Category: TSMC

Samsung and TSMC Initiate 3nm Chip Production

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and Samsung Electronics both recently announced they will start mass production of 3-nanometer (nm) chips in the second half of 2022. Semiconductor industry experts believe that chip yield is the key to success. Samsung announced on July 25 that it will mass produce 3nm chips based on gate-all-around (GAA) technology….


TSMC Raises Expectations for Revenue Growth Despite a Slowdown in Chip Industry

TSMC, a world-leading chip maker located in Taiwan, has seen its shares drop sharply amid an overall slowdown in the industry but is expected to maintain its dominant position with stronger revenue growth targets than last year. Speaking at an investor conference on July 12, TSMC CEO C.C. Wei said that the company has raised this…


TSMC Sees Resilient Chip Sales Boosting Q3; Electronics Demand Cooling

TAIPEI—Taiwan’s TSMC forecast revenue growth that could be the highest in 10 quarters, saying it was “highly confident” about its long-term prospects and touted demand for high-tech chips used in data centres and electric vehicles. The outlook from the world’s largest contract-chipmaker follows blow-out results for the April-June period that underscored resilient demand amid a…


Samsung Elec Starts 3-Nanometre Chip Production to Lure New Foundry Customers

SEOUL—Samsung Electronics Co Ltd. said on Thursday it has begun mass producing chips with advanced 3-nanometre technology, the first to do so globally, as it seeks new clients to catch far bigger rival TSMC in contract chip manufacturing. Compared with conventional 5-nanometre chips, the newly developed first-gen 3-nanometre process can reduce power consumption by up…


Opinion: Top CCP Economist Calls on China to Seize Taiwan Chipmaker TSMC

Commentary Earlier this month, Chen Wenling, the chief economist of China Center for International Economic Exchange, a state-run Chinese think tank, proposed that China “recover Taiwan” and seize Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) if the United States and the West imposed sanctions on China akin to those that have been imposed on Russia. TSMC is…


TSMC Says It Will Have Advanced ASML Chipmaking Tool in 2024

SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. executives said on Thursday the world’s biggest chipmaker will have the next version of ASML Holding NV’s most advanced chipmaking tool in 2024. The tool called “high-NA EUV” produces beams of focused light that create the microscopic circuitry on computer chips used in phones, laptops, cars, and artificial intelligence…


Beijing Should Seize Taiwan and TSMC When Facing ‘Destructive’ US Sanctions: Chinese Economist

A senior Chinese economist at a U.S.-China forum proposed that Beijing take over Taiwan and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) if Washington sanctions Beijing as it has Moscow. “If the United States and the West impose destructive sanctions on China as they treat Russia, we must recover Taiwan,” said China’s economist Chen Wenling on May…


Apple, Tesla Supplier TSMC Forecasts Strong 2022 Growth

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd., which supplies chips to the likes of Apple, Inc. and Tesla, Inc., is purportedly weathering external risks fairly well and is confident of seeing strong growth in 2022. What Happened TSM expects revenue growth to accelerate from 24.9 percent in 2021 to 30 percent in 2022, the foundry’s chairman Mark Liu said…


Mexican President Boycotts Americas Summit

The United States is losing ground in its backyard—Latin America—while China has been busy making major inroads there, through its checkbook. We look at how the dynamics have shifted, ahead of a meeting between President Joe Biden and other world leaders. What would China do if it’s preparing for a war with Taiwan? A top…


Top China Economist Proposes Seizing TSMC; Yellen: Expect Inflation to Remain High | NTD Business

A top Chinese economist proposes taking over TSMC, the Taiwanese company that makes over 90% of the world’s advanced semiconductors. What would that look like? Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on inflation, saying it’s our number one economic problem right now. Elon Musk says China’s population could decrease by 40% and see a ‘”population collapse.” More…