...

India’s chip ambitions continue to take shape. Following the launch of the country’s first 3nm design center led by Renesas, ARM’s newly inaugurated Bengaluru office is reported to kick off India’s advanced 2nm chip design, according to BISinfotech and IANSlive. On September 16, Union Min...

With TSMC’s 2nm process set for mass production in H2 2025, several major clients are already on board, and Taiwan’s MediaTek is the latest to join. The smartphone chipmaker announced today the successful tape-out of its first flagship SoC on TSMC’s 2nm process, with mass production scheduled ...