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A19 and A19 Pro chip orders have increased substantially

A19, A19 Pro Chipset Orders Estimated To Increase By Five Million Units In Just Two Months As Apple Witnesses Skyrocketing iPhone 17 Sales

A tipster makes a sketchy performance claim about the Kirin 9030

Huawei’s Kirin 9030 Rumored To Be Found In A Gaming-Focused Smartphone Arriving In Early 2026, Tipster Claims It Will Feature ‘An Equivalent’ 3nm Process

Samsung officially discloses the performance and efficiency improvements of its 2nm GAA process

Samsung Discloses Its 2nm GAA Performance & Efficiency Figures, Up To An 8% Improvement Over 3nm GAA, With Yields Allegedly In The 50-60% Range

Samsung to supply 2nm GAA chips to Chinese cryptocurrency mining companies

Samsung To Supply 2nm GAA Chips To Two Chinese Cryptocurrency Mining Companies, As It Looks To Extend Its Customer Portfolio Of Its Next-Generation Process

Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 rumor roundup - here's everything you need to know

Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Specifications, Features, Variants, Launch Details – Here’s All You Need To Know About Qualcomm’s First 2nm Chipset

Samsung plans to make its foundry profitable by 2027

Samsung Aims To Make Its Foundry Business Profitable By 2027, With An Estimated Market Share Target Of 20% Based On Sales

TSMC’s 3nm Production Capacity To Almost Reach Its Limit By 2026

TSMC’s 3nm Capacity Will Almost Reach Its Limit By 2026, Analysts Say Existing Production Lines For Older Nodes Are Being Converted, With Gross Margin To Exceed 60%

Apple to launch M5 Pro, M5 Max and M5 Ultra in H1 2026

M5 Pro, M5 Max & M5 Ultra Chipsets Being Prepared For Updated MacBook Pro, Mac Studio Models, Launch Targeted In H1 2026

TSMC's 3nm process has entered the golden age of mass production

TSMC’s 3nm Process Has Entered ‘Golden Period Of Mass Production,’ Estimates State That Monthly Wafer Production Can Reach 160,000 Units By The End Of 2025

Exynos 2600's Heat Pass Block technology will lower temperatures by 30 percent, says Samsung executive

Exynos 2600’s ‘Heat Pass Block’ Implementation To Deliver A 30% Drop In Temperature Compared To Samsung’s Previous-Generation Chipset, Says Company Executive

Apple preparing an M5 Ultra for the Mac Studio in 2026

M5 Ultra Being Prepared For A Mac Studio Refresh In 2026, Workstation-Class SoC Could Offer A Single-Die Design If M5 Max Lacks UltraFusion Connector

Samsung's Taylor plant to start operations soon, with ASML lending out a helping hand

Samsung’s Taylor Plant In Texas About To Commence Operations, New Report Says ASML Will Form A Team Soon To Set Up EUV Machinery And Ease Production Transition

Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 rumored to arrive in two versions

Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Rumored To Arrive In Two Versions, With ‘Pro’ Variant Exclusively Getting LPDDR6 Support, Different GPU Specifications & More

Qualcomm and MediaTek moving to TSMC's 2nm N2P process in 2026

Qualcomm, MediaTek Reportedly Eyeing An Advantage Over Apple By Moving To TSMC’s Improved 2nm N2P Process, Mass Production To Kick Off In H2 2026

New rumor reveals some impressive efficiency numbers belonging to the Exynos 2600

Exynos 2600 Efficiency Metrics Record A 59% Improvement Over The A19 Pro In Geekbench 6’s Multi-Core Test, Less Power Leakage Thanks To 2nm GAA Process

TSMC building four plants for 1.4nm production

TSMC Reportedly Constructing Four Plants For 1.4nm Wafers, Mass Production Happening In H2 2028, A Single Facility Can Bring In $16 Billion Revenue

Apple has not entered talks with TSMC to use its A16, or 1.6nm process

Apple Is ‘Not Yet In Talks With TSMC’ For Its A16 Process, As Its Current Focus Likely Lies In Developing Several 2nm Chipsets Next Year

