Last update: Wednesday 15 May 2013 [924 news items]
TSMC sees Samsung as formidable competitor
Jan 19, 16:34
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the world's largest contract chipmaker, has now identified Samsung Electronics as a potential and formidable competitor in the market...
TSMC reports EPS of NT$5.18 for 2011
Jan 18, 16:22
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has reported NT$134.2 billion (US$4.58 billion) in net profits for 2011, down 17.1% on year but staying at a high level as compared...
TSMC seeing 3G chip orders boom, sources say
Jan 18, 10:43
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has seen orders from the wireless communications sector boom recently, according to industry sources, adding that the contract chipmaker...
TSMC 4Q11 sales near high-end guidance
Jan 10, 15:45
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) saw its consolidated revenues amount to NT$104.7 billion (US$3.5 billion) in the fourth quarter of 2011, which came close to the...
Jan 9, 16:35
Revenues at United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) amounted to NT$24.43 billion (US$809.6 million) in the fourth quarter of 2011 after the foundry posted higher December sales...
STATS ChipPAC Taiwan to post sales growth in 1Q12 on short lead-time orders, says report
Newswatch - Jan 5, 14:00
Revenues at STATS ChipPAC Taiwan Semiconductor are expected to register slight sequential growth in the first quarter of 2012, thanks to a pull-in of testing orders for logic ICs...
TSMC to enter volume production on 18-inch wafers as early as 2015
Dec 23, 10:32
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will maintain its plans to begin trial production on 18-inch wafers in the 2013-2014 timeframe, with volume production slated for...
Powerchip in final stage of plant sale talks, says paper
Newswatch - Dec 19, 15:31
Powerchip Technology has entered into final-stage talks over the sale of its P3 12-inch wafer plant, the Chinese-language Commercial Times reported today. Globalfoundries...
TSMC November sales down, VIS up
Dec 12, 10:59
Foundry chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) saw its sales decrease sequentially in November 2011, joining fellow company United Microelectronics Corporation...
TSMC breaks ground for new facility equipped for 20nm and below
Dec 9, 14:55
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) on December 9 held a groundbreaking ceremony for the Phase 3 facility at Fab 15 in Taichung, central Taiwan, and also revealed that...
TSMC to begin third-phase construction at Fab 15
Dec 9, 01:35
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will soon break ground for the third phase construction of its new 12-inch wafer plant in central Taiwan. according to an invitation...
Materials and equipment pose challenges for 10nm semiconductor processes
Dec 7, 16:07
While semiconductor manufacturing processes have been continually upgraded through die shrinks, the development of processes for 10nm and below is expected to face challenges related...
TSMC gearing up for via-first TSV
Dec 5, 15:38
While major IC packagers have already devoted resources on TSV (via-last) development, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is also eyeing the market with its front-end...
Logic IC to outpace average chip growth in 2012, says TSMC chairman
Dec 5, 11:29
Morris Chang, chairman of contract chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), predicts that growth in the logic IC sector will outstrip the average of the semiconductor...
Digitimes Research: Top foundries in Greater China to see slight growth in 2011 revenues
Dec 1, 14:13
Following a strong recovery in 2010, Digitimes Research expects the top-three foundry chipmakers in Greater China to see their combined revenues grow at a modest 3% rate in 2011.
Dec 1, 01:20
Despite reports of brisk retail sales in the US during the Thanksgiving weekend, Taiwan's fabless IC companies and contract manufacturers do not expect a