Marking the debut of EUV-enabled high-volume semiconductor manufacturing on European soil, Intel has officially kicked off manufacturing of its Intel 4 node at Fab 34 in Leixlip, Ireland.
Intel won’t be using high-NA scanners to manufacture 18A-node chips, the company announced at the Intel Innovation 2023 conference (via Anandtech).
TSMC might land as much as 5.6 billion and 9.7 billion dollars in orders from Intel in 2024 and 2025, respectively, according to a Goldman Sachs Securities report picked up by the Taiwanese-language newspaper Commercial Times.
Following months of negotiations, the German government and Intel have reached an agreement on the amount of subsidies needed to go ahead with the construction of a leading-edge fab in Magdeburg.
Intel is considering becoming an anchor investor in Arm’s IPO, several media outlets report.
Energy costs, an ingrained corporate culture, a shortage of skilled workers and a competitor preying on local customers make for an enormous uphill struggle.
Finance Minister Christian Lindner says that Germany can’t afford increasing subsidies for Intel’s planned fab in Magdeburg.
The transistor density of Intel’s most advanced products could match that of TSMC by the end of the year.
Samsung says it will obtain technological leadership in the foundry space in 2025, when the 2nm node is introduced.
As dark clouds are gathering over the semiconductor industry, ASML has enough bright spots left to weather the storm.
