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Tag Archives: tsmc

Flaming Wafer
Charlie Demerjian
Dec 29, 2015

Another major SoC goes dual source Samsung and TSMC

Does two make a trend or just a pair?

Guess what major SoC maker other than Apple is now dual sourcing silicon at TSMC and Samsung?
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2015 AMD Logo
Thomas Ryan
Oct 16, 2015

AMD Reiterates Its Confidence in Zen

It will launch before the end 2016…

The departure of legendary CPU architect Jim Keller from AMD last month after a three-year stint has stirred fears that AMD’s make-or-break Zen CPU architecture is in trouble.
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Flaming Wafer
Charlie Demerjian
Jul 22, 2015

Another major SoC tapes out, with a twist

Timing, process, and delays lead to…..

Guess what major SoC SemiAccurate moles say just taped out, or in this case taped out several months ago.
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Nvidia logo
Charlie Demerjian
Dec 19, 2014

AMD, Nvidia, Cell Phones, process tech, and schedules

AMD, Nvidia, Cell Phones, process tech, and schedules

SemiAccurate has been following GPU developments and felt it was time for a little end-of-year update.
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Intel - logo
Charlie Demerjian
Aug 11, 2014
1

Intel talks about their 14nm process

The real thing, not just a name like some others

Intel is finally talking about 14nm and the results are impressive, both in terms of transistors and yield.
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Intel - logo
Charlie Demerjian
May 28, 2014

Intel and Rockchip tie up just like SemiAccurate said

A few differences mainly in timing and rebranding

Yesterday Intel announced they were partnering with Rockchip, something SemiAccurate told you about two months ago.
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Intel - logo
Charlie Demerjian
Mar 6, 2014

Intel, Altera, TSMC, and the sad, sad state of tech reporting

Opinion: Please let the stupidity end, it is well past painful

Recent breathless reports have come out about Altera dumping Intel as a foundry and going back to TSMC.
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ARM logo
Charlie Demerjian
Mar 3, 2014
1

6-core 16nm FinFET ARM Cortex-A57 chips spotted in the wild

MWC 2014: Not just one, a full wafer of them fresh from the oven

What do you get when you put a 6-core ARM A57 on TSMC’s 16nm FinFET process?
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ASML logo
Charlie Demerjian
Dec 18, 2013
2

Analysis: ASML stops 450mm dead

Who pulled the trigger and why did they feel the need?

It looks like 450mm wafers just got pushed back as ASML stopped production on the technology.
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Apple Inc.
Charlie Demerjian
Dec 17, 2013
4

Apple, Samsung, Intel, and foundry plans

Analysis: 14nm is not what it seems, nor is it from whom it seems

What part does Samsung play in Apple’s 14nm plans, including Apple’s chunk of a foundry?
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Altera logo
Charlie Demerjian
Nov 5, 2013
1

Intel fabs Altera’s Stratix 10 FPGA with four ARM A53 cores

Techcon 13: Yes the sky is falling, and the the implications are bigger than the headlines

Altera just announced Stratix 10, a 14nm FPGA with four ARM A53 cores built on Intel’s FinFET process.
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TSMC - logo
Charlie Demerjian
Oct 30, 2013

TSMC shows off production 20nm and 16nm dev wafers

Techcon 13: 20nm on the market now, 16nm a ways out

TSMC was showing off two wafers at Techcon, a production 20nm SoC and a pre-production 16nm without any qualifiers.
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Charlie Demerjian
Sep 5, 2013

Vivante has a high precision mobile GPU

Part 1: Updated: Not to mention small, fast, efficient, and widely supported

You may not know much about Vivante’s GPUs but if you are in to tech you have definitely heard about the products that use them.
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Apple Inc.
Charlie Demerjian
Aug 26, 2013
5

A third player emerges: Apple’s Foundry Plans

New in the Professional Portal

There is some interesting news in the world of foundries and once again it centers around Apple and another mystery player. While SemiAccurate was the first to tell you about their last two foundry moves, a bit more color has come to light recently.
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Apple Inc.
Charlie Demerjian
Jul 12, 2013
14

Exclusive: Apple has a fab, will make their own chips

SemiCon 2013: We told you this would happen, and now it has

Apple has just done something that SemiAccurate has been expecting for a months and entered the fab industry.
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