Semiconductors – Pagina 18

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China’s reverse-engineered Frankenstein EUV chipmaking tool hasn’t produced a single chip — sanctions-busting experiment is still years away from becoming operational

A report this week claimed that a covert laboratory in China had managed to reverse-engineer an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography scanner, one […]

1 Gennaio 1970Tecnologia

Semiconductor industry on track to hit $1 trillion in sales in 2026, SIA predicts — bumper forecast follows $791.7 billion haul for 2025

Having delivered a record performance in 2025 with annual revenue reaching $791.7 billion, up 25.6% from the previous year, the global semiconductor […]

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Chinese startup claims photonic chip production without DUV lithography, says nanoimprint process cuts costs by 90% — 8-inch wafers produced without conventional optical lithography

Chinese semiconductor start-up Prinano announced that it has successfully validated the mass production of photonic chips without using the industry-standard lithography equipment. […]

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Nexperia China seeks new wafer suppliers amid legal standoff with Dutch parent, could take 6 months for qualification — chip shortages have suspended some automotive production lines as Nexperia faces wafer shortage

Nexperia’s China unit is moving to line up new wafer suppliers over the next six to nine months as a deepening legal […]

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Memory makers are set to earn $551 billion from the AI boom, twice as much as contract chip manufacturers — forecasts suggest that 2026 revenue will skyrocket thanks to data center demand

The artificial intelligence supercycle is reshaping the semiconductor and electronics industries, as the scale of the AI infrastructure buildout strains the entire […]

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Elon Musk says his TeraFab facilities will use Intel’s 14A process technology to make AI chips — SpaceX will be responsible for high-volume chip manufacturing in likely Intel tech licensing deal

Elon Musk on Wednesday said that TeraFab plans to use Intel’s 14A fabrication technology when it has its own production capacity later […]

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Piecemakers bets edge AI devices will diverge from reliance on HBM — custom-designed memory fuses DRAM stack directly to the processor using hybrid bonding

PieceMakers, a Nanya-backed DRAM designer, began trading on Taiwan’s Emerging Stock Board on September 16 at a NT$740 reference price, Cnyes reported […]

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TSMC’s average wafer prices increased by over 15% each year since 2019, report suggests — gross profit margins increase by 3.3x in 2025 alone, facing no real challengers

TSMC’s average selling prices (ASPs) for its wafers have increased 15.9% annually from 2019 to 2025. Additionally, gross profit margins per wafer […]

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Rapidus targets mass 2nm chip production in 2027, quadruples capacity ramp up — company plans to scale to 25,000 wafer starts per month in just one year

Japan’s state-backed foundry Rapidus plans to begin production of 2nm-class semiconductors in the second half of its fiscal year 2027, with full-scale […]

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TSMC unveils process technology roadmap through 2029 — A12, A13, N2U announced, A16 slips to 2027

TSMC revealed its general manufacturing technology roadmap through 2029 at its North American Technology Symposium 2026 on Wednesday. Among the key highlights […]