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In my opinion TSMC makes money because customers and partners trust them to deliver wafers as promised. Today TSMC is the only leading edge foundry that can say that.
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Semiconductors are the most consequential product of the modern world. If Intel can start making chips as advanced as the Taiwanese do, it could help secure America’s 21st-century economy.
A year ago Intel was left for dead, its stock at a 16-year low. Today, it’s the hottest stock on Wall...
Based on what I have seen with the first big wave of 2nm design starts: TSMC will have 90%+ and the remaining 10% will be split between Samsung, Intel Foundry, and Rapidus, similar to what happened at 3nm. I am not counting the Intel internal products or the Samsung internal products.
TSMC was...
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is displayed at TSMC Museum of Innovation in Hsinchu, Taiwan April 9, 2026. REUTERS/Ann Wang/File Photo
AMSTERDAM, May 28 (Reuters) - A senior TSMC executive said on Thursday that surging electricity demands from AI...
Taipei, May 27 (CNA) United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC), Taiwan's No. 2 contract chipmaker, said on Wednesday that its collaboration with American counterpart Intel Corp. on the 12 nanometer process was on course, expecting mass wafer production to start in 2027.
Speaking at its annual general...
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Here is TSMC’s approximate annual gross margin trend over the last 10 years based on company filings and financial databases:
TSMC’s long-term gross margin range over the past decade has generally been between 46% and 62%, with a 10-year median around 52%.
It is expected to rise another 5-10% next year; MSCI's semi-annual adjustment will take effect on the 29th, with TSMC becoming the stock with the largest increase in weighting in the Taiwan Index.
The AI era has fully entered a phase where "whoever controls production capacity controls the...
(May 27): Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co chief CC Wei told staff they’ll see more than a 30% bump in their profit-sharing payouts this year on average, responding after some voiced concerns over their incentive plans online.
TSMC, considered a linchpin of global AI infrastructure, will...
I can assure you AMD, Apple, and Nvidia are getting all of the wafers they signed up for. Even if they need more wafers, TSMC can provide them faster than anyone else and without design changes.
Moore's Law Is Dead shares leaked internal documents detailing Intel's future CPU roadmaps from 2026 onwards. The presentation clarifies upcoming product family rebrands, architectural transitions toward unified core designs, and future platform socket compatibility, providing an evidence-based...
After Intel nearly killed off the Omni-Path high-speed interconnect and spun it off into a new company several years ago, a systems integration partner says the InfiniBand alternative is starting to take off with high-performance computing customers amid a renewed AI push.
Dominic Daninger said...
It is about time........ This has been years in the making. In 2019, Apple acquired Intel’s smartphone modem division for approximately $1 billion. The deal included:
- About 2,200 Intel modem engineers joining Apple
- Thousands of wireless patents
- Modem development equipment and intellectual...
Apple is reportedly preparing to replace Qualcomm modems in the upcoming iPhone 18 lineup with Apple-designed 5G modem chips, ending a relationship that has largely defined iPhone cellular connectivity for roughly 15 years.
According to reports, Apple’s next-generation C2 modem is expected to...
Intel (INTC) shares have surged 3x year-to-date due to increasing CPU demand and heightened optimism regarding its foundry operations. Investors are starting to recognize Intel Corporation as more than just a cyclical PC manufacturer. The market is beginning to factor in the likelihood that...
The Taiwan Silicon Shield is real and stronger than ever. TSMC investing in the US, Japan, and Germany makes it even stronger. Semiconductor people play chess while politicians play checkers.
News Summary:
More than $10 billion in investments across the Taiwan ecosystem to expand strategic partnerships and scale advanced packaging capabilities for AI infrastructure
Industry-leading EFB-based 2.5D packaging to enable higher interconnect bandwidth and efficiency in 6th Gen AMD EPYC...
