Neowin News Feed for: 5nm

TSMC has started making iPhone chips in the United States

Karthik Mudaliar — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 14:34:02 +0000

The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company has started making iPhone processors at its first semiconductor fabrication unit in Arizona. Read more...

Samsung to provide Ambarella with its 5nm tech to boost L2 L3 L4 autonomous vehicle safety

Karthik Mudaliar — Tue, 21 Feb 2023 07:20:01 +0000

Samsung is partnering up with Ambarella, an AI semiconductor company, that will utilize Samsung's 5nm process chip technology for its latest AI based central domain controller chip. Read more...

Samsung unveils next-gen PCIe 4 SSD with new 5nm controller and speeds up to 6000MB/s

Taras Buria — Thu, 12 Jan 2023 10:34:01 +0000

Samsung Electronics today announced a new high-performance SSD with a next-generation 5nm controller. The new model can operate at speeds of up to 6000MB/s (read) and 5600MB/s (write). Read more...

Thanks to Apple, TSMC's November revenue soars by more than 50% yoy

Karthik Mudaliar — Fri, 09 Dec 2022 15:22:01 +0000

TSMC, a contract chipmaker, reported that its November revenue totaled 222.71 billion Taiwan dollars ($7.27 billion), representing a 50.2% year-over-year increase with Apple being a major contributor. Read more...

TSMC plans to manufacture 4nm chips at Arizona facility due to increasing demand from Apple

Karthik Mudaliar — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 08:08:01 +0000

TSMC will reportedly begin manufacturing 4nm chips along with 5nm chips at its Arizona fab by the end of 2024. Another fab capable of making 2nm chips is under construction nearby as well. Read more...

AMD doubles revenues, CEO Lisa Su confirms Zen 4 and RDNA 3 "on-track" for 2022

Sayan Sen — Wed, 28 Jul 2021 05:28:01 +0000

AMD has confirmed that the company's Zen 4 CPUs and RDNA 3 graphics products are "on-track" for a 2022 arrival. The company declared its Q2 2021 earnings last night and it has done really well. Read more...

TSMC claims breakthrough in the development of 1-nanometer chips

Stergios Georgopoulos — Thu, 20 May 2021 17:58:01 +0000

The world's largest contract chip manufacturer has announced the development of a new material that is more efficient than silicon and will one day enable the production of 1-nanometer chips. Read more...

TSMC details its 5nm and 3nm process nodes, with up to 30% more power efficiency

João Carrasqueira — Mon, 24 Aug 2020 20:58:01 +0000

The Taiwanese semiconductor company began its 26th Technology Symposium today by talking about its forthcoming processor technologies, and revealed that 3nm process nodes are coming in 2022. Read more...

Samsung announces X-Cube to enable next-gen applications

Paul Hill — Thu, 13 Aug 2020 19:04:01 +0000

Samsung has announced a new technology called eXtended-Cube (X-Cube) that will enable more performant and efficient devices. It said the technology unlocks next-gen applications like 5G. Read more...

Leaked roadmap references a Snapdragon 875G SoC built on Samsung's 5nm node

Abhay V — Thu, 16 Jul 2020 14:46:01 +0000

A leaked roadmap suggests that Qualcomm could be readying a top-of-the-line Snapdragon 875G SoC built on Samsung 5nm EUV node. The roadmap also hints at the release timelines for some MediaTek SoCs. Read more...

Samsung announces expansion of its foundry capacity

Paul Hill — Thu, 21 May 2020 12:12:01 +0000

Samsung has announced that it's expanding its foundry capacity by opening up a new line in Pyeongtaek, Korea. The hardware produced there will be used for 5G, HPC, and AI solutions. Read more...

Samsung roadmap sheds light on 7nm EUV, 5nm and 4nm nodes; 3nm node in development

Saumitra Bhagwat — Fri, 25 May 2018 09:22:01 +0000

7nm EUV production is slated for 2H-2018; 5nm and 4nm nodes are on track for production in 2019 and 2020. 3nm node is being developed using Gate-All-Around Field-Effect Transistor (GAAFET) technology. Read more...