US fab nears full capacity, 2nm yields soar, and chip prices may spike Nvidia’s next wave of AI chips is heading for mass ...

TSMC has commenced mass production at its fab in Kumamoto, Japan, marking a significant milestone in advanced chip manufacturing for the country and the first step in its major expansion overseas ...

Samsung Foundry remains far behind TSMC and now has China's SMIC closing in.

TSMC's 3nm and 5nm nodes drove 60% of wafer revenue in Q4 ... despite seasonal smartphone softness in February. Overseas fab expansion may dilute gross margins by 2–3% annually, with Q1-FY25 ...

TSMC produces its most advanced products ... The Tainan facility that the Arizona fab is being compared to is home to Fab 18, which is used for both 5nm and 3nm wafer production, and has been ...

We also heard recently that the Taiwanese government has "forbidden" TSMC from making advanced 2nm chips outside of Taiwan, so we'll see the new Arizona fab making 7nm, 5nm, and 3nm chips ...

Despite the US's heightened curbs on AI chips against China, TSMC's 3nm and 5nm fab utilization rates have topped 100% in the first quarter of 2025, according to industry sources. Save my User ID ...

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It forecasts the third Arizona fab to begin volume production ... demand for our industry-leading 3nm and 5nm technologies," Wendell Huang, TSMC's CFO, told an earnings call.

The recent 6.4-magnitude earthquake in Taiwan did not cause significant damage to TSMC and its fabs, but it still required the company to halt production and will probably mandate that it ...