Tsmc articles

TSMC Arizona lawsuit alleges anti-American discrimination, racist remarks, buttock slapping, and Temu safety harnesses

WTF?! A class action lawsuit against TSMC over allegations that the company discriminates against American workers while favoring those from Taiwan has been refiled to include over 30 plaintiffs. The suit claims that an anti-American bias exists at the semiconductor giant, and that non-Asian employees were called "stupid" or "lazy." One plaintiff said he heard Taiwanese employees say that "Black people are lazy and smell."

Samsung delays $37B Texas chip plant with no customers in sight

TSMC shifts focus to US, postpones new chip plant in Japan

Intel may scrap 18A node in favor of 14A to attract Apple and Nvidia

TL;DR: Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan is reportedly considering scrapping the company's 18A manufacturing process for external foundry customers. Instead, Tan wants Team Blue to focus on the newer and more efficient 14A node in hopes of securing major clients like Apple and Nvidia away from TSMC.

Taiwan joins chip war escalation, blocks exports to Huawei and SMIC

Apple iPhone 18 Pro Max and foldable iPhone get first dibs on TSMC's 2nm process, A20 chip

TSMC's 2nm wafer prices hit $30,000 as SRAM yields reportedly hit 90%

In context: TSMC has steadily raised the prices of its most advanced semiconductor process nodes over the past several years – so much so that one analysis suggests the cost per transistor hasn't decreased in over a decade. Further price hikes, driven by tariffs and rising development costs, are reinforcing the notion that Moore's Law is truly dead.

TSMC is once again in talks with US officials over a possible gigafab in the UAE

Nintendo taps Samsung to manufacture main processor for Switch 2

Taiwan moves to tighten control over TSMC's advanced chip exports and overseas investments

TSMC unveils plans for giant AI chips to meet surging compute demands

The big picture: The semiconductor industry is approaching a significant milestone as TSMC prepares to expand the physical scale of its chip packaging technology. At its recent North American Technology Symposium, the company detailed plans for a new generation of CoWoS (Chip-on-Wafer-on-Substrate) technology, enabling the assembly of multi-chiplet processors much larger than those currently in production.

TSMC to begin 1.4nm A14 chip production in 2028, expands 3nm family with N3P and N3X

Intel to adopt TSMC's next-gen 2nm process for upcoming Nova Lake CPUs

TSMC denies reports of joint venture with Intel as US pushes for domestic chip solutions

AMD Epyc 'Venice' will be built on TSMC's N2 node, 5th-gen Epyc to be fabbed in Arizona

Nvidia shifts AI supercomputer production to the US for the first time

TSMC could face over $1 billion fine for violating Huawei export ban

Intel and TSMC reach preliminary agreement on US chip manufacturing joint venture

The AI shift is leaving traditional compute vendors behind

Pat Gelsinger warns TSMC's $100 billion investment will not restore US semiconductor dominance

TSMC spends just 10% more on silicon wafers manufactured in the USA than in Taiwan fabs

A hot potato: TSMC has repeatedly said that funding a new chip-making venture outside Taiwan is very expensive for numerous reasons. However, a new analysis tries to debunk the company's alleged financial issues with building new plants in other parts of the world.

TSMC's 2nm chips near production, iPhone 18 Pro likely to be first to adopt

How profitable are TSMC's nodes: crunching the numbers

Samsung's ambitious 1.4nm plans in jeopardy as foundry challenges mount

TSMC seeks Intel foundry stake in joint venture with Nvidia, AMD, Broadcom, and Qualcomm