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TSMC Signals Another Price Hike

Nathan Jolly May 11, 2022 No Comments

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. has announced its second price hike in under a year, telling clients it is due to inflation, rising costs in the industry, and the company’s own…

Demand For Smartphones Set To Fall According To TSMC

Daniel Croft April 27, 2022 No Comments

Chairman of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) Mark Liu has revealed that demand for consumer electronics such as smartphones and televisions is slowing due to COVID lockdowns in China and…

Shortages Helped Chipmakers Stockpile For Ukraine War

Nathan Jolly March 15, 2022 No Comments

The last two years of chip shortages, caused by everything from plant fires and droughts, to pandemics and shipping bottlenecks, have crippled the semiconductor industry. So when President Biden threatened…

Taiwan Introduces ‘Economic Espionage’ Law Aimed At Chinese Tech Thieves

Nathan Jolly February 21, 2022 No Comments

Taiwan has introduced harsh new national security laws aimed at punishing Chinese interests intent on poaching personnel and stealing tech industry secrets. Premier Su Tseng-chang said that officials have discovered…

Taiwan Boycott Beijing Olympics, As Tensions Increase

Nathan Jolly January 31, 2022 No Comments

Taiwan will not participate in the opening or closing ceremonies of the Beijing Olympic Games, over fears that China will use the event to claim ownership of the island on…

Mac Rumours Say Apple’s M2 Chip Still On Hold

Luke Anisimoff January 20, 2022 No Comments

Rumours abound through leaks that Apple’s upcoming Mac Pro won’t be embracing the anticipated M2 processor yet, instead sticking to the M1 Pro and M1 Max silicon. But while that…

TSMC Earmarking $60+ Billion To Fix Chip Shortage

Nathan Jolly January 14, 2022 No Comments

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. has released a record spending roadmap that will see the leading chipmaker spending north of A$60 billion in 2022 alone, in order to mend the ongoing…

Nvidia Lose Samsung, Gain TSMC For RTX 40-Series GPUs

Luke Anisimoff December 1, 2021 No Comments

With the Nvidia RTX 40-series graphics cards widely expected to land in 2022, and a tease expected at CES 2022, where ChannelNews will be on the ground to report directly,…

Apple Dodging Qualcomm, Tap TSMC For IPhone 5G Modem

Luke Anisimoff November 29, 2021 No Comments

In an ongoing effort to ease their reliance on US multinational Qualcomm for modem hardware for 5G connectivity for their iPhones, Apple have reportedly commissioned chip titans Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing…

TSMC To Make Custom iPhone 5G Modem

Nathan Jolly November 25, 2021 No Comments

Apple have made yet another move to reduce its reliance upon chipmaker Qualcomm, after buying Intel’s modem operations in 2019. Nikkei Asia reports that Apple has signed up TSMC to…