Samsung Electronics union declares workers will go on strike "indefinitely"
It couldn't come at a worse time for Samsung
Semiconductor articles
Research team creates process to grow sub-nanometer transistors
This could lead to the development smaller, yet more powerful electronic devices
Samsung is investing in GPUs, but consumers and gaming applications aren't the focus
The investment could be used to create digital twins and accelerate AI HPC workloads
US ramps up chip manufacturing: Investments in 2024 set to surpass previous 24 years combined
It's largely driven by the landmark CHIPS Act
TSMC hints at price increase for Nvidia as response to its booming AI hardware business
Jensen Huang seems to think it's the right move
Samsung Electronics is facing its first worker strike in its 55-year history
Workers want more money, bonuses, and an extra day off
AMD: Increasing compute efficiency by 30x is nice, but what about 100x?
CEO Lisa Su says the company is on course to dramatically improve data center compute efficiency
In the race for the most advanced chips, TSMC shows off cutting-edge roadmap
Next-gen nodes promise to accelerate the advantages of current TSMC's 3nm tech
South Korea looks beyond NAND, wants tech companies to increase their focus on processors
The big picture: South Korean tech giants like Samsung and SK Hynix have dominated memory manufacturing for decades. However, the country's president thinks the competition in the processor market, where Taiwan's TSMC looms large, has recently become significantly more critical. A new support package aims to increase Korea's competitiveness across the chip industry.
TSMC's EUV machines have a remote kill switch should China attempt a hostile takeover
China couldn't do much with TSMC even if it did execute a successful takeover
More than a quarter of advanced chip production to occur on US soil by 2032
The Chips Act will make America a major semiconductor player
Robert Dennard, inventor of DRAM and pioneer of semiconductor scaling, dies at 91
His impact on computing lives on
The Chips Act is rebuilding US semiconductor manufacturing, so far resulting in $327 billion in announced projects
About half of the $39 billion in Chips Act incentives has been spent
Chips manufactured in the US and Germany will cost more, TSMC says
TSMC aims to maintain margins with overseas chip production
Commerce Secretary Raimondo points to Huawei's chip as evidence of effective US sanctions
"We've out-innovated China"
Micron set to receive grants totaling over $6 billion for US chip production
An official announcement is expected next week
Samsung receives $6.4 billion in CHIPS grants, will boost production in Texas
Samsung will bring 2nm chip production to the US by 2026, ahead of TSMC
Intel's Foundry financials and what it needs to turn things around
We got pretty close guessing Intel Foundry's numbers
Intel says past mistakes contributed to its foundry business losing $7 billion last year
The figure is expected to be even higher in 2024
Russia's primary chipmaker is struggling with a defect rate of about 50 percent
Sanctions have crippled Baikal's production and packaging capabilities
Two mines in North Carolina are the world's only producer of the quartz necessary for semiconductor manufacturing
If they were to stop operating, it would mean a few years of catastrophic disruption, says Wharton professor Ethan Mollick
Intel plans to spend $100 billion on US chip manufacturing plants
Chipzilla's ambitions go way beyond the US CHIPS Act
Intel will receive up to $8.5 billion in funding, $11 billion in loans from the CHIPS Act
Intel has received the largest CHIPS Act award to date
Samsung wants to bring chips with glass substrate to the market, and fast
Next-generation substrate technology would provide significant improvements
