Trillion-dollar chip giant: Five things to know about TSMC
Taiwanese semiconductor titan TSMC briefly joined a rarefied club of companies valued at more than $1 trillion on Monday.
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Taiwanese semiconductor titan TSMC briefly joined a rarefied club of companies valued at more than $1 trillion on Monday.
Jul 8, 2024
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Business
The entry of Taiwanese chip giant TSMC into the elite club of the world's most valuable companies is further proof that the generative AI revolution is shaking up Wall Street.
Jul 8, 2024
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Engineering
Electronics engineers and materials scientists have been trying to identify materials that could help to boost the performance of electronics further, overcoming the inherent limitations of silicon-based transistors. Two-dimensional ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
US chip-maker Onsemi will invest up to $2 billion to expand its plant in the Czech Republic, the biggest investment in the country's modern history, the industry minister said Wednesday.
Jun 19, 2024
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Build the technology of the future. Protect the nation from attack. Buy a sports car.
Jun 10, 2024
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Electronics & Semiconductors
An affiliate of Taiwan chip titan TSMC has joined Dutch chip maker NXP to announce plans to build a new US$7.8 billion factory in Singapore to make processors for the auto and mobile end markets.
Jun 6, 2024
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Business
TSMC's board of directors on Tuesday unanimously elected chief executive CC Wei to succeed Mark Liu as chairman of the chip titan.
Jun 4, 2024
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Electronics & Semiconductors
US chip titan Intel on Tuesday struck a defiant tone in the face of strong challenges from rivals Nvidia, AMD and Qualcomm, unveiling technologies it said would lead the artificial intelligence revolution.
Jun 4, 2024
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Business
Google will invest $2 billion in Malaysia to house the firm's first data center in the country, the government said Thursday, making it the latest tech titan to pump cash into the region in search of growth opportunities.
May 30, 2024
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Electronics & Semiconductors
To study semiconductors at Japan's top university, first you need the right clothes—protective overalls, shoe covers, plastic gloves and a lightweight balaclava to keep your hair out of the way.
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A semiconductor is a material that has a resistivity value between that of a conductor and an insulator. The conductivity of a semiconductor material can be varied under an external electrical field. Devices made from semiconductor materials are the foundation of modern electronics, including radio, computers, telephones, and many other devices. Semiconductor devices include the transistor, solar cells, many kinds of diodes including the light-emitting diode, the silicon controlled rectifier, and digital and analog integrated circuits. Solar photovoltaic panels are large semiconductor devices that directly convert light energy into electrical energy. In a metallic conductor, current is carried by the flow of electrons. In semiconductors, current can be carried either by the flow of electrons or by the flow of positively-charged "holes" in the electron structure of the material.
Silicon is used to create most semiconductors commercially. Dozens of other materials are used, including germanium, gallium arsenide, and silicon carbide. A pure semiconductor is often called an “intrinsic” semiconductor. The conductivity, or ability to conduct, of semiconductor material can be drastically changed by adding other elements, called “impurities” to the melted intrinsic material and then allowing the melt to solidify into a new and different crystal. This process is called "doping".
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