The U.S. Pressures Chip Giants: 70% of Their Lifeline in the Hands of Tsinghua University? TSMC and Samsung Bow Down, Raimondo Looks Green!

The U.S. Pressures Chip Giants: 70% of Their Lifeline in the Hands of Tsinghua University? TSMC and Samsung Bow Down, Raimondo Looks Green!

Today, we must discuss this matter thoroughly! It’s not a new issue, but the nauseating feeling can be sensed through the screen! TSMC and Samsung have once again started to pledge loyalty to their “American daddy”!How do they show loyalty? By throwing money! A lot of money! TSMC is even more ruthless, increasing its investment … Read more

TSMC’s Move to the U.S.: A Major Shift in the Chip Industry and Seeking Favor with America

TSMC's Move to the U.S.: A Major Shift in the Chip Industry and Seeking Favor with America

1. TSMC’s “Americanization”: From Technology Transfer to Mass Migration Recently, TSMC announced an additional investment of $100 billion in the United States, combined with a previous plan of $65 billion, bringing the total to $165 billion, setting a record for the largest foreign investment in U.S. history. This substantial amount will be used to build … Read more

GUC Creative Electronics Announces Successful Tape-Out of the World’s First HBM4 IP

GUC Creative Electronics Announces Successful Tape-Out of the World's First HBM4 IP

On April 2, GUC Creative Electronics, a Taiwanese chip service company with over one-third ownership by TSMC, announced the successful tape-out of the world’s first HBM4 IP (including controller and PHY physical layer) using TSMC’s advanced N3P process and CoWoS-R advanced packaging. GUC’s HBM4 IP supports data transfer rates of up to 12Gbps. Compared to … Read more

TSMC Process Nodes for 2025

TSMC Process Nodes for 2025

Process Node Process Type Technical Features 2nm Logic, Nanosheet (0.75V, shrink) Utilizes nanosheet technology with a 0.75V operating voltage and shrink characteristics, which helps improve chip integration and performance. 3nm Logic, Fin FET (0.75/1.2V, shrink)Logic, Fin FET (0.75/1.2V, Non-shrink) Based on Fin Field Effect Transistor technology, it offers different voltage combinations (0.75/1.2V) with both shrink … Read more

Has the Chip War Suddenly Stalled? The Collective Resistance Against 2nm Technology Hides a Major Turnaround? Huawei’s Choice is Wiser

Has the Chip War Suddenly Stalled? The Collective Resistance Against 2nm Technology Hides a Major Turnaround? Huawei's Choice is Wiser

Before reading this article, please click the blue text above“Mobile Daily”, then click“Follow”, so you can continue to receive the latest articles for free. Daily shares are available.It’s completely free to subscribe, please follow in time Recently, tech news has left many netizens confused—TSMC’s heavy investment in 2nm technology has suddenly been rejected by Apple … Read more

Meta Testing Its First Self-Developed RISC-V Architecture AI Training Chip

Meta Testing Its First Self-Developed RISC-V Architecture AI Training Chip

On March 12, news reported by Reuters, citing two informed sources, indicates that Meta is testing its first self-developed RISC-V architecture chip designed for training AI systems. This custom-designed chip will meet Meta’s own computational needs and reduce reliance on major AI chip manufacturers like NVIDIA. It is understood that the testing of Meta’s self-developed … Read more

In-Depth Analysis of 5nm Chips

In-Depth Analysis of 5nm Chips

☞ This is the 13207th article published by Metal Processing (mw1950pub) Editor’s Note As the saying goes: “He who holds the ‘chip’ holds the world.” In the mobile phone industry, the chip business is the most confidential department of the entire company. In 2020, two major mobile phone manufacturers were the first to release chips … Read more

Complete Decoding of iPhone 6 A8 Processor! Perfect Apple Style

Complete Decoding of iPhone 6 A8 Processor! Perfect Apple Style

Click the blue text aboveFollow the iPhone Channel ☀ The iPhone Channel is the hottest and most followed Apple-related public account on WeChat! It is a gathering place for Apple enthusiasts! In the Apple fan community, users can help each other and solve daily issues with Apple devices. The editor regularly pushes fresh and fun … Read more

Understanding Mobile CPU Process Suffixes

Understanding Mobile CPU Process Suffixes

We all know that for mobile processors, the core of their performance lies in the CPU architecture and GPU cores. For example, ARM Cortex A76 is inherently stronger than A75, while Cortex A55 is certainly better than A53. In terms of GPU, Mali-G73MP6 (where the suffix “MP+x” indicates the number of compute cores) outperforms Mali-G72MP6, … Read more

How Bad is Domestic Chip Manufacturing? A Decade of Hardship, Yet Passion Remains!

How Bad is Domestic Chip Manufacturing? A Decade of Hardship, Yet Passion Remains!

Author: Dandan Jie | Source: Cool Labs (ID: coollabs) “A decade of hardship, yet passion remains.” This phrase perfectly expresses the journey of mainland China in the development of domestic chips. The progress in domestic chip research and development has been minimal in mainland China, but today, Kangaroo Jun will share some lesser-known stories about … Read more