TSMC Starts Preparing For 1nm Production, Plans For a Cutting-Edge Facility In Taiwan

In 2023, TSMC only had one 3nm customer, which was Apple, but as it takes on more clients this year, it needs to address its production capabilities to cater to additional orders. According to one report, the Taiwanese giant intends to increase production to 100,000 monthly wafers in 2024 while also focusing on increasing yields by 3nm.

One of the best things about Fortnite, and the reason that it helps itself stand out from a crowd that continually try to copy its mojo, is that it uses IPs in interesting ways beyond just doing special skins for players to wear. Sometimes, they use these characters that they’ve acquired to make entirely new modes for gamers to have fun in, for a limited time, of course. So, who got the tap to have a special mode made about them this time? That would be the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! The four radical brothers are back in the Epic Games title via the “Cowabunga” event, and they’re ready to kick some shell!

It’s a dismal time to be in video game development, as companies continue to announce layoffs. Now, Take-Two Interactive – the parent company of Rockstar – is looking to enact a “significant cost reduction plan,” but it doesn’t necessarily mean redundancies.

Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick says the company has “no current plans” for layoffs, despite the launch of a strategy to reduce costs across the company.

Amid an industry with extensive layoffs, including Activision-Blizzard post-acquisition by Microsoft, publisher Take-Two Interactive is looking to avoid the same. Following an earnings call for its recent fiscal report, CEO Strauss Zelnick told Variety, “We have no current plans for layoffs.

Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick has said the company, publisher of Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption, has «no current plans» to layoff staff as it continues to pursue its cost reduction program.

Nintendo recently shared their earnings for the third quarter of their 2024 fiscal year (which runs from April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024) and, as we reported, it was a good three months for the company with the Switch inching closer to edging out the PS2 as the best-selling console ever. Overall, the first three quarters of FY2024 have set a record for the company, with them bringing in ¥408 billion (or about $2.8 billion). But what about what comes next?

TSMC's 2nm process has attracted significant client interest, with the likes of Apple and Intel lining up to secure the initial production batch amid huge demand.

According to a Wall Street Journal report, US President Joe Biden will soon announce subsidies top semiconductor companies like Samsung, Intel, TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co) and others to make advanced chips in the US. The strategy is to keep the US and its allies as ahead of fierce rivals like China as is possible. 

AMD's recently released Instinct MI300X accelerators have taken the AI market by storm, as it is causing "headaches" for competitors due to their appeal in the industry

Intel Foundry has announced a "strategic" collaboration with the famous Taiwanese semiconductor firm UMC as they vow to move together in semiconductor development.

Black Forest Games, a German video game developer subsidiary of THQ Nordic, which Embracer Group owns, is reportedly planning to lay off around 50% of its employees. Last December, two Danish developers owned by Embracer Group, 3D Realms and Slipgate Ironworks, announced that over half of their staff would have their roles eliminated. With that announcement, around 1000 people were laid off by Embracer in the second half of 2023. Now, Black Forest Games is seemingly the latest developer to be affected.