With semiconductor giants gearing up for 2nm-class mass production, SEMI, announced in its press release that worldwide spending on 300mm wafer fab equipment is set to exceed $100 billion for the first time in 2025, rising 7% to $107 billion. Meanwhile, investment in 300mm wafer fab equipment is pro...

Ahead of TSMC’s earnings call on October 16, the market has been buzzing over the 2nm wafer pricing as the node nears mass production by year-end. Despite rumors of a 50% surge, Investor.com reports that prices are actually just 10–20% higher than 3nm, well below the hype. In terms of other a...

According to Economic Daily News, the Kaohsiung City Government announced on the 6th that TSMC’s Kaohsiung F22 has successfully completed trial production of its first batch of 12-inch 2-nanometer wafers. The report notes that this indicates the company’s 2nm project in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, is pro...

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...