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Report: Impact of Taiwanese Earthquake on DRAM Output to be Negligible in Q2

Anand Tech

earthquake that struck Taiwan on April 3, 2024, there was immediate concern over what impact this could have on chip production within the country. Even for a well-prepared country like Taiwan, the tremor was the strongest quake to hit the region in 25 years, making it no small matter. Following the magnitude 7.2

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TSMC to Expand Capacity for Mature and Specialty Nodes by 50%

Anand Tech

The plan includes building numerous new fabs in Taiwan, Japan, and China. TSMC, which has among the largest CapEx budgets in the semiconductor industries (which is challenged only by Samsung) has in recent years been relatively quiet about their mature and specialty node production plans. Fab 14 Phase 8 in Tainan, Taiwan.

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With Facebook’s ????, Oculus Is Fending off Old Enemies, Former Friends, and New Foes

Road to VR

While the Oculus for Business bundle is offered in 17 countries, crucially, China is not among them—a major VR market which Oculus isn’t serving, and where Taiwan-based HTC has committed significant resources. Former Friends – Samsung. Samsung was perhaps Oculus’ first major ally. Image courtesy Oculus.

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TSMC Roadmap Update: N3E in 2024, N2 in 2026, Major Changes Incoming

Anand Tech

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Meanwhile, with N2, the cadence is set to stretch to about three years, which largely means a strategic shift in TSMC's strategy of node development. has solid plans for the next few years, but the foundry's manufacturing technology design cycles are getting longer. Changes Are Coming.

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Weekend Downloads: New on Gear VR and Oculus Rift

VRScout

Weekend Downloads is part of our weekly update to bring you the latest additions to the Samsung Gear VR and Oculus Rift. Whether its a whacky melee fighting game, traveling to whiskey distilleries, visiting cityscapes of Taiwan, or sitting back to enjoy spectating some eSports action — there’s something for everyone.

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