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TSMC held its Q2 earnings conference today (20th). TrendForce utilized AI tools to transcribe and made slight edits, presenting the full text of TSMC's operational status report delivered by Chairman Mark Liu, CEO C.C. Wei, and CFO Wendell Huang. ......
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According to media reports, in response to the booming demand in the artificial intelligence market, TSMC has altered its Kaohsiung factory plan. Originally scheduled for a 28-nanometer mature process, the factory will now be equipped with a 2-nanometer advanced process, with mass production expecte...
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In the continued sluggish consumer electronics market and amidst the booming era of artificial intelligence, semiconductor manufacturers are actively targeting high-performance chips and intensifying the competition over the 2nm process node. TSMC, Samsung, and the newcomer Rapidus are all active...
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According to sources cited by Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun, TSMC intends to commence the construction of the second fab in Kikuyo-cho, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, in April 2024, with the goal of commencing production before the end of 2026. It is worth mentioning that news about TSMC's plan to build its ...
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AI Chips and High-Performance Computing (HPC) have been continuously shaking up the entire supply chain, with CoWoS packaging technology being the latest area to experience the tremors. In the previous piece, "HBM and 2.5D Packaging: the Essential Backbone Behind AI Server," we discovered that th...