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What’s all the Noise in the AI Basement?

What’s all the Noise in the AI Basement?
by Claus Aasholm on 06-05-2024 at 8:00 am

Nvidia is HUGE 2024

My dog yawns every time I say Semiconductor or Semiconductor Supply Chain. Most clients say, “Yawn…. Don’t pontificate – pick the Nasdaq winners for us!”

Will Nvidia be overtaken by the new AI players?

If you follow along with me, you might gain some insights into what is happening in AI hardware. I will leave others to do the… Read More


The Case for U.S. CHIPS Act 2

The Case for U.S. CHIPS Act 2
by Admin on 06-03-2024 at 8:00 am

America CHIPs ACT

Despite murky goals and moving targets, the recent CHIPS Act sets the stage for long term government incentives.

Authored by Jo Levy and Kaden Chaung

On April 25, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced the fourth, and most likely final, grant under the current U.S. CHIPS Act for leading-edge semiconductor manufacturing.… Read More


Ncredible Nvidia

Ncredible Nvidia
by Claus Aasholm on 05-24-2024 at 8:00 am

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This article previews Nvidia’s earnings release and will be updated during and after the earnings release. As usual, we will compare and contrast the Nvidia earnings with our supply chain glasses to identify changes and derive insights. Please return to this article, as it will be updated over the next week as we progress with our… Read More


Nvidia Sells while Intel Tells

Nvidia Sells while Intel Tells
by Claus Aasholm on 05-01-2024 at 8:00 am

AMD Transformation 2024

AMD’s Q1-2024 financial results are out, prompting us to delve into the Data Center Processing market. This analysis, usually reserved for us Semiconductor aficionados, has taken on a new dimension. The rise of AI products, now the gold standard for semiconductor companies, has sparked a revolution in the industry, making… Read More


Intel High NA Adoption

Intel High NA Adoption
by Scotten Jones on 04-24-2024 at 6:00 pm

High NA EUV Final Pre Briefing Deck 4.15.24 embargoed til 4.18 at 7am PT (1) Page 07

On Friday April 12th Intel held a press briefing on their adoption of High NA EUV with Intel fellow and director of lithography Mark Phillips.

In 1976 Intel built Fab 4 in Oregon, the first Intel fab outside of California. With the introduction of 300mm Oregon became the only development site for Intel with large manufacturing, development,… Read More


Real men have fabs!

Real men have fabs!
by Claus Aasholm on 04-24-2024 at 8:00 am

Semiconductor Ecosystem

“Real men have fabs” was an insult AMD founder Jerry Sanders hurled at his poor competitors who could not afford to build fabs. A few years later, AMD would be fabless, spinning off its manufacturing facilities as GlobalFoundries. This was the beginning of a transformative period for the industry.

Lisa Su could rightfully retort:

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Soitec Delivers the Foundation for Next-Generation Interconnects

Soitec Delivers the Foundation for Next-Generation Interconnects
by Mike Gianfagna on 04-17-2024 at 6:00 am

Soitec Delivers the Foundation for Next Generation Interconnects

Soitec is a unique company that is at the center of major changes in our industry. Technology megatrends are fueling massive demand for semiconductors and this has increased the adoption of engineered substrates. As a global leader in the development of engineered substrates, Soitec is a company to watch. While this technology… Read More


Intel is Bringing AI Everywhere

Intel is Bringing AI Everywhere
by Mike Gianfagna on 04-10-2024 at 10:00 am

Intel is Bringing AI Everywhere

On April 8 and 9 Intel held its Intel Vision event in Phoenix Arizona. This is Intel’s premier event for business and technology executive leaders to come together and learn about the latest industry trends and solutions in advancements from client, to edge, to data center and cloud. The theme of this year’s event was Bringing AI Read More


TSMC and Synopsys Bring Breakthrough NVIDIA Computational Lithography Platform to Production

TSMC and Synopsys Bring Breakthrough NVIDIA Computational Lithography Platform to Production
by Daniel Nenni on 04-02-2024 at 6:00 am

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NVIDIA cuLitho Accelerates Semiconductor Manufacturing’s Most Compute-Intensive Workload by 40-60x, Opens Industry to New Generative AI Algorithms.

An incredible example of semiconductor industry partnerships was revealed during the Synopsys User Group (SNUG) last month. It started with a press release but there is much… Read More


No! TSMC does not Make 90% of Advanced Silicon

No! TSMC does not Make 90% of Advanced Silicon
by Scotten Jones on 03-11-2024 at 2:00 pm

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Throughout the debate on fab incentives and the Chips Act I keep seeing comments like; TSMC makes >90% of all advanced silicon, or sometimes Taiwan make >90% of all advanced silicon. This kind of ill-defined and grossly inaccurate statement drives me crazy. I just saw someone make that same claim in the SemiWiki forums and… Read More