TSMC takes 'chip binning' to a whole new level as entire wafer 'found in a dumpster'
Chip binning' is supposed to be the process of testing newly manufactured silicon to see how many of the important bits work ...
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The race is on to build the world’s most complex machine
Yet unlike software, where industry leadership can shift in months, success in lithography is a slow-moving race measured in ...
Ming-Chi Kuo Dismisses Nvidia Order Cut Speculation Amid Intact AI Demand, Confirms TSMC Expansion On Track
Ming-Chi Kuo has debunked rumors of a major reduction in Nvidia's 2025 CoWoS wafer orders at TSMC, confirming expansion ...
TSMC's $100B U.S. Investment Leaves Intel On The Sidelines
TSMC's $100B U.S. expansion boosts semiconductor supply security, fuels AI growth, and offers 27.78% upside by 2026. Click ...
TSMC wafer found in a dumpster - is this the ultimate case of chip binning?
VNNI, claims to have found the wafer near TSMC's Fab 16 factory in Nanjing, China. While not cutting-edge, that ...
Semiconductor Engineering9d
Wafer-Level Test Infrastructure for Higher Parallel Wafer Level Testing of SoC
A new technical paper titled “Design and Implementation of Test Infrastructure for Higher Parallel Wafer Level Testing of ...
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An Entire TSMC Chip Wafer Found Chucked Into A Dumpster
Some dumpster diver in China lucked out when they went scavenging inside TSMC’s garbage recently and found a literal Chip ...