TL;DR: TSMC plans to increase prices for its 5nm and 3nm process nodes by 5-10% and CoWoS advanced packaging by 15-20% due to high AI demand. These price hikes are expected in January 2025. The 3nm ...

Precision Manufacturing and Process Technology Provider Earned Elite Award for Outstanding Innovation, Performance, and Partnership BLUE RIDGE, Texas, Nov. 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Advanced Process ...

In the manufacturing world, the word “retrofit” many times is feared to mean “lost production.” In other words, plants—or at least parts of plants—must be shut down for equipment to be upgraded. And ...

AI-driven design solution enables circuit optimization, saving weeks of manual and iterative effort while increasing design quality. Interoperable process design kits for all advanced TSMC FinFET ...

At the first conference for its burgeoning foundry business, Intel restated its aim to provide five advanced process nodes in four years. The company also disclosed plans for more advanced processes ...

It’s an interesting time in history of advanced process control (APC), a term that encompasses a range of sophisticated software tools and technologies used to optimize plant performance, primarily in ...

Samsung said on Thursday that it has started mass production of chips using its 3-nanometer (nm) process node, its most advanced technology yet for contract chip production. The South Korean tech ...

AMD will be tapping the most advanced processes for each generation of product in the future, while adopting innovative design technologies. Leading right into the Zen 5 launch, The Next Platform has ...

It’s not, “You say ‘tomato’ and I say ‘tomahto.’ ” With advanced process controls (APCs), you either know what they are or you don’t. If you do know, you know they give for-real, money-in-your-pocket ...

In this article, as in industry, advanced process control (APC) refers primarily to multi-variable control. Multivariable control means adjusting multiple single-loop controllers in unison, to meet ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dave Altavilla is a Tech Analyst covering chips, compute and AI. In a joint announcement reflecting the growing importance of ...