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TSMC 3nm Process Aims For 250m Transistors Per mm2
Given that we’ve only really seen the 7nm node design platform for around a year now (technically, on a consumer level, with the launch of the short-lived AMD Radeon VII GPU) we’re clearly more than a few years away from seeing our first 3nm release. In a report via TechPowerUp,…
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John Carmack Says The Silicon CPU Days Are Numbered
Over the last 5 years, we have seen some pretty huge advancements in CPU designs. This has largely been driven by smaller node designs and AMD is certainly pushing this hard with their 7nm products such as their 3rd-generation Ryzen processors and 5700 graphics cards. This has, however, brought various…
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Researchers Successfully Produce A Silicon-less CPU
One of the biggest driving factors behind the advancement in computers has undoubtedly been the silicon chip. It is, however, even today, still a remarkably difficult technology to work with. While improvements are possible (particularly with smaller node designs) it is costing companies insane amounts of money to produce (relatively…
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NVIDIA, AMD, and Intel Product Prices Expected to Inflate
If you’re in the market for NVIDIA, AMD, and Intel products, best make your move before the end of the year; according to a new report, the trio could mark prices up by around 20% in 2018. Why? Because silicon prices are expected to inflate by that very figure. In…
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UMC Announces 14nm Process For Q1 2017
When we think of the semiconductor industry, the first names that come to mind are Intel, Samsung, TSMC and Global Foundries. These companies are often on the bleeding edge of the latest process and are used by some of the biggest names in chip design. However, we can’t forget about the…
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Chinese Tsinghua Unigroup Plans $30 Billion DRAM and NAND Fab Investment
From a quick look at the world’s semiconductor fabs, you might notice that they are all either American, Taiwanese, Japanese or Korean. As a rising consumer of semiconductor products, China has long wanted to invest in the semiconductor industry for obvious reasons. After being rebuffed in a series of purchase…
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TSMC To Spend $15.7 Billion on new 3nm and 5nm Fabs
Despite the increasing difficulties, semiconductor fabs have continued to push the limits of silicon. After arriving at 14nm and now moving onto 10nm, investment is already kicking off onto even smaller nodes. TSMC, one of the few remaining fabs in the business, has just announced a massive new infrastructure project.…
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TSMC Unveils Aggressive Roadmap With 7nm in 2017
Even though we’re getting closer and closer tot he end of silicon shrinking, the semiconductor foundries aren’t giving up just yet. TSMC, one of the few companies left in the business, has announced their new aggressive roadmap going into the future. While they’ve just got their 10nm about ready to go,…
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GlobalFoundries Confirms 14nm to 7nm Transition
Earlier in the month, a surprising rumour came out from GlobalFoundries future plans. According to the report, the semiconductor foundry was planning to jump straight from the current 14nm process right to 7nm. This would entail skipping out on 10nm, the next node in line after 14nm. These rumours have now…
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Intel Kicks off 10nm Trial Production
With just a year to go until we’re set to receive Cannon Lake, Intel has finally started the preparations for their next generation chips. Right now, Intel is still utilizing the 14nm process for Kaby Lake this year which will be the third generation of chips on the process. Next…
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AMD Keeping Core Count High With Focus on Octa-Core Zen Hardware
AMD’s upcoming CPU architecture, codenamed Zen is long overdue and according to the company’s CEO, Lisa Su will offer a 40% IPC improvement over Excavator. As a result, enthusiasts are excited by this prospect and hope AMD can produce something which rivals Intel and instigates a pricing war. This is…
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TSMC Expects 7nm Mass Production by Early 2018
Now that 14nm/16nm chips are finally upon us en masse, some are already looking past that to the next node. Logically, the next node would be 10nm but that won’t be true for GPUs. Both AMD and Nvidia have tended to skips nodes and jump on every other node to save…
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Samsung Starts Mass Production of 256bit V-NAND
With super large SSDs arriving for both consumers and enterprise, the ability to produce dense NAND dies is critical. As with all silicon products, a denser die means lower costs on the same wafer size as it means you can get more usable dies out of the same wafer if…
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IBM Manufactures World’s First 7nm Chip
IBM, in collaboration with leading companies including GlobalFoundries, Samsung and SUNY have finally cracked the sub 10nm process and produced a fully working 7nm chip. This technological marvel is based on commercial FinFet transistors, but utilizes a silicon-germanium (SIGe) alloy, self-aligned quadruple patterning (SAQR) and EUV lithography to produce chips on a…
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UK Tech Sector is Booming. Reported to be Growing Faster than Silicon Valley
Said to contribute £12bn to the English economy over the next decade, London alone is becoming a massive player in the worldwide technology industry at a massive growth rate of 5.1 percent per annum as quoted by London Mayor Boris Johnson. This information was let loose at London Tech Week – showing…
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