- Firm predicts it will cost $28 billion to build a 2nm fab and $30,000 per wafer, a 50 percent increase in chipmaking costs as complexity rises https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/firm-predicts-it-will-cost-dollar28-billion-to-build-a-2nm-fab-and-dollar30000-per-wafer-a-50-percent-increase-in-chipmaking-costs-as-complexity-rises 198 comments hardware
- Firm predicts it will cost $28 billion to build a 2nm fab and $30,000 per wafer, a 50 percent increase in chipmaking costs as complexity rises https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/firm-predicts-it-will-cost-dollar28-billion-to-build-a-2nm-fab-and-dollar30000-per-wafer-a-50-percent-increase-in-chipmaking-costs-as-complexity-rises 161 comments technology
Linking pages
- Intel's comeback appears on track — CEO Gelsinger says 18A process node performance is 'a little bit ahead' of TSMC's N2, but Intel's process arrives a year earlier than TSMCs | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/intels-comeback-appears-on-track-ceo-gelsinger-says-18a-process-node-performance-is-a-little-bit-ahead-of-tsmcs-n2-but-intels-process-arrives-a-year-earlier-than-tsmcs 106 comments
- RISC-V hardware ecosystem gets strong industry support - Qualcomm joins with four other industry players to form Quintauris | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/risc-v-hardware-ecosystem-gets-strong-industry-support-qualcomm-joins-with-four-other-industry-players-to-form-quintauris 48 comments
- Exclusive: AMD to begin disclosing Ryzen Zen 4c clock speeds and list the missing core counts on official spec pages — much-needed change will bring the company in line with standard industry practices | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/exclusive-amd-to-begin-disclosing-zen-4c-clock-speeds-and-list-the-missing-core-counts-on-official-spec-pages-much-needed-change-will-bring-the-company-in-line-with-standard-industry-practices 29 comments
- China's GPU sales fell 8 percent from October to November due to shortages but are still up 11 percent YoY | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/chinas-gpu-sales-fell-8-percent-from-october-to-november-due-to-shortages-but-are-still-up-11-percent-yoy 4 comments
Linked pages
- TSMC Will Reportedly Charge $20,000 Per 3nm Wafer | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/news/tsmc-will-charge-20000-per-3nm-wafer 378 comments
- TSMC Expected to Charge $25,000 per 2nm Wafer | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/news/tsmc-expected-to-charge-25000usd-per-2nm-wafer 264 comments
- Intel's comeback appears on track — CEO Gelsinger says 18A process node performance is 'a little bit ahead' of TSMC's N2, but Intel's process arrives a year earlier than TSMCs | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/intels-comeback-appears-on-track-ceo-gelsinger-says-18a-process-node-performance-is-a-little-bit-ahead-of-tsmcs-n2-but-intels-process-arrives-a-year-earlier-than-tsmcs 106 comments
- Intel CEO says Nvidia’s AI dominance is pure luck — Nvidia VP fires back, says Intel lacked vision and execution | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/intel-ceo-says-nvidias-ai-dominance-is-pure-luck-nvidia-vp-fires-back-says-intel-lacked-vision-and-execution 98 comments
- TSMC’s 3-nm Push Faces Tool Struggles - EE Times https://www.eetimes.com/tsmcs-3-nm-push-faces-tool-struggles/ 72 comments
- ASML ships groundbreaking new chipmaking tool to Intel — High-NA lithography tool needed for next-gen process nodes could cost ~$400 million | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/asml-ships-groundbreaking-new-chipmaking-tool-to-intel-high-na-lithography-tool-needed-for-next-gen-process-nodes-could-cost-dollar400-million 44 comments
- U.S. mulls tariffs on legacy chips as Chinese companies prepare to flood the market with the simple but vital chips, undercutting Western rivals to deprive them of R&D funding | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/manufacturing/us-mulls-imposing-tariffs-on-legacy-chips-as-chinese-companies-prepare-to-flood-the-market-with-the-simple-but-vital-chips-undercutting-western-rivals 28 comments
- The great nanometer chip race - Nikkei Asia https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/The-Big-Story/The-great-nanometer-chip-race 15 comments
- Blacklisted Chinese chipmaker SMIC is working on 3nm process technology despite US sanctions that limit access to advanced tools: Report | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/blacklisted-chinese-chipmaker-smic-is-working-on-3nm-process-technology-despite-us-sanctions-that-limit-access-to-advanced-tools-report 7 comments
- Transparent processor found in vintage HP computer – exotic silicon-on-sapphire chip discovered on a humble floppy drive PCB | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/transparent-processor-found-in-vintage-hp-computer-silicon-on-sapphire-chip-discovered-on-a-humble-floppy-drive-pcb 1 comment