- Blacklisted Chinese chipmaker SMIC is working on 3nm process technology despite US sanctions that limit access to advanced tools: Report 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 china
Linking pages
- 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 | Tom's Hardware 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 359 comments
- Rumors swirl that TSMC chairman Mark Liu was forced to retire over Arizona fab debacle | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/rumors-swirl-that-tsmc-chairman-mark-liu-was-forced-to-retire-over-arizona-fab-debacle 344 comments
- Intel's CEO says Moore's Law is slowing to a three-year cadence, but it's not dead yet | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/intels-ceo-says-moores-law-is-slowing-to-a-three-year-cadence-but-its-not-dead-yet 286 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
- China's chipmaking champion struggles —SMIC fab warns that it could see declined profits due to increasingly tense economy and geopolitics | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/chinas-chipmaking-champion-struggles-smic-fab-warns-that-it-could-see-declined-profits-due-to-increasingly-tense-economy-and-geopolitics 48 comments
- Blacklisted China chipmaker SMIC becomes the world's second-largest pure-play foundry by revenue — outsells GlobalFoundries and others | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/blacklisted-china-chipmaker-smic-becomes-the-worlds-second-largest-pure-play-foundry-by-revenue-outsells-globalfoundries-and-others 44 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
- ASRock launches Meteor Lake NUCs supporting up to a Core Ultra 7 155H and 96GB of RAM | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/desktops/mini-pcs/asrock-launches-meteor-lake-nucs-supporting-up-to-a-core-ultra-7-155h-and-96gb-of-ram 2 comments
- Expert likens U.S.–China sanctions to 'a pillow fight, not a chip war' — contends regulations are merely a 'licensing regime' with holes chipmakers are 'driving cars through' | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/manufacturing/uschina-chip-sanctions-are-more-like-a-pillow-fight-than-a-war 0 comments
Linked pages
- China poised to break 5nm barrier — Huawei lists 5nm processor presumably built with SMIC tech, defying U.S. sanctions | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/china-poised-to-break-5nm-barrier-huawei-lists-5nm-processor-presumably-built-with-smic-tech-defying-us-sanctions 435 comments
- Rumors swirl that TSMC chairman Mark Liu was forced to retire over Arizona fab debacle | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/rumors-swirl-that-tsmc-chairman-mark-liu-was-forced-to-retire-over-arizona-fab-debacle 344 comments
- Intel's CEO says Moore's Law is slowing to a three-year cadence, but it's not dead yet | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/intels-ceo-says-moores-law-is-slowing-to-a-three-year-cadence-but-its-not-dead-yet 286 comments
- SMIC Well on Its Way to 5-nm Breakthrough, Observers Say - EE Times https://www.eetimes.com/smic-well-on-its-way-to-5-nm-breakthrough-observers-say/ 144 comments
- Huawei's New Mystery 7nm Chip from Chinese Fab Defies US Sanctions | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/news/huaweis-new-mystery-7nm-chip-from-chinese-fab-defies-us-sanctions 75 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
- The great nanometer chip race - Nikkei Asia https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/The-Big-Story/The-great-nanometer-chip-race 15 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
- Expert likens U.S.–China sanctions to 'a pillow fight, not a chip war' — contends regulations are merely a 'licensing regime' with holes chipmakers are 'driving cars through' | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/manufacturing/uschina-chip-sanctions-are-more-like-a-pillow-fight-than-a-war 0 comments