Construction of TSMC's fab in Arizona is on track to move in equipment as ealy as mid-2022, and equipment suppliers are aleady sending teams of engineers to the US state to assist the pure-play foundry's 5nm fab project. In China, its top-3 pure-play foundries have seen significant business growth despite COVID-19 and US-China tensions, according to Digitimes Research. RISC-V is seeing strong growth. Digitimes recently talked to RISC-V International CTO Mark Himelstein and Andes Technology CEO Frankwell Lin about the prospects of the open-source platform.

TSMC to start equipment move-in at Arizona fab as early as mid-2022: Pure-play foundry TSMC is expected to kick off equipment move-in at its new advanced 5nm fab in the US state of Arizona as early as mid 2022, according to industry sources.

China top-3 foundries to see combined revenue hit record high in 2021, says Digitimes Research: China's top-3 pure-play foundries are expected to see their combined revenue grow 16% on year to hit another record high in 2021, buoyed by continued strong demand for power devices, CMOS image sensors, radio-frequency ICs and other chip solutions demanding specialty-node manufacturing, according to Digitimes Research.

The ability to innovate: Q&A with RISC-V International CTO Mark Himelstein and Andes Technology CEO Frankwell Lin: RISC-V is seeing strong growth as an open-source platform for innovations across many different industries. The RISC-V architecture is also enjoying increased adoption in high-performance computing and storage systems.