- Technology Blog
- By Horia Despa
- August 4th, 2015
Stanene Is the New Graphene as the Best Known Semiconductor Material
Researching stanene building methods is still a challenge
- CPU
- By Horia Despa
- July 25th, 2015
Allwinner Plans to Merge with Rockchip with Chinese Government Support
Directed merges take place in China with government support
- CPU
- By Horia Despa
- July 18th, 2015
TSMC Announces It Will Start Mass Producing 10nm at the End of 2016
TSMC apparently will cut corners to reach 10nm process
- CPU
- By Horia Despa
- June 24th, 2015
UMC Announced the First 14nm FinFETs Will Be Taped Out This Year
UMC flexes some manufacturing muscles with 14nm FinFET
- CPU
- By Sebastian Pop
- February 6th, 2015
Graphene Might Be Ousted on the CPU Market by Silicene
The planar edges and reactive edges are very bad
- CPU
- By Sebastian Pop
- January 23rd, 2015
Synthesizing Molecules Lets IBM Make 3D Transistors for Super Processors
And it was all done with existing production techniques
- Technology Blog
- By Sebastian Pop
- December 12th, 2014
Samsung Begins to Produce 14nm Chips
No one knows who the mysterious client happens to be
- CPU
- By Sebastian Pop
- October 20th, 2014
IBM Pays Globalfoundries to Take Microchip Business
The latter will be receiving $1.5 billion / €1.18 billion
- Technology Blog
- By Sebastian Pop
- January 25th, 2014
17% of all Chips Sold in 2013 Were Apple and Samsung Units
Pretty amazing for two companies that have been at each other's throats for years
- Technology Blog
- By Sebastian Pop
- November 18th, 2013
Samsung Might Drop the World's Top Chip Mass Producer for Another
TSMC might lose some of its business to Globalfoundries as Qualcomm cheers on
- Laptops & Tablets Blog
- By Alexandra Arici
- October 25th, 2013
Tablets and Smartphones Represent Core of Semiconductor Business, Says Firm
Other devices are driving growth as well, but the two categories are the most important
- Technology Blog
- By Sebastian Pop
- October 14th, 2013
TSMC and Synopsys Collaborate on 16nm Custom Design Reference Flow
The partnership will enhance the 16-nm FinFET process layout design rules
- Technology Blog
- By Sebastian Pop
- April 27th, 2013
Global Integrated Chip Market Grows 16% in 2012
Gartner finds that the IC industry did rather well last year
- Technology Blog
- By Sebastian Pop
- April 13th, 2013
16nm FinFET Manufacturing to Start at TSMC in Late 2013
The first wave of chips will come out soon because of competition
- Memory
- By Sebastian Pop
- April 10th, 2013
Most People and Companies Still Use Old Types of Chips
Only 27% of industry wafer capacity is used for sub-40nm semiconductors
- Technology Blog
- By Sebastian Pop
- April 2nd, 2013
TSMC Installs 20nm Equipment Early
The company moves up preparations by about two months
- Technology & Gadgets
- By Sebastian Pop
- March 29th, 2013
Earthquake Strikes, Forces TSMC to Evacuate Two Factories Reuters
Fortunately, no one was injured during the sudden emergency