Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company has once again demonstrated its leadership in corporate sustainability with the successful conclusion of its 6th ESG AWARD, which attracted more than 5,800 proposals from employees across the organization. The overwhelming response reflects not only TSMC’s strong internal engagement… Read More
TSMC based 3D Chips: Socionext Achieves Two Successful Tape-Outs in Just Seven Months!
Socionext’s recent run of rapid 3D-IC tape-outs is a noteworthy milestone for the industry with two successful tape-outs in just seven months for complex, multi-die designs aimed at AI and HPC workloads. That pace of iteration highlights how advanced packaging, richer EDA toolchains, and closer foundry-ecosystem collaboration… Read More
Why TSMC is Known as the Trusted Foundry
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is widely regarded as the world’s most trusted semiconductor foundry, a reputation built over decades through technological leadership, business model discipline, operational excellence, and reliability. In an industry where trust is as critical as transistor density,… Read More
TSMC’s Customized Technical Documentation Platform Enhances Customer Experience
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, the world’s leading dedicated semiconductor foundry, has long prioritized customer-centric innovation to maintain its competitive edge in a rapidly evolving industry. TSMC is known as “The Trusted Foundry” for this reason.
Amid increasing complexity in… Read More
PDF Solutions’ AI-Driven Collaboration & Smarter Decisions
When most people hear the term PDF, they immediately think of a PDF file, a universal, platform-independent way to share electronic documents.
There is, however, another PDF that many outside the semiconductor industry may not be familiar with. And this PDF actually predates the PDF file format. It is short for PDF Solutions, … Read More
A Brief History of TSMC Through 2025
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, the world’s largest dedicated semiconductor foundry, has transformed from a modest startup into a global technology powerhouse. Founded on February 21, 1987, by Morris Chang, a veteran of Texas Instruments, TSMC pioneered the “pure-play” foundry model. … Read More
AI-Driven DRC Productivity Optimization: Insights from Siemens EDA’s 2025 TSMC OIP Presentation
In the rapidly evolving semiconductor industry, Design Rule Checking (DRC) remains a critical bottleneck in chip design workflows. Siemens EDA’s presentation at the 2025 TSMC Open Innovation Platform Forum, titled “AI-Driven DRC Productivity Optimization,” showcases how artificial intelligence … Read More
Cerebras AI Inference Wins Demo of the Year Award at TSMC North America Technology Symposium
This is a clear reminder of how important the semiconductor ecosystem is and how closely TSMC works with customers. The TSMC Symposium started 30 years ago and I have been a part of it ever since. This event is attended by TSMC’s top customers and partners and is the #1 semiconductor networking event of the year, absolutely.… Read More
Podcast EP321: An Overview of Soitec’s Worldwide Leadership in Engineered Substrates with Steve Babureck
Daniel is joined by Steve Babureck, executive vice president of strategy and president of Soitec USA. He joined the company in 2011 and held various positions including head of the finance department of the solar business in the United States, head of strategic marketing, and head of Group investor Relations in San Diego and Singapore.… Read More
Accelerating SRAM Design Cycles: MediaTek’s Adoption of Siemens EDA’s Additive AI Technology at TSMC OIP 2025
In the competitive vertical of mobile System-on-Chip development, SRAM plays a pivotal role, occupying nearly 40% of chip area and directly impacting yield and performance. The presentation “Accelerating SRAM Design Cycles With Additive AI Technology,” co-delivered by Mohamed Atoua of Siemens EDA and Deepesh… Read More


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