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TSMC Approves $6.7 Billion Fab Expansion For 7nm, 5nm Chip Production
TSMC’s Board of Directors approved the company budget for another semiconductor fab expansion. With a budget totaling 6.74 billion US dollars. It includes,
1) Fab construction, and installation of fab facility systems.
2) Installation and upgrade of advanced technology capacity
3) Installation of specialty technology capacity
4) Installation of advanced packaging capacity
5) Second-quarter 2020 R&D capital investments and sustaining capital expenditures.
TSMC’s financial statements for 2019 were also approved at the board meeting, with consolidated revenues totaling about NT$1.07 trillion, net income of NT$345.26 billion, and diluted EPS of NT$13.32.
The huge amount of capital is mainly used to expand advanced technology production lines. In addition to 7nm full load, there will be 6nm and 5nm processes this year. Apple’s A14 and Huawei’s Hisilicon Kirin 1020 chips will all use 5nm processes.
TSMC’s second-generation 7nm process and 5nm process will use a large number of EUV lithography machines. Such equipment can only be produced by ASML, and each unit costs more than 120 million US dollars.
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According to the official information, the Huawei released the delisting announcement of its Petal Mail App. The full text of the announcement is as follows: [translated]
Thank you for your continued attention and support to the Huawei Petal Mail App. In order to better adapt to the changing needs of product experience, service content and local markets, we have made strategic adjustments to the Huawei Petal Mail App.
The Petal Mail App will officially switch to the Email App on December 31, 2024, and the Petal Mail App will no longer be available for download from the App Store. The Petal Mail App you have installed can be used normally. We apologize for the inconvenience. You can continue to view, send or receive emails in the pre-installed Email App on your Huawei phone or use a computer browser to open the Petal Mail official website ( https://www.petalmail.com ), and your emails and personal data will not be lost.
Huawei released the Mate 70 series of mobile phones, with a starting price of 5,499 yuan. At present, the prices of spare parts for the new Mate 70 series have been announced on Huawei’s official website.
Huawei Mate 70 lineup repair spare parts prices announced
Battery and motherboard
Mate 70
Battery — 199
12GB+256GB — 2499
12GB+512GB — 2899
12GB+1TB — 3599
Mate 70 Pro
Battery — 199
12GB+256GB — 2899
12GB+512GB — 3299
12GB+1TB — 3999
Mate 70 Pro+
Battery — 299
16GB+512GB — 4399
16GB+1TB — 4899
Mate 70 RS
Battery — 299
16GB+512GB — 6499
16GB+1TB — 6999
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Huawei officially announced the new FreeBuds Pro 4 headphones. This is the first TWS headset equipped with HarmonyOS NEXT and will be officially launched at the Huawei Mate Brand Festival on November 26.
As can be seen from the poster, the headset adopts an in-ear design with black and gold color matching, and the overall shape is similar to the previous generation. With the support of the new system, FreeBuds Pro 4 is expected to bring more functional upgrades.
For reference, Huawei FreeBuds Pro 3 was released in September last year with an initial price of 1,499 yuan . It is equipped with the Kirin A2 chip that uses Polar code, supports Star Flash connection core technology and Bluetooth technology, and the new L2HC 3.0 protocol.
