The company wants to make 90 per cent of the world’s advanced chips

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company is rehiring staff after making a smashing re-entry into the top 10 most valuable companies.

New 1nm chip factory to beat Intel and Samsung

TSMC has just made the chip race a bit more exciting as the company has become the world's first foundry to prepare for 1nm production.

Generational mistake

TSMC could be about to make a mistake, costing it victory over a resurgent Intel.

Samsung sets 2025 for 2nm and 2027 for 1.4nm

The big foundries are starting to gear up for 2nm processing.

We are on track

US chip group Intel is on track to deliver five upgrades to its advanced manufacturing process in four years, CEO Pat [kicking] Gelsinger said.

Sees a better future due to AI

Taiwan's TSMC said profit fell by a quarter in the third-quarter but said demand was picking up for its advanced semiconductors needed for cutting-edge AI applications.

Too expensive to use A17 Pro for vanilla iPhone 15

Apple is the first of many who started using the TSMC N3 3nm process for its latest SoC, and even for Apple, it is not easy to eat the manufacturing cost. 

Keeps control

Intel has agreed to sell a stake of about ten per cent in the IMS Nanofabrication business to TSMC.

Looks like Apple was not the only fruit

It had been long claimed that the fruity cargo cult Apple had bought up all TSMC’s advanced chip manufacturing leaving Qualcomm out in the cold.  But it seems that this is not the case.

Analyst says Apple is treated the same as everyone else

The Tame Apple Press has been telling the world+dog that TSMC is bending over backwards to keep Apple as a client with shed loads of sweeteners.