Neowin News Feed for: Foundry

Elon Musk wants to build "Tesla terra fab" for AI as TSMC and Samsung just aren't enough

Paul Hill — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 06:34:02 +0000

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that a Tesla terra fab would need to be built to produce enough chips for the company's AI and robotics push. Read more...

Samsung's profit nosedives again as chip division bleeds cash

Paul Hill — Thu, 31 Jul 2025 05:58:01 +0000

Samsung has released its earnings for the second quarter of 2025. Operating profits took a big dip but division performance was mixed. Read more...

Samsung denies speculation it is spinning off its foundry business amid consecutive losses

Karthik Mudaliar — Mon, 07 Oct 2024 11:56:01 +0000

Samsung has denied claims it will spin off its foundry business as a separate entity amid increasing competition and consecutive financial losses. Read more...

Intel reports foundry losses of $7 billion in 2023

Karthik Mudaliar — Wed, 03 Apr 2024 15:30:02 +0000

Intel has reported significant losses of $7 billion in its foundry business attributed to its poor decisions in the past, slow adoption of chip-making technologies, and increased competitiveness. Read more...

More than half of Russia's Baikal chips are defective as a result of Western sanctions

Martin Hodás — Sun, 31 Mar 2024 03:54:01 +0000

Russian semiconductor company Baikal was forced to switch to domestic partners for the packaging of its chips due to the war. However, the rate of defective products is at ridiculously high levels. Read more...

Paradox is publishing Foundry, a factory building sim to take on Factorio and Satisfactory

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Mon, 02 Oct 2023 14:54:01 +0000

A brand-new first-person factory building and automation sim is incoming, with Paradox Interactive serving as publisher. Titled Foundry, it will have a Steam Next Fest demo available soon as well. Read more...

TSMC grapples with slowdown in demand as orders are reduced

Karthik Mudaliar — Fri, 30 Dec 2022 15:16:02 +0000

Tech companies are reportedly cutting down on chip manufacturing orders to TSMC due to economic slowdown and lower chip demand worldwide. The trend will continue to be seen until Q1 2023. Read more...

TSMC expands 3nm capacity in Taiwan and Arizona, prepares for 2nm fabs

Karthik Mudaliar — Thu, 29 Dec 2022 15:32:01 +0000

TSMC has announced that its 3nm technology has successfully entered mass production with good yields. The company is also preparing its Taiwan and Arizona fabs for 2nm chip production for the future. Read more...

Intel creates $1 billion fund to boost innovation in the foundry ecosystem

Paul Hill — Tue, 08 Feb 2022 00:44:02 +0000

Intel has launched a $1 billion fund to help start-ups in the foundry industry create new and disruptive technologies. The firm also announced that it's joining the RISC-V International body. Read more...

Intel semiconductor factories are coming to Ohio's Licking County

Paul Hill — Fri, 21 Jan 2022 11:42:01 +0000

Intel has chosen Ohio's Licking County as the site of two new semiconductor factories that it plans to build by 2025. The company will spend $20 billion and create 20,000 direct and indirect jobs. Read more...

Intel reportedly wants to buy GlobalFoundries, the fab once part of AMD

Sayan Sen — Fri, 16 Jul 2021 03:48:02 +0000

Intel reportedly wants to acquire GlobalFoundries according to a new report. Apparently, the company is currently exploring the possible options and the deal could go through for a sum of $30 billion. Read more...

Global foundry market saw highest growth in a decade

Paul Hill — Tue, 29 Dec 2020 22:02:01 +0000

TrendForce has revealed that the global foundry market is expected to have its best year of the last ten years in 2020 thanks to a number of factors including the pandemic which has boosted demand. 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...

Microsoft wants to help college students to make Windows 8 apps

John Callaham — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:21:13 +0000

Microsoft is recruiting college interns to help create apps for Windows 8, some of which have already appeared in the Windows Store with others still waiting for release. Read more...

AMD Opens Chip Foundry, Delays 65nm Chips

Sat, 15 Oct 2005 16:27:41 +0000

AMD opened its new chip making foundry, Fab 36, in Dresden, Germany yesterday with much fanfare. The new facility is intended to be a centerpiece of the company's growth and expansion. The foundry... Read more...

Sony Buys Sonic Foundry Products

Mon, 05 May 2003 08:52:29 +0000

Faced with losses and tough competition from much larger companies, Sonic Foundry has agreed to sell its desktop audio and music production product family to Sony Pictures Digital for $18 million in cash and the... Read more...

Sonic Foundry debuts new media management suite

Wed, 10 Apr 2002 14:13:47 +0000

Sonic Foundry unveiled its new media management software suite Tuesday, offering to help organizations archive, organize and search their digital media assets and publish them on the Web. With MediaSite Publisher Version 5.0, companies... Read more...