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Tag: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company

TSMC CEO signals unwavering AI demand surge; what it means for Apple’s chip supply and roadmap

Thursday, June 4, 2026 9:00 amThursday, June 4, 2026No Comments

TSMC remains the foundational partner powering Apple’s most advanced silicon, from A-series chips in iPhones to M-series processors in Macs…

Apple Silicon supplier TSMC to speed up construction of American chip plants by ‘several quarters’

Thursday, July 17, 2025 11:01 amThursday, July 17, 20251 Comment

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) says it is speeding up construction of its second and third plants in Arizona…

Apple Silicon supplier TSMC breaks ground on €10 billion plant in Dresden, Germany

Tuesday, August 20, 2024 8:48 am1 Comment

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) broke ground in Dresden, Germany as it builds its first European plant amid growing…

Major Apple supplier TSMC cuts chip market outlook as consumer weakness persists

Friday, April 19, 2024 12:01 pmFriday, April 19, 20243 Comments

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) scaled back its outlook for a chip market expansion, cautioning that the smartphone…

Taiwan earthquake to hit some chip output, cause Asia supply chain disruptions

Wednesday, April 3, 2024 8:53 am3 Comments

Taiwan’s biggest earthquake since 1999 is likely to cause some disruption across Asia’s semiconductor supply chain, analysts say…

Major Apple supplier TSMC to invest up to $100 million in Arm Holdings’ IPO

Tuesday, September 12, 2023 9:12 amNo Comments

Major Apple supplier TSMC, the world’s largest contract chipmaker, will invest up to $100 million in chip designer Arm Holdings Plc’s IPO …

China plays a trump card in the chip war, but Apple chip production unaffected so far

Thursday, July 6, 2023 5:05 pmThursday, July 6, 20232 Comments

TSMC, Apple’s contract chipmaker, said it doesn’t expect any immediate impact on its production from China’s decision to restrict the export…

Apple supplier TSMC showing ‘excellent’ progress on Arizona chip plant, governor says

Wednesday, August 31, 2022 9:10 amWednesday, August 31, 20226 Comments

Taiwanese chip maker TSM, a major Apple supplier, is making “excellent” progress building its new plant in Arizona, the governor said…

TSMC: Low-end chip demand is holding up production in key supply chain segments

Tuesday, August 30, 2022 9:51 am9 Comments

TSMC warned Tuesday that an endemic shortage of chips costing anywhere from 50 cents to $10 is slowing down the semiconductor industry…

Major Apple supplier TSMC is China’s trump card against U.S. and Taiwan

Friday, August 5, 2022 2:35 pmFriday, August 5, 202216 Comments

If strains between China and Taiwan continue to worsen, the Chinese Communist Party has a trump card: threatening to cut off the island’s…

Apple warns suppliers to follow Chinese Communist Party rules on ‘Taiwan’ labeling

Friday, August 5, 2022 9:59 am4 Comments

Apple has asked suppliers to ensure that shipments from Taiwan to China strictly comply with Chinese customs regulations after a recent…

TSMC warns China-Taiwan war would devastate global chip supply

Tuesday, August 2, 2022 9:48 amTuesday, August 2, 20229 Comments

The head of Taiwanese tech giant TSMC warned an invasion of the island would render his factory “not operable” as tensions rise ahead…

Apple Silicon fab TSMC expected to start 2nm chip production in 2025

Friday, April 22, 2022 4:14 pm3 Comments

TSMC, the fabricator of Apple Silicon chips, is set to make significant enhancements to its chipmaking process when it begins 2nm production…

These Apple suppliers are likely to profit from new ‘iPhone 13’ models

Wednesday, August 11, 2021 12:13 pmNo Comments

As Apple iPhone fans pore over “iPhone 13” rumors, investors in Apple suppliers, too, are scrutinizing the rumor mill’s output. On Tuesday…

TSMC to give top priority to Apple, vehicle chip orders

Tuesday, June 22, 2021 10:15 amTuesday, June 22, 20214 Comments

According to a new DigiTimes eport, TSMC will prioritize Apple and vehicle-makers ahead of those who make crappy Windows PCs and other…

Apple supplier TSMC to invest $100 billion over 3 years to meet chip demand

Thursday, April 1, 2021 9:24 am2 Comments

Contract chipmaker and major Apple supplier TSMC said on Thursday that it plans to invest $100 billion over the next three years to increase…

TSMC says no plans to make chips in America, for now

Friday, January 17, 2020 11:29 amSaturday, January 18, 202030 Comments

In response to increased pressure from the Trump administration on TSMC to make chips in America, TSMC says “the feasibility is being evaluated.”

