TSMC has halted shipments to Chinese chip designer Sophgo after a chip it manufactured was reportedly found in a Huawei AI processor, according to Reuters, which cited two sources familiar with the situation. The Reuters report noted that Sophgo had ordered chips from TSMC identical to the one de...

Rapidus is building a factory in Chitose City, Hokkaido, aiming to mass-produce 2 nm wafers in 2027. According to a report from MoneyDJ, Japan’s Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry visited Rapidus’s factory under construction on October 24th, considering to offer additional assistance to Rap...

Recent reports reveal that German automotive parts supplier ZF Friedrichshafen AG (ZF) plans to withdraw from a 3 billion USD joint project with U.S. chipmaker Wolfspeed to build the world’s largest 8-inch SiC chip manufacturing plant. Industry speculation suggests the reasons behind ZF's decision...

According to a report from Bloomberg, TSMC's first wafer fab built in Arizona, USA, has achieved a major breakthrough in early production yield, surpassing that of similar factories in Taiwan. The report in Bloomberg indicates that, citing the words from TSMC’s U.S. division president Rick Cass...

The discovery of TSMC-manufactured chips in Huawei devices has sparked significant concern among U.S. lawmakers. John Moolenaar, Chairman of the U.S. Congressional Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and a Republican Congressman, criticized the reports, calling it a "catastrophic failure"...