Last-minute shakeups won’t derail the launch

Despite chatter about delays due to internal reshuffles, Samsung is pushing ahead with its Galaxy S26 series.

Looks like that custom silicon empire was not so good after all

TSMC is turning the screws on its biggest customers, with reports suggesting an across-the-board price hike for its most advanced chip-making processes next year. That means Job’s Mob is about to pay through the nose for its custom silicon.

New CPU layout and juiced-up performance

Qualcomm’s next flagship chip, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6, is shaping up to be a proper kitchen-sink job. Fresh leaks suggest it will use TSMC’s swanky 2nm N2P process and feature an all-new CPU cluster design.

Qualcomm and MediaTek join Apple at the front line

The semiconductor arms race has entered another round, with TSMC speeding ahead on its 2nm roadmap.

Korean giant profits surge

Samsung is charging ahead into 2026 with plans to begin mass production of next-generation memory and chip technologies, including its long-awaited 2nm Gate-All-Around (GAA) process.

Hopes to win back Qualcomm with shiny new silicon

Samsung has shipped a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 sample produced on its 2nm GAA process to Qualcomm for evaluation, marking a potential turning point in its bruised relationship with the US chip designer.

Yields creep up to 50 per cent 

Samsung has finally pulled the trigger on mass production of the Exynos 2600, its first 2nm GAA SoC built on the SF2 process.

Hopes new chip erases 3nm humiliation 

Samsung will start mass production of its Exynos 2600 by the end of September, making it the first SoC built on the company’s 2nm Gate-All-Around process.

Grabs more than half of 2026 output, leaving rivals in the dust

The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple has reportedly signed up for more than half of TSMC’s 2nm production capacity in 2026, effectively elbowing rivals out of the queue for the world’s most advanced silicon.

But numbers don’t add up

Chip-making giant TSMC has been bragging about a mountain of taxpayer cash supposedly rolling in from four countries, but the numbers look a bit suspect.