Return of the gigahertz wars: New Chinese transistor uses bismuth instead of silicon to potentially sock it to Intel and TSMC with 40% more speed
Silicon has dominated the chip industry as its foundational material since, well, forever. But now researchers at Peking ...
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Three semiconductor innovations to watch in 2025
To achieve smaller semiconductor structures, improved transistor designs are essential. Leading-edge fabs have been working ...
Newsflash: Intel's all-important 18A node is officially 'ready' but what exactly happened to the 'five nodes in four years' thing?
"Intel 18A is now ready." So proclaims a new landing page on Intel's website for the company's all-important new 18A chip production node. But what does it mean for the PC? We already knew that ...
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Intel engineer begs management and Trump to not 'sell out' to TSMC just as the company is set to regain its 'technical lead' in chip manufacturing
"A horrible, demoralizing mistake." So said Joseph Bonetti, Principal Engineering Program Manager at Intel Corporation, on Linkedin earlier this week in response to rumours that TSMC might be in ...
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Intel Confirms 18A Process Ready; Tape Out To Occur In First Half Of 2025
Intel recently gave an update on its 18A process: it is now ready for customer projects and tape outs are set to being within the first half of 2025. The new node is expected to take on TSMC’s N2 ...
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Transistors Reach Tipping Point At 3nm
And fortunately, we will continue to scale, even though Moore’s Law is changing.” Coming up: GAA FETs, chiplets Today, Intel, Samsung and TSMC are developing 3nm processes, and several companies are ...