TSMC News Latest TSMC news, funding rounds and robotics & AI coverage. 20 articles tracked by The Robotics Media.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is the world's largest dedicated independent (pure-play) semiconductor foundry. Founded in 1987 and based in Hsinchu, Taiwan, TSMC manufactures advanced logic chips for many of the world's leading technology co...
Alchip Rolls Out 2nm ASIC and 3DIC Platform at AI Infra Summit — Sep 16, 2026 — Taiwan's Alchip Technologies used the AI Infra Summit to showcase a 2nm ASIC design platform, 3nm I/O chiplets and a complete 3DIC ecosystem built on...Meta Puts MTIA v3 'Iris' Custom AI Chip Into Production This Month — Sep 11, 2026 — Meta has begun production of its third-generation MTIA 'Iris' AI accelerator this September, a Broadcom-designed, TSMC 3nm chip meant to double the co...Semicon Taiwan 2026 Opens With Silicon Photonics And Co-Packaged Optics In The Spotlight — Sep 3, 2026 — SEMICON Taiwan 2026 kicked off international forums August 31 in Taipei and opened its main exhibition September 2 at TaiNEX, drawing more than 100,00...TSMC 2027 Capex Seen Reaching $85 Billion As AI Capacity Strain Deepens — Aug 31, 2026 — Wall Street's most bullish TSMC 2027 capex model now points to $85 billion, up from Goldman Sachs' $78B forecast, as leading-edge AI capacity stays co...Apple Reveals M6, Its First 2nm Chip With Dual 16-Core Neural Engine — Aug 31, 2026 — Apple's M6 debuts on TSMC's 2nm N2 process with a 12-core CPU, 12-core GPU with per-core neural accelerators, and a Dual 16-core Neural Engine for on-...Trump Weighs Chip Tariffs On Laptops And AI Servers, Pegging Duty-Free Quota To US Fab Investment — Aug 30, 2026 — Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick favors extending semiconductor duties to laptops, gaming consoles and AI servers — with a duty-free quota pegged to...Nvidia Q2 FY27: Record $96B Quarter On Blackwell Ultra Ramp — Aug 29, 2026 — Nvidia posted record fiscal-Q2 2027 revenue of $96.2 billion — up 106% year-over-year — on the ramp of its Blackwell Ultra AI platform, and guided cur...Japan Earmarks Another $944M For Rapidus To Race TSMC In 2nm — Aug 25, 2026 — Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry plans to inject a further ¥150 billion — roughly $944 million — into Rapidus in its fiscal 2027 budget...Xiaomi Debuts 3nm Xring O3 With LPDDR6, Plus AI and Auto-Driving Chips — Aug 25, 2026 — Xiaomi's second-generation flagship SoC arrives on TSMC's 3nm N3P with 24 billion transistors, LPDDR6 support and 200 TOPS of AI, alongside a stacked...Waymo Reveals Custom 5nm ASIC And Seven-Supplier Stack Behind Its Ojai Robotaxi — Aug 25, 2026 — Alphabet's Waymo has opened up the boot of its robotaxi, publishing the architecture of its onboard computer, a purpose-built 5-nanometer ASIC that pu...TSMC's 1.6nm A16 Node Slated For Q4 2026 Mass Production, Roadmap Holds — Aug 24, 2026 — TSMC confirmed its 1.6nm-class A16 process is on track for high-volume manufacturing in the fourth quarter of 2026, targeting datacenter AI accelerato...Sony and TSMC to invest $6.4 billion in Kumamoto image sensor joint venture — Aug 20, 2026 — Sony Group and TSMC are in talks to invest a combined $6.4 billion in a Kumamoto image-sensor fab, targeting 2029 production for automotive and roboti...Samsung Foundry Hikes 4nm and 5nm Prices Up To 15% As AI Demand Fills Its Lines — Aug 19, 2026 — Samsung is raising prices on advanced chipmaking by up to 15% as customers cut off from TSMC's booked-out AI capacity turn to Pyeongtaek's SF4 line.Cerebras Unveils CS-4, A 3-Wafer AI System Aimed At Inference — Aug 19, 2026 — Cerebras debuted the CS-4 on Tuesday at its Supernova event — a rack-scale system with three WSE-3 Turbo processors and 750 PFLOPS of AI compute.Sony And TSMC Ink $6.4B Image Sensor JV In Kumamoto — Aug 16, 2026 — Sony Semiconductor Solutions and TSMC signed a definitive agreement to form Advanced Vision Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation, a ~1 trillion yen...Sony And TSMC Plot $6.4B Image-Sensor JV In Kumamoto — Aug 11, 2026 — Sony and TSMC are in talks to spend a combined ¥1 trillion on a Kumamoto image-sensor plant targeting 2029, feeding Apple iPhones and the next wave of...Microsoft Preps Maia 300 AI Chip Reveal, Books 300K TSMC Units — Aug 11, 2026 — Microsoft is planning a September unveil for its Maia 300 AI accelerator and has booked TSMC capacity for more than 300,000 chips into 2027 as it race...TSMC July Revenue Jumps 44.7% To $14.5B As AI Chip Demand Roars — Aug 11, 2026 — Taiwan Semiconductor disclosed July 2026 revenue of NT$467.58 billion ($14.5B), up 44.7% year-on-year, sending TSMC ahead of its own 40% full-year gro...TSMC Builds EMIB-Like Advanced Packaging With Kinsus To Ease CoWoS Chokehold — Jul 31, 2026 — Taiwan's TSMC has quietly begun engineering an EMIB-style embedded-bridge packaging platform with substrate maker Kinsus, admitting Intel's approach c...TSMC To Lift Chip Prices Up To 10% From 2027, HPC Orders Face Extra 10-15% Surcharge — Jul 26, 2026 — TSMC has told Nvidia, Apple, AMD, Qualcomm and other lead customers it will raise wafer prices by 5-10% across advanced and mature nodes starting Janu...