LPDDR5X price explosion as DRAM market tightens
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Smartphone makers face rising costs as wafer supply shifts to AI chips

Prices for LPDDR5X, the low-power DRAM used in premium phones, are about to skyrocket.

Nvidia first company to hit $5 trillion
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Thursday, 30 October 2025 09:08

Nvidia first company to hit $5 trillion


Huang’s outfit worth more than entire S&P sectors

Nvidia just became the first company in history to smash through the $5 trillion mark, proving that the AI hype train shows no sign of slowing down.

TSMC not sweating Samsung chip push
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Tuesday, 28 October 2025 09:25

TSMC not sweating Samsung chip push


Pegatron's Tong Zixian reckons Samsung and Intel are playing catch-up

Samsung might be bagging more US business, but Pegatron chairman Tong Zixian says Taiwan’s chip champ TSMC has nothing to worry about yet.

Intel's shares leap as turnaround gains steam
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Outfit still on a tightrope

Shares in Troubled Chipzilla surged after the struggling semiconductor outfit posted better than expected revenue, signalling tentative progress in its long and painful turnaround.

ASML rolls out lithography scanner for 3D chip packaging
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Tool aims to push chipmaking into the ‘More-than-Moore’ era

Dutch chip gear maker ASML has lifted the kimono its Twinscan XT:260, a new lithography scanner built for the brave new world of 3D chip packaging.

TSMC shows off its Arizona fab in rare factory video
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Twinscan EUV kit and shiny wafer robots steal the show

Wafer-maker-in-chief TSMC has released a glossy video giving the world a look inside its Fab 21 plant in Phoenix, Arizona, and it’s stuffed with chip porn for the semiconductor-curious.

TSMC buys more land in Arizona
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Friday, 17 October 2025 09:34

TSMC buys more land in Arizona


Second site on the cards, faster 2nm ramp, and a giga fab cluster plan

TSMC, chairman, Wei Zhejia said that strong AI demand means the outfit will need to buy a second plot near its new Arizona, US factory to back an expansion push and calm any supply chain jitters.

TSMC smashes profit record again on AI chip frenzy
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Monster demand for GPUs and HPC silicon

Taiwan’s semiconductor darling TSMC has once again bathed in the glow of the AI gold rush, reporting a massive 39.1 per cent jump in third-quarter profit and setting a fresh all-time record.

TSMC 2nm price hike might push Qualcomm and Mediatek to Samsung
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Intel off the table for now

Chipmaking behemoth TSMC has decided that its next shiny thing, the 2-nanometre wafer, will cost about 50 per cent more than the current 3-nanometre kit, and its biggest customers are not amused.

Apple about to lose grip over TSMC
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Wednesday, 15 October 2025 11:38

Apple about to lose grip over TSMC


Fruity cargo cult’s chip clout under threat

The fruity cargo cult Apple may be about to lose its long-held grip over TSMC as Nvidia muscles in with a deluge of orders for high-performance computing parts and AI kit.