Latest about semiconductors
Taiwan further restricts the sale of modern chips to Russia and Belarus
News No more than 25MHz or 5 GFLOPs. There are '80s 386s faster than that.
Taiwan continues to dominate the semiconductor industry
News Taiwan's market share of advanced processes at or below 16nm will be as high as 61% in 2022.
TSMC founder Morris Chang believes US based chip production will be an 'exercise in futility'
News US-based manufacturing is too expensive according to Chang.
Supply chain expert sees 'glimmers of hope' for PC gaming's stock woes in 2022
Supply & demand The GPU shortage appears to be easing, but are we out of the woods yet? I talk to an expert.
'Sputtering' atom-thick copper could give us cheaper PC chips
News It's no surprise that ditching gold from chip manufacturing makes it cheaper, but copper could also make it lower power and last longer, too.
Major chipmakers could weather neon shortages as result of war in Ukraine for 'two months or more'
News Neon gas is a vital component in the laser lithography of silicon chips, and around 50% of the global supply came out of Ukraine.
Italy plans to invest $4.6 billion to tempt chipmakers like Intel into building more fabs
News Italy hopes to partner with Intel and others to boost chip production in Europe.
Intel to seriously step-up chip production with $5.4B foundry acquisition
news Perhaps we can wave goodbye to the chip shortage with help from Intel's newest edifice.
