TAIPEI, Dec. 16 (CNA) Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (TSMC), the world’s largest chip maker, said Thursday that an advanced technology designed specifically for use in High Performance Computing (HPC) devices is set to begin production on a trial basis. basis in the first half of 2023.
The company said the N4X process is the first technology TSMC has released for use in HPC devices and is expected to serve as a driver for the chip maker’s sales growth in the future.
According to TSMC, N4X technology represents the absolute performance and maximum clock frequencies in the advanced 5nm family. The designation “X” is reserved for TSMC technologies developed specifically for HPC products.
Compared to previous N5 operations, N4X technology will provide a performance boost of up to 15 percent, TSMC said. The chip maker added that N4X’s technology was up to 4 percent faster than the previous N4P’s at 1.2 volts.
TSMC said the N4X process can achieve drive voltages in excess of 1.2V and deliver additional performance, while its customers can also take advantage of the N5 process’s common design rules to accelerate development of their N4X products.
“HPC is now the fastest growing business segment at TSMC, and we are proud to introduce N4X, the first in the ‘X’ line of high-performance semiconductor technologies,” said Kevin Chang (張曉強), Senior Vice President of Business Development at TSMC. a permit.
“The demands of the HPC sector are uncompromising, and TSMC has not only customized our ‘X’ semiconductor technologies to unleash the ultimate performance, but also combined them with 3DFabric advanced encapsulation technologies to deliver the best HPC platform,” added Chang.
In the local stock market, optimism about TSMC’s outlook prompted investors to buy its shares on Thursday, the date the stock exited earnings before paying NT$2.75 (US$0.097) in cash dividends per share for its second-quarter earnings. .
Due to the strong buying that emerged shortly after the market opened, TSMC shares returned to their previous dividend level, rising to NT$650.00, and their strength continued until the end of Thursday’s trading session closing at NT$605.00 for the day. High, on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
The stock closed at NT$600.00 on Wednesday.
For companies in Taiwan that largely issue cash dividends annually, the dividend date is the date the stock begins trading, minus the amount of cash dividends to be paid on the previous year’s dividend.
As of 2019, TSMC began issuing cash dividends on a quarterly basis, rather than annually.
It was the fifth time that TSMC saw its stock return to its previous dividend level on its ex-dividend date after the chip maker began paying cash dividends on a quarterly basis.
The cash dividend payment is scheduled for January 13, 2022, when TSMC will issue a total of approximately NT$71.31 billion to its shareholders.
TSMC Chairman Mark Liu (劉德 音) is expected to receive a cash dividend of NT$35.51 million from his company based on his ownership of 12.91 million shares in TSMC.
Meanwhile, Executive Yuan’s National Development Fund, the chipmaker’s largest shareholder, is expected to distribute cash dividends of NT$4.547 billion as the fund owns about 1.654 billion shares in TSMC.
