APPLE
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11/12/2020
TSMC’s 5nm Node: Full EUV, the M1, and Apple Leaving Intel
TSMC's 5nm node put EUV across a full process for the first time and built the Apple M1, ending Intel's hold on the Mac,…
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CHIPS & AI
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10/15/2019
TSMC’s N7+ Node: EUV Finally Ships, Inside a Huawei Chip
TSMC's N7+ brought 7nm EUV into volume for the first time, ironically inside a Huawei chip, proving extreme ultraviolet in production ahead of full…
5 MIN
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CHIPS & AI
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09/15/2019
Intel 10nm: The Node That Lost the Lead
Intel 10nm arrived four years late after the 14nm purgatory, and in the delay TSMC passed Intel for good. The node where Intel lost…
3 MIN
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CHIPS & AI
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09/18/2018
TSMC’s 7nm Node: The A12, AMD’s Bet, and a Field of Two
TSMC's 7nm node shipped the first 7nm chip in the A12, anchored AMD's comeback against Intel, and watched GlobalFoundries quit the leading edge, leaving…
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APPLE
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09/19/2017
TSMC’s 10nm Node: The Year the Process Lead Left Intel
TSMC's 10nm node shipped the Apple A11 in volume while Intel's 10nm stalled, the moment the leading edge you could actually buy moved to…
3 MIN
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APPLE
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09/25/2015
TSMC’s 16nm FinFET: The First 3D Transistor and a Split A9
TSMC's 16nm FinFET delivered the first 3D transistor the 20nm shrink withheld, drew level with Intel on structure, and split the Apple A9 with…
3 MIN
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CHIPS & AI
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09/05/2014
Intel 14nm: The First Crack in the Metronome
Intel 14nm arrived late in Broadwell, the first schedule slip in a decade. The node was still the best in the world, but the…
3 MIN
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INTEL
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10/06/2013
Intel à La Gaîté Lyrique, une soirée événement à Paris
Dans mon travail, j’ai la chance de pouvoir participer à des événements bien sympathiques (PGW, Show,…) Dans ce cas, c’est une soirée effectuée par…
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CHIPS & AI
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04/29/2012
Intel 22nm: Tri-Gate and a Three-Year FinFET Lead
Intel 22nm shipped Tri-Gate in Ivy Bridge, the first FinFET in volume production, three years ahead of the foundries, with Intel promising 14nm next…
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CHIPS & AI
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10/17/2011
TSMC’s 28nm Node, Gate-Last HKMG, and the FinFET Clock
TSMC's 28nm node brought gate-last high-k metal gate just as every mobile chip designer arrived at once, triggering a capacity crunch, while Intel's Tri-Gate…
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CHIPS & AI
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06/20/2011
SMIC 45nm: The Mature-Node Foundry Finds Its Floor
SMIC 45nm was the company's most current node yet, reached two years behind the leaders, the year after SMIC turned its first profit since…
4 MIN
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APPLE
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06/08/2010
Samsung 45nm: Building the Apple A4 for a Rival
Samsung 45nm silicon built the Apple A4, Apple's first in-house chip, on the same Intrinsity Hummingbird core Samsung put in the Galaxy S, even…
4 MIN
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CES
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01/07/2010
Intel 32nm: The Metronome at Full Speed
Intel 32nm arrived on schedule with second-generation high-k metal gate and Intel's first immersion lithography, extending a two-year lead while the company quietly ceded…
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CHIPS & AI
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10/19/2009
TSMC’s 40nm Node: When Immersion Lithography Became a Yield Crisis
TSMC's 40nm node turned immersion lithography into a yield crisis in 2009, choked AMD and Nvidia GPU supply, drew Morris Chang back as CEO,…
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GAMING
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10/12/2008
Intel just fixed the reason SSDs have been disappointing
Recent SSD reviews highlight a common issue: brief stutters during use due to poorly designed controller chips, not the flash memory itself. Intel's new…
2 MIN
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