… Its 16nm FinFET node will offer a much larger improvement, but won't be available for volume production until 2016. given the inevitable lead times between the beginning of volume production and commercial shipments, we can expect Samsung to have a 9-18 month lead over its rival depending on the ex… …
There have been rumors that AMD might launch a refreshed Polaris GPU in the fall for a few months now, and it looks like those rumors may be accurate. …
… Last year, there were rumors that even the 14nm tech from Samsung was delayed. …
… It was only when Samsung tried to ramp up production at the second battery manufacturer that it started running into issues, either because it didn't precisely duplicate the correct manufacturing process or because the flaw was tiny enough that it only became visible when manufactured at significan… …
… 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. …
… 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. …
… This is almost certainly a reference to some light pilot production as opposed to bringing the entire foundry fully online as a high volume manufacturing facility. It typically takes 2-3 years to build a foundry, followed by a 6-12 month manufacturing ramp. …
… Rumors from earlier this year have suggested that Qualcomm will shift some 20nm production to GF, but without casting aspersions on the Saratoga-based company, we've heard such statements before. …
… 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. …