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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...

TSMC plans another fab in Phoenix, Arizona for manufacturing 3nm chips

Karthik Mudaliar — Wed, 09 Nov 2022 08:22:02 +0000

TSMC, which is known for its high-end chip manufacturing capabilities, is investing around $12 billion to expand its Fab 21 facility located in Phoenix, Arizona to manufacture 3nm chips. Read more...

Here is Intel's architecture roadmap for 2025 and beyond

Usama Jawad — Tue, 27 Jul 2021 08:14:01 +0000

Intel has detailed its architecture roadmap up until 2025 and beyond. It features a new node naming strategy, a transistor architecture, and packaging enhancements under the IDM 2.0 model. Read more...

Researchers find hope for smaller, more energy-efficient non-silicon computer transistors

Usman Khan Lodhi — Wed, 09 Dec 2020 17:00:01 +0000

MIT researchers have found that InGaAs could potentially replace silicon to create smaller and more energy-efficient transistors. A paper detailing the findings will be presented this month. Read more...

Transistor is free to claim on the Epic Games Store until May 2

Vishal Laul — Thu, 18 Apr 2019 15:08:01 +0000

Epic Games Store has put up Transistor as its free game, replacing The Witness. It's a sci-fi themed action RPG title with an isometric camera. It has sold over a million copies since its release. Read more...

Intel chips go 3D with 22nm Tri-Gate transistor technology

Denis Wong — Wed, 04 May 2011 19:07:38 +0000

Transistors. You won't find a single piece of electronics without them today. If you look at the processors in computers and mobile devices, they've all managed to continue to shrink, year by year, using more... Read more...

New 3D chip transistor may reach 50GHz?

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 10:45:04 +0000

Japanese R&D firm Unisantis says it will create and sell a new kind of "3-D" transistor that provides 10 times the computing speed of current chips. It is entering a 24-month collaborative agreement with Singapore's... Read more...

Transistor Breaks Speed Record

Thu, 14 Dec 2006 13:51:10 +0000

Thanks to funding by the U.S. Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency, the record for the world's fastest transistor has been broken once again by U.S. researchers. The new transistor, made of iridium phosphide and iridium... Read more...

Intel reduces transistor size by 30%

Mon, 30 Aug 2004 18:22:00 +0000

Intel have announced a new technology allowing them to reduce the size of their transistors by up to 30%. Industry analysts had been forecasting a major technological barrier for Intel in the not too distant... Read more...

AMD dismisses Intel 'high-k' transistor tech

Wed, 10 Dec 2003 16:30:19 +0000

AMD this week cocked a snoot at rival Intel's pursuit of high-k dielectric materials as the foundation for future, 45nm process technologies. The chip maker's own solution is a three-gate transistor design,... Read more...

Intel puts Tri-Gate transistor on fast track

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 11 Jun 2003 09:18:50 +0000

Intel says that its Tri-Gate transistor, a futuristic transistor that will let electricity flow more freely inside chips, is moving closer to reality. The Tri-Gate transistor, one of the tools that may let Intel continue... Read more...

AMD claims transistor breakthrough

Thu, 03 Apr 2003 02:01:06 +0000

Chip maker AMD claims to have become the first in the semiconductor industry to achieve critical research milestones for next-generation transistor development. In lab work to be fully unveiled in June, AMD researchers say... Read more...

Full speed ahead for IBM transistor

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 04 Nov 2002 12:34:27 +0000

IBM on Monday will unveil a new transistor design for wireless chips that promises enough power to build future networks that will change the way people use wireless at work and at home. The... Read more...