microchips

TSMC to hit 3nm production target months ahead of schedule

TSMC Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited is on track to reach 180,000 monthly wafer starts on its 3nm process by early in the fourth quarter of 2026, two to three months ahead of market expectations, as strong demand from AI…

TSMC pulls forward 1.4nm chip mass production to mid-2028

TSMC Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited is accelerating the timeline for its next-generation 1.4-nanometer chip manufacturing, with mass production now expected by mid-2028 — months ahead of its original schedule — as construction of a new fabrication plant in Taiwan's…

Huawei publishes mass production data backing Tau Scaling Law

Huawei semiconductor chief He Tingbo on July 3 published Version 2 of the Tau (τ) Scaling Law paper on the ChinaXiv preprint platform, supplementing the original framework with engineering details and mass production measurement data from the company's Kirin 2026…

Intel’s 18A-P chip process enters risk production on schedule

Intel announced on Tuesday at the 2026 VLSI Symposium in Honolulu that its 18A-P process node has entered risk production on schedule, marking a milestone in the chipmaker's effort to rebuild its contract manufacturing business and attract external customers.