As Moore's Law progresses, transistors are becoming smaller and denser, with more layers stacked on top of each other. This may require passing through 10 to 20 layers of stacking to provide power and data signals to the transistors below, leading to increasingly complex networks of interconnects an...

The U.S. government has reportedly revoked the licenses of Intel and Qualcomm to supply semiconductor chips used in laptops and handsets to Huawei. According to Reuters citing sources, some companies received notices on May 7th, and the revocation of the licenses took immediate effect. In April,...

According to a report from Nikkei News, US chip giant Intel will join forces with 14 Japanese companies to develop automation technology for "backend" semiconductor processes such as packaging. The aim is said to achieve automation by 2028, highlighting efforts by both the US and Japan to collaborat...

Tesla's journey towards autonomous driving necessitates substantial computational power. Earlier today, TSMC has confirmed the commencement of production for Tesla's next-generation Dojo supercomputer training chips, heralding a significant leap in computing power by 2027. As per a report from Te...

Japan is reportedly planning to expand export restrictions on four technologies related to semiconductors or quantum computing, as per a report from Bloomberg. This move is said to represent the latest initiative in global efforts to control the transfer of strategic technologies. The same report...