Semiconductors

Chip imports to China have fallen for a second year in a row, and this time a record has been set at 15.4%.

Chinese company Betavolt has announced an atomic energy battery for consumers, with a touted 50-year lifespan and which uses a diamond semiconductor material.

As China builds more semiconductor fabs than other countries, its chip output could double in five years.

Teardown reveals that SMIC did not produce Huawei's 5nm Kirin 9006C laptop processor, it was TSMC in 2020.

The tariffs haven't been applied to PC components since March of 2022, and they won't for at least another six months.

The New Year earthquake in Japan could have consequences for PC component supplies. Toshiba announced it had closed a NAND facility while safety assessments are being completed.

The SEMI World Fab Forecast report predicts that China will lead the global semiconductor industry expansion in 2024.

Samsung's Texas fab will be operational in 2024, but won't have mass production capability until 2025 at the earliest.

Intel's CEO Pat Gelsinger says transistors now double every three years instead of two, which isn't exactly Moore's Law.

After TSMC announced the upcoming retirement of chairman Mark Liu, some have speculated it might not have been voluntary.