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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing originated the “fabless” business model. Before Morris Chang set up the company in Taiwan in the 1980s, most integrated circuits were designed and manufactured in house. Chang, who previously worked at US tech companies including Texas Instruments and General Instrument Corporation, founded TSMC to take orders for semiconductors from IC designers who would no longer need their own fabs, thus creating the new business model and resulting in the world's largest independent semiconductor foundry. The company is often referred to in Taiwan as the “sacred mountain” because of its global economic importance.
The island’s ‘silicon shield’ is being systematically taken down by Washington in preparation for a Ukraine-style proxy war.
Harrowing images from quake-hit island call for swift humanitarian response despite strained cross-strait relations and fears for vital semiconductor sector.
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For TSMC founder Morris Chang, war is unlikely while Foxconn’s Terry Gou believes it is possible even as he casts himself as the party for peace.
- TSMC, a key supplier to Nvidia and Apple, says AI chip makers are likely to be the first adopters of its new A16 tech rather than smartphone makers
- Analysts say TSMC’s announcements call into question Intel’s claims that it will retake the world chip-making crown
TSMC, the dominant producer of advanced chips used in artificial intelligence applications, is expected to report a 5 per cent rise in first-quarter profit on Thursday thanks to strong demand.
Micron Technology, the largest US maker of memory chips, is poised to get US$6.1 billion in government grants to help pay for domestic factories, part of an effort to bring semiconductor production back to American soil.
The award is the latest from the Biden administration, as the United States looks to cement its global lead in creating advanced semiconductors.
Japan must embrace rapid innovation to be a convincing alternative to China in the industry, experts say.
The Biden administration will announce next week that it is awarding more than US$6 billion to Samsung Electronics to expand its semiconductor output in Taylor, Texas, as it seeks to ramp up chip-making in the US.
Taiwanese firm set to get US$6.6 billion in grants and as much as US$5 billion in loans to help build factories as Washington vies for chip prominence.
At a time when the global euphoria about AI has propelled a three-fold surge in Nvidia’s stock, investors are pointing toward emerging markets for better value and a bigger pool of options.
Intel chief executive Patrick Gelsinger discusses developments in the technology industry, implications of geopolitical conflicts on global trade, and leadership lessons learned.
The world’s largest contract chip manufacturer restarted operations within 10 hours after work was suspended because of a deadly earthquake that hit Taiwan.
Intel on Tuesday disclosed deepening operating losses for its foundry business, a blow to the chip maker as it tries to regain a technology lead it lost in recent years to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.
The dead include three hikers and a truck driver killed by falling rocks in Hualien on the east coast of the island.
Japan approved up to US$3.9 billion in subsidies to chip venture Rapidus, committing more money to its ambition to catch up in semiconductor manufacturing.
The grant and loans from the US Commerce Department are part of the Chips and Science Act of 2022, meant to bolster the supply chain and counter China.
The new Blackwell chips are made up of 208 billion transistors and will be able to link with other chips, making them much faster at handling AI models.
Rebellions, a fabless AI chip company co-founded by five South Korean engineers, is viewed as the country’s best hope to rival Nvidia in AI inference.
The European Union should think twice before imposing additional export controls or rules on foreign investment, semiconductor industry group SEMI Europe said in a position paper published this week.
Huawei Technologies’ new Ascend 910B chip, already available on the mainland, is said to be on par in terms of computing power with Nvidia’s sought-after A100 graphics processing unit.
TSMC promotes two veterans to share COO role as it readies succession plan with chairman Mark Liu set to retire at end of June.
Negotiations will result in each company ‘doing more for economic and national security at a lower cost to the taxpayer’, says Gina Raimondo.
Airlines and local businesses are preparing to cash in on the surge in visitors from the island following the opening of the chip maker’s first plant in Japan.
In race for cutting-edge technology, the realisation is rising that older-generation chips are still vital to military use as well as cars and consumer electronics.
The AI poster child’s revenue has continued to grow despite tightened restrictions on trade with one of its largest markets: China.
TSMC’s second chip fabrication plant in Japan marks a major victory for Prime Minister Fumio Shikida, as his government seeks to boost domestic production of integrated circuits.
