Bolt Graphics tapes out its first Zeus GPU test chip on TSMC 12nm — firm touts 17x lower cost of compute

Bolt Graphics has announced its completed tape-out of a test chip for its Zeus GPU, marking the startup’s first move from FPGA emulation to manufactured silicon.

TSMC unveils process technology roadmap through 2029 — A12, A13, N2U announced, A16 slips to 2027

TSMC strengthens its bifurcated process technology development approach with A14, A13, and N2U aimed at client applications and A16, A12, and N2X for high-performance data center designs.

Congress moves to strip the DoC of chip-export discretion with the MATCH Act — DUV lithography machines among those targeted in chipmaking tool crackdown

A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers introduced the Multilateral Alignment of Technology Controls on Hardware Act, or MATCH Act, in early April.

US lawmakers amend new restrictions on Chinese chipmakers — MATCH Act’s blanket restrictions removed from select chipmaking tools

U.S. lawmakers remove countrywide exports ban on cryogenic etching tools from the MATCH Act, yet Chinese companies could barely get them anyway.

Intel hires tenured Samsung exec to lead Foundry Services — signals company focus on winning business from potential Foundry suitors

Intel lures Shawn ‘Seung Hoon’ Han from Samsung Foundry to land new customers and maintain customer relationships at Intel Foundry.

Elon Musk pushing forward with Terafab at ‘light speed’ — staff reaching out to various suppliers and are reportedly willing to pay a premium to gain priority

Elon Musk’s people have begun reaching out to various semiconductor fab suppliers to ask for pricing and delivery timelines as the Terafab project ramps up.

TSMC ups revenue guidance and CapEx, buoyed by ‘multiyear AI megatrend’ — warns Middle East conflict may impact profitability as costs increase

TSMC unveils aggressive plans to ramp up 3nm-capable capacity further in the coming years amid strong demand from the AI sector.

TSMC warns of Intel Foundry’s growing prowess during the company’s latest earnings call — ‘We view Intel as our formidable competitor and do not underestimate them’

By now, TSMC has become a much bigger chipmaker than Intel has ever been, but the world’s top foundry still calls its American peer a ‘formidable’ competitor.

YMTC’s third Wuhan fab clears Beijing’s 50% local tooling threshold as two more are planned — move positions company toward 3D NAND production to capitalize on wafer bonding strengths

China’s YMTC is expected to start operations at its Phase 3 Wuhan fab late this year as the first leading-edge memory plant built to comply with Beijing’s unwritten 50% tooling requirement.