Amid heated discussions over the alleged leak of TSMC’s 2nm technology, the foundry giant’s internal mechanisms for safeguarding trade secrets and intellectual property are drawing fresh attention. As Liberty Times reports, TSMC has been Taiwan’s top domestic patent applicant for nine consecut...

Right before the world’s most advanced 2nm entering mass production, foundry giant TSMC has reportedly fired multiple employees and taken legal action after uncovering suspected attempts to steal sensitive information related to the node, Nikkei Asia reports. Sources told Nikkei the ex-staffers...

According to Liberty Times, TSMC is expected to have four 2nm fabs running at full capacity next year, with a combined monthly output of 60,000 wafers. However, as Wccftech points out, while TSMC is preparing for full-scale 2nm production, the company reportedly has no plans to offer discounts to cu...

Just days after clinching a $16.5 billion deal with Tesla, South Korean memory giant Samsung posted Q2 results, showing a steep 55% drop in overall operating profit, as highlighted by Reuters. However, as Chosun Daily points out, its semiconductor business took an even harder hit, with profit plungi...

As Qualcomm and Samsung push into the 2nm era with the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2 and Exynos 2600, Taiwan’s MediaTek confirmed at its July 30 earnings call that it’s also gearing up for 2nm, targeting edge and cloud AI chips—with tape-out expected in September, according to the Economic Daily Ne...