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Monday 21 September 2009
Altera to maintain TSMC relationship; does not rule out opportunities for additional foundry partnerships in future
When recently asked if Altera ruled out the possibility of partnering with more foundries in the future for low-cost chip production, Ying Chen, country manager, Altera Taiwan reiterated...
Thursday 10 September 2009
Kinsus to see revenues grow 15-20% sequentially in 3Q09
Taiwan-based IC substrate maker Kinsus Interconnect Technology is expected to see its revenues grow 15-20% sequentially in the third quarter, higher than the 15% increase projected...
Thursday 3 September 2009
Qualcomm, Xilinx and Altera reduce wafer starts at foundries for 4Q09, say sources
Wireless chipmaker Qualcomm, and FPGA designers Altera and Xilinx have reduced their wafer start orders for the fourth calendar quarter of 2009 to their foundry partners, according...
Tuesday 18 August 2009
IC distributor Galaxy Far East expects growing demand for CPLDs
Taiwan-based IC distributor Galaxy Far East noted that complex programmable logic devices (CPLDs) are being used widely in smartphones for enabling design of more functions and are...
Tuesday 18 August 2009
Kinsus FC CSP substrate utilization rate up on orders from Qualcomm
Taiwan-based IC substrate maker Kinsus Interconnect Technology has seen its capacity utilization for flip-chip chip scale packaging (FC CSP) substrates rise to more than 80% and the...
Thursday 14 May 2009
Globalfoundries raids talent from TSMC and Altera
Globalfoundries has raided talent from leading semiconductor companies, including Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and one of TSMC's major FPGA clients Altera. Subramani...
Monday 13 April 2009
TSMC speeds up 12-inch fab expansion
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has completed fourth-phase expansion to its 12-inch facility, Fab 12, at the Hsinchu Science Park (HSP), where production at the...
Friday 3 April 2009
FPGA orders to UMC and TSMC increase 10% in 2Q09
FPGA chip makers Altera and Xilinx have both increase second-quarter orders to Taiwan-based foundries United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing...
Wednesday 11 March 2009
ASE maintains 1Q09 guidance, despite rising China demand
Wafer packaging and testing firm Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) has not followed fellow industry players in revising its guidance for the first quarter of 2009 despite rising...
Wednesday 4 March 2009
Altera guidance revision to spur growth for Taiwan suppliers
Altera's recently-revised guidance for the first quarter of 2009 is good news for its contract suppliers in Taiwan, which include foundry partner Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing...
Monday 2 March 2009
Gearing up for 28nm FPGA: Q&A with Altera CEO John Daane
Although the global semiconductor industry will continue to decline this year, Altera is confident of its performance in 2009. The company will maintain strong relationships with...
Monday 16 February 2009
Altera reiterates partnership with TSMC
In response to speculated changes in partnerships between FPGA designers and foundries, John Daane, CEO of Altera, has indicated his company will maintain its long-term relationship...
Friday 6 February 2009
Altera 40nm Stratix IV GT and Arria II GX FPGAs targeting both high-end and low-end markets
Altera has announced two new 40nm FPGA products, the Stratix IV GT and Arria II GX, with integrated transceivers broadening the company's portfolio of transceiver FPGA and ASIC sol...
Friday 6 February 2009
Altera reportedly to partner with UMC
Following rumors speculating that Xilinx is likely to start cooperating with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) for its next-generation 32nm FPGA (field-programmable...
Wednesday 4 February 2009
China 3G deployment to benefit TSMC and UMC, says paper
China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom have begun their deployment of 3G networks and expect to begin operations before June. The China government forecasts to see 50 million...