Semiconductor Weekly | 20220719

1. Intel informs customers to increase the prices ofmost microprocessors and peripheral chipproducts by up to 20%.


2. TSMC's second-quarter net profit was approximately US$7.939 billion, a year-on-yearincrease of 76%. The 3-nanometer process will bemass-produced in the second half of this year, andwill contribute to revenue in the first half of nextyear; the 2-nanometer process will be trial-produced in 2024 and mass-produced in 2025.


3. The United States pressured ASML and Nikon toban the sale of DUV lithography machines to China.


4. The world may continue to face the problem ofglobal chip shortage until 2024. A traditional carneeds about 500 to 600 chips, and an intelligentnew energy vehicle needs more than 2,000 chips.