Current 4 nm GPUs cost megabucks, so the idea of IBM's new sub-1 nm technology is very scary
… So, the big question is how much would IBM's technology cost if adopted by the likes of Intel or TSMC? …
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Now it's employees at chip maker TSMC, not Samsung, threatening to strike over pay
… According to one source , the average annual employee bonus at TSMC is $90,000, which is not insignificant. On the other hand, TSMC raked in record profits of $54 billion in 2025, in part thanks to the ongoing AI boom. TSMC is variously reported as having around 80,000 to 90,000 employees. …
AMD is putting $10 billion+ into Taiwan's AI chip industry
… The company also announced that itself and TSMC have "hit another major production milestone" with Venice Epyc CPUs ramping on TSMC 2nm technology in Taiwan. The red team said that it has future plans to ramp up production at TSMC's Arizona fab, too. …
Just when you thought the chip crisis couldn't get worse, TSMC looks set to increase prices
… "We reflect our value," Huang said, before going on to explain that TSMC's "value" includes geographic diversification, or having fabs at multiple locations across the world, technology leadership, in other words, offering the best chip production nodes, and manufacturing access, which means the ab… …
AMD says its first 2 nm CPUs are now in production while Intel teases 10A and 7A chip silicon
… "AMD today announced that its next-generation AMD EPYC processor, codenamed Venice, is ramping production in Taiwan on TSMC’s advanced 2 nm process technology, with future plans to ramp production at TSMC’s Arizona fabrication facility," AMD said in a statement . …
Intel's new Arc G could be the best handheld gaming chip, but will it keep driver updates coming?
… AMD has said that Zen 6, which Medusa Point will use for its CPU cores, is already in production on TSMC's new N2 node . …
Intel is reportedly 'struggling' to supply laptop CPUs based on its new 18A node
… Instead, Culpan says the supply chain and most notably TSMC may be at least part of the explanation. As he points out, Intel's Panther Lake CPUs have CPU tiles built on the in-house 18A node. But the I/O tile is made by TSMC. …
Older Intel desktop chips could be in short supply as PC builders forced to buy new 18A chips
… We only got 30, and 10 of them were built with 18A technology. …
Intel CEO says Nvidia collaboration still in the future
… This chip is supposed to be going super heavy on the GPU for AI workloads and will reportedly have Nvidia's next-gen Rubin GPU technology and will support LPDDR6 memory. …
I asked supply chain experts just how screwed PC components are due to the war in Iran
… One example of this move towards diversification and localisation in recent years is TSMC's Arizona fabs. With the encouragement of the US government , TSMC has been building semiconductor manufacturing fabs in Arizona . …