TL;DR: TSMC has begun mass production at its first fab in Japan, focusing on 12nm to 28nm logic chips for cars and image sensors. The Japanese government, aiming to strengthen its semiconductor ...

TSMC’s has managed to push a dual-core ARM A9 chip to a whopping 3GHz. The chip is based on the 28nm HPM (high performance mobile) process and capable of running up to 3.1GHz, although the “mobile ...

Why it matters: The cost of progress is getting steeper with each new manufacturing process TSMC develops for Apple's A-series chips, which power the iPhone and iPad. A recent analysis sheds light on ...

Despite all odds, Russia hopes to kick off local mass production of chips using its domestic 28nm-class process technology by 2030, just as it expected several years ago. This 28nm process technology ...

Yesterday, TSMC announced the first successful production of a 32-core ARM chip based on 16nm FinFET technology. According to the foundry, it collaborated with HiSilicon technologies to create the ...

ARM to develop and license comprehensive Physical IP Design Platform targeted at achieving optimal power, performance, and area for current and future ARM Cortex processors. SANTA CLARA, Calif. AND ...

MANILA/SEOUL, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics (005930.KS), opens new tab is not interested in spinning off its contract chip manufacturing business as well as its logic chip designing operation, ...

TAIPEI, Sept 30 (Reuters) - TSMC <2330.TW> , the world's biggest contract chip maker, said on Tuesday it would start using advanced 28-nanometre technology in early 2010 to produce chips used in new, ...

Industry’s first use of ruthenium in high-volume production enables copper chip wiring to be scaled to the 2nm node and beyond and reduces resistance by as much as 25% New enhanced low-k dielectric ...