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Japan’s Rapidus Enters Elite Semiconductor League With 2nm Prototype
– Advertisement – Facing high stakes, yet higher ambitions, Japan’s Rapidus presents the chip world with its first 2nm prototype chip. Will this big bet be able to compete with the giants like TSMC? On July 18, at a press event in Chitose, Hokkaido, Japanese firm Rapidus Corporation confirmed that it had successfully validated the…
Intel details 18A process technology — takes on TSMC 2nm with 30% density gain and 25% faster generational performance
Intel has published a paper about its 18A (1.8nm-class) fabrication process at the VLSI 2025 symposium, consolidating all its information about the manufacturing technology into a single document. The new 18A production node is expected to deliver significant improvements in power, performance, and area over its predecessor, increasing density by 30% while enhancing performance by…
TSMC’s 2nm N2 process node enters production this year, A16 and N2P arriving next year
TSMC is on track to start high-volume production of chips on N2 (2nm-class), its first production technology that relies on gate-all-around (GAA) nanosheet transistors, in the second half of this year, the company revealed at its North American Technology Symposium 2025. This new node will enable numerous products launching next year, including AMD’s next-generation EPYC…