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AMD’s Zen 5 CPUs, APUs Will Likely Tap TSMC’s 3nm Process Node

Home News AMD Ryzen Processor (Image credit: AMD) AMD’s Zen 4 processors haven’t even launched yet, and rumors are already emerging about the chipmaker’s future Zen 5 chips. Given the time frame that we expect for the Zen 5 chips to debut, the information from the leaks makes sense. Nevertheless, we still recommend you approach… Read more

Nvidia’s ‘Ampere Next’ GPU Is Coming in 2022

Home News (Image credit: Nvidia) During his GTC 2021 keynote, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang revealed a roadmap for its upcoming GPUs, CPUs, and DPUs. We’ve already covered the Grace CPU, which should arrive in 2023, but the more interesting bit for gamers is the GPU. While Nvidia listed the GPU as “Ampere Next,” we expect… Read more

TSMC Reportedly Plans Volume Production for 4nm Process This Year

Home News (Image credit: Shutterstock) DigiTimes today reported that TSMC is set to begin volume production for its 4nm process in the fourth quarter of 2021, rather than early 2022 as originally planned. The report also indicated that Apple has contracted initial production using this node for use in future versions of the custom silicon… Read more

AMD Expected to Become TSMC’s Second Largest Customer

Home News (Image credit: AMD) Now that AMD produces most of its CPUs, GPUs, and custom SoCs at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), the company may become the foundry’s second-largest customer, right after Apple (according to a report from Seeking Alpha). If this happens, AMD will have a much more favorable negotiation position with TSMC… Read more

Analysts Forecast TSMC To Double 5nm Output This Year

Home News (Image credit: TSMC) Earlier this year Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. outlined plans to increase its CapEx budget to $25 billion ~ $28 billion in 2021, many industry observers attributed the increase to building out 3-nm capacities in preparation to produce CPUs for Intel and other large customers. This is not quite the case,… Read more

TSMC Preps for 3nm Risk Production

Home News (Image credit: TSMC) Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. said this week that it would significantly increase its capital expenditures this year as it needs to build and equip new fabs to ramp up its existing and next-generation leading-edge process technologies. Demand for advanced fabrication nodes is on the rise. In Q4 2020, revenue for… Read more

Intel May Start Outsourcing Some CPU Production to TSMC in 2H 2021

Home News (Image credit: Intel) Intel confirmed plans to outsource production of some of its graphics processors to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. about half a year ago and then outlined plans to produce some of its ‘Atom and Xeon system-on-chips’ at TSMC. The company also recently reiterated intentions to more actively use third-party manufacturing and based on a report from TrendForce, Intel’s outsourcing… Read more