Apple's C2 5G modem found in the iPhone 18 will be made on TSMC's N4 process

Apple’s Next In-House 5G Modem – The C2, Will Use An Older Manufacturing Process From TSMC Next Year, Unlike The A20 & A20 Pro

TSMC CEO is pleased with the influx of 3nm chipset orders

TSMC Continues To Enjoy A Surge In 3nm Chipset Orders Thanks To Increased iPhone 17 Shipments, CEO Says He Is ‘Not Concerned About Pre-Built Inventory’

Samsung Electronics executive says that shrinking process nodes will not usher the same benefit as it once did

Samsung Electronics VP Says ‘Process Miniaturization Alone Can Only Lead To Improvements Of 10-15%’ Emphasizing The Need To Explore New Approaches

Samsung's Exynos 2600 initial production has reached 15,000 wafers only

Exynos 2600 Is Considered ‘Premature’ To Be Used In All Galaxy S26 Models; Initial Production Volume Is Only 15,000 Wafers, Possibly Due To Poor Yields

TSMC will shift to photomask pellicles instead of purchasing ASML's High-NA EUV machinery for sub-2nm wafer production

TSMC Resorting To ‘Photomask Pellicles’ Instead Of Transitioning To The Ludicrously Expensive High-NA EUV Machines For 1.4nm, 1nm Advanced Processes

Samsung executive is pleased with the company's 2nm GAA progress

Samsung Executive Expressed Confidence Over The Company’s 2nm GAA Progress, With SK hynix Official Saying This Technology ‘Is A Critical Turning Point’

Samsung's internal testing of the Exynos 2600 proves that is a monster of a chipset

Exynos 2600 Wipes The Floor Against The Competition; Samsung’s Internal Testing Shows 6x Higher AI Performance Than A19 Pro, Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 & More

Here is everything you need to know about the Exynos 2600

Exynos 2600 Could Become Samsung’s First 2nm GAA Chipset And Found In The Galaxy S26 Series – Here Is Everything You Need To Know

A rumor claims that the Exynos 2600's 5G modem will be separate from the chipset

Exynos 2600 May Lose An Edge To The Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 & Dimensity 9500 In Efficiency As 5G Modem Is Rumored To Be Separate From It

M5 is nearly as fast as the M1 Ultra in Geekbench 6 multi-core performance

Apple’s M5 Is Almost As Fast As A Workstation-Class M1 Ultra; Less Than 5% Slower In Multi-Core Performance With Half The Number Of CPU Cores

Qualcomm and MediaTek are thinking about shifting 2nm production to Samsung

Qualcomm, MediaTek Are Considering Shifting 2nm Chipset Production To Samsung As TSMC’s Price Hike Is Denting Their Profits

Apple announces the new M5 chipset

Apple Officially Announces The M5 With Up To A 10-Core CPU, 10-Core GPU, Up To 30% Graphics Performance Bump, 30% Increase In Memory Bandwidth & More

Apple might not remain TSMC's biggest customer in 2025

Apple Was TSMC’s Biggest Customer In 2024, Accounting For 24% Of Revenue, But It Might Lose That Position Due To Increased HPC Orders In 2025

TSMC's Key CoWoS Packaging Supplier Drags Ex-General Manager to Court While Denying Any Tech Reached China

TSMC Taking First Steps To Build Its 1.4nm Facility In Taiwan By End Of 2025, Will Not Adopt ASML’s High-NA EUV Machines For This Process

M5 will reportedly be made on TSMC's older 3nm 'N3E' process

M5 To Reportedly Be Announced This Week, But New Update Says The Chipset Will Be Fabricated On TSMC’s 3nm ‘N3E’ Process, Not N3P

TSMC's two 2nm facilities have been completely booked

TSMC’s 2nm Capacity Completely Sold Out At Two Local Plants For 2026, Production Output Target At 100,000 Monthly Wafers By Next Year

Dimensity 9500 estimated to be more than 50 percent cheaper than the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

Dimensity 9500 Is Estimated To Be More Than 50% Cheaper Than The Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, Despite Using The Same 3nm N3P Process