Engadget: It's no secret that ARM ideas are powering much of the mobile revolution these days, but the company doesn't print its own systems-on-a-chip, that duty gets outsourced to silicon foundries -- like TSMC, who just got all buddy-buddy with the firm to transition future smartphone chips to the 28nm and obscenely tiny 20nm high-k metal gate processes. (We're not sure what this means for GlobalFoundries, who had a similar deal earlier this year.)
US and Japanese businesses will jointly produce 2nm semiconductors in the upcoming years.
Now TSMC intends to increase the cost of 3nm wafers by 25% over 5nm to $20,000. Recently, the cost of consumer gadgets and computer parts has either increased
Smartphone, PC, and television demand are declining, according ;to TSMC Chairman Mark Liu, particularly in China. Part of the issue is that component and
