22nm
TSMC this afternoon has disclosed that it will expand its production capacity for mature and specialized nodes by about 50% by 2025. The plan includes building numerous new fabs in Taiwan, Japan, and China. The move will further intensify competition between TSMC and such contract makers of chips as GlobalFoundries, UMC, and SMIC. When we talk about silicon lithography here at AnandTech, we mostly cover leading-edge nodes used produce advanced CPUs, GPUs, and mobile SoCs, as these are devices that drive progress forward. But there are hundreds of device types that are made on mature or specialized process technologies that are used alongside those sophisticated processors, or power emerging smart devices that have a significant impact on our daily lives and have gained importance in...
TSMC to Build Japan's Most Advanced Semiconductor Fab
Fabs are well-known for being an expensive business to be in, so any time a new fab is slated for construction, it tends to be a big deal &ndash...
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As I opened my inbox this morning, I was surprised. I keep track of when Intel puts products on End of Life (or starts the process through something called...
58 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 7/7/2021The Intel Lakefield Deep Dive: Everything To Know About the First x86 Hybrid CPU
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225 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 7/2/2020GlobalFoundries' 22FDX with MRAM is Ready
GlobalFoundries on Thursday said that it had completed development of its 22FDX (22 nm FD-SOI) technology with embedded magnetoresistive non-volatile memory (eMRAM). The technology can be used for a...
7 by Anton Shilov on 2/27/2020Intel Un-Discontinues Pentium G3420 ‘Haswell’ CPU
As spotted by ComputerBase.de, in a rare event, Intel has canceled its plan to EOL one of its low-end Haswell-generation processors, resuming processor shipments for the foreseeable future. Curiously...
49 by Anton Shilov on 12/9/2019CES 2019: ASRock's Five New B365 Motherboards
ASRock unveiled five new B365 motherboards at CES 2019 with a mixture of features similar to its Z390 offerings. The B365 Pro4 and B365M Pro are targeted towards professional...
9 by Gavin Bonshor on 1/15/2019Price Check May 2016: The Intel Core i7-6700K Is Finally Available at Its MSRP
Nine months. This is how long it has taken the retail price of Intel’s Core i7-6700K processor to drop to the level recommended by Intel. Despite slow sales of...
37 by Anton Shilov on 5/20/2016Price Check: Prices of Unlocked Intel Core i7-6700K, i5-6600K Continue to Drop
When Intel first introduced its high-end Skylake-S CPUs with unlocked multiplier about half a year ago, it was not easy to get them and for a long time the...
49 by Anton Shilov on 3/29/2016Price Check: Intel’s Unlocked Skylake Processors for Desktops Are Getting More Affordable
Due to unprecedented demand, Intel’s latest Skylake processors with unlocked multiplier were significantly overpriced late last year. However, it would seem that more units are coming into retail as...
54 by Anton Shilov on 2/16/2016Price Check: Intel's Core i7-6700K CPU In Short Supply
Demand for Intel’s Skylake CPUs has been very high since the introduction of the company’s latest processors in August. Even though the manufacturer has ramped up the supply of...
104 by Anton Shilov on 12/30/2015The Intel Broadwell Desktop Review: Core i7-5775C and Core i5-5675C Tested (Part 1)
On almost all PC technology forums, it is hard to escape users talking about what Intel’s next processor lineup will be. Due to problems in Intel’s 14nm node, Broadwell...
196 by Ian Cutress on 6/2/2015Intel at ISSCC 2015: Reaping the Benefits of 14nm and Going Beyond 10nm
As part of the International Solid-State Circuits Conference every year, Intel brings forward a number of presentations regarding its internal research. The theme this year at ISSCC is ‘Silicon...
55 by Ian Cutress on 2/22/2015Intel’s Pentium and Core i3 Desktop Ivy Bridge CPUs Arrive
We knew the Core i3 Ivy Bridge CPUs were coming, but details on precisely when that would happen and how much they would cost were a bit harder to...
66 by Jarred Walton on 9/7/2012A Quick Look at a 22nm Ivy Bridge Wafer
Just before a couple of key Ivy Bridge disclosures, Mooly Eden held up a wafer of 22nm Ivy Bridge CPUs. Presumably these are quad-core versions with 16 EUs, the...
31 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 5/31/2011Intel Announces first 22nm 3D Tri-Gate Transistors, Shipping in 2H 2011
Earlier this week Intel sent us a cryptic message: I wanted to invite you to an Intel press conference on Wednesday May 4th at 9:30am Pacific time. Intel will be...
82 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 5/4/2011