TSMC: 3nm Will be a 'Smooth' Ramp Throughout 2023
… However, he says production will really ramp up in the second half of the year targeting HPC and smartphone applications. …
… However, he says production will really ramp up in the second half of the year targeting HPC and smartphone applications. …
… But there is one issue: The production ramp‑up introduces new cost pressures. …
… So we've reassessed our '19 expectations based on the challenges we're seeing. In summary, a challenging environment for Chipzilla. The 10nm ramp continues, but leaks suggest the product will scarcely matter to Intel's bottom line. …
… It's not that companies will stop advancing, but that the rate of next-generation ramps is going to slow as manufacturers struggle to ramp products through an increasingly uncooperative chain. …
… Foundries across the world are doing everything they can to increase production. The second-tier foundry UMC recently announced it would spend several billion dollars over the next few years ramping up 28nm production. …
… Not only is the company ramping production well ahead of any expected launch date, a little scarcity isn't a bad thing. …
… SK Hynix is cutting its production of 36-layer and 48-layer NAND, as it moves to 72-layer and 96-layer NAND, and is slowing the ramp of its M15 fab in South Korea. Total shipments of NAND are still expected to increase this year, so the companies in question aren't slashing absolute production. …
Last week, we reported on Intel's manufacturing constraints and the difficulties the company faces in ramping up additional 14nm production. Today, a new report claims that the CPU giant will outsource some of its chipset production to TSMC to ease its own capacity woes on 14nm. …
… Product shipments always lag foundry production by a significant degree. …
… AMD's Ryzen debut in March kicked off its own aggressive hardware ramp, with the Ryzen 5 and Ryzen 3 families following in the spring and summer, and Raven Ridge debuting in the last few weeks. …