TSMC to start fabricating 5nm Apple A14 SoCs in Q220

Thursday, January 2, 2020 2:00 pmThursday, January 2, 20207 Comments

Apple supplier TSMC has secured orders for Apple-designed A14 SOCs destined for this year’s iPhones…

Apple partner starts new A13 chip production for the next-gen iPhones

Friday, May 10, 2019 1:07 pm3 Comments

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. has started production of a new chip for Apple Inc.’s next line of iPhones…

AMD shows off 7nm next-gen chips at CES, aims at Intel and Nvidia

Wednesday, January 9, 2019 4:51 pm7 Comments

AMD unveiled its next generation smaller and power-efficient computer chip and a graphics processor, aiming at bigger rivals Intel Corp and Nvidia Corp…

Apple’s iPhone give TSMC an instant hit in chipmaking technology

Thursday, October 18, 2018 3:01 pmThursday, October 18, 20181 Comment

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.’s introduction of a new chipmaking technology…

Apple’s next-gen iPhone lineup projected to achieve best performance since iPhone 6/Plus supercycle

Tuesday, August 28, 2018 9:28 amTuesday, August 28, 20184 Comments

Shipments of new iPhone series to be unveiled in mid-September are expected to reach 70-75 million units…

Apple expected to keep TSMC as its sole chip fab at least through 2020

Thursday, August 23, 2018 11:01 amThursday, August 23, 20186 Comments

Apple is likely to keep TSMC as its sole supplier of application processors for at least two years…

TSMC seen meeting Apple’s chip orders even as ‘WannaCry’ variant dings output

Tuesday, August 7, 2018 8:30 am5 Comments

Taiwan chipmaker TSMC, reeling from a computer virus that shut down several plants over the weekend…

Apple chip fabricator TSMC says a number of fab tools infected by computer virus

Saturday, August 4, 2018 10:17 am22 Comments

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd, the world’s largest contract chipmaker…

Apple is taking us through the looking glass with ARKit 2

Friday, June 29, 2018 12:02 pmFriday, June 29, 20182 Comments

One day, Augmented Reality (AR) will live in our glasses or contact lenses, in the photons hacked on their way to our visual receptors, or embedded right into our brains…

TSMC dominance in 7nm process enhanced with InFO package as Samsung scrambles to catch up

Monday, June 25, 2018 2:32 pmMonday, June 25, 20186 Comments

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is enjoying a sweeping dominance in the 7nm process space…

Apple’s future-gen A13 SoC likely to remain 7nm

Friday, June 22, 2018 3:01 pmFriday, June 22, 201810 Comments

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has started commercial production of chips built using…

Apple is figuring out what’s next

Wednesday, June 20, 2018 5:03 pmWednesday, June 20, 201812 Comments

Apple used this year’s WWDC to demonstrate a number of areas in which it is playing offense…

Gene Munster: Apple will release Apple Glasses late in 2021

Thursday, May 17, 2018 2:56 pmThursday, May 17, 20187 Comments

AR wearables a great fit for Apple…

How AR and VR will revolutionize the classroom

Thursday, May 10, 2018 1:32 pmThursday, May 10, 20184 Comments

With our business and personal lives moving to the digital environment…

Apple will have an AR/VR headset for 2020 release, source says

Friday, April 27, 2018 3:01 pmFriday, April 27, 201824 Comments

Apple CEO Tim Cook has nothing but praise for augmented reality…

Apple patent application reveals work on eye-tracking technology for VR and AR headsets

Friday, April 27, 2018 8:30 amFriday, April 27, 20184 Comments

Apple has considered ways to detect the eye movements of the wearer of a head-mounted display…

TSMC ramps up production of Apple’s next-gen 7nm A12 SoC

Monday, April 23, 2018 12:19 pm10 Comments

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is likely to score record profits for 2018 as the company…

Why a curved-screen iPhone is a great idea

Friday, April 6, 2018 5:09 pmFriday, April 6, 201875 Comments

Apple is working on – or at least considering – a curved screen iPhone…

Apple reportedly prepping game-changing technologies and features for future iPhones

Friday, April 6, 2018 4:02 pmFriday, April 6, 201815 Comments

As the smartphone industry struggles to deliver positive volume growth, Apple appears more willing than ever…

PlayNitride to setup a $17 million micro-LED production facility, reportedly in talks with Apple

Thursday, April 5, 2018 10:28 amMonday, July 22, 20192 Comments

PlayNitride aims to produce micro LEDs, display modules and panels at its new facility at Hsinchu…

Apple prepping Micro-LED displays for Apple Watch and Smartglasses for 2019, sources say

Tuesday, April 3, 2018 10:30 amTuesday, April 3, 2018No Comments

Apple is now gearing up efforts to develop micro LED panels for both small-size and large-size applications…

Apple chip maker TSMC plans 5nm chips for 2020, and 3nm in 2022

Friday, January 26, 2018 5:35 pmFriday, January 26, 201828 Comments

Apple’s chip manufacturer TSMC today broke ground on its first 5-nanometer fabrication…

CEO of Apple Supplier TSMC says Moore’s Law is no longer valid

Wednesday, October 25, 2017 8:56 am13 Comments

Moore’s Law has become invalid for a while, as the time needed for the transistor density…

The pros and cons of Apple A-Series MacBooks

Friday, September 29, 2017 5:00 pmFriday, September 29, 201731 Comments

Apple wants, and has the resources, to control the design of all of the important semiconductors in its products…

Apple, a semiconductor superpower in the making, looks to build their own ARM-based processors for Macs

Friday, September 29, 2017 11:00 amFriday, September 29, 201723 Comments

Apple is expanding efforts to develop proprietary semiconductors to better compete in artificial intelligence…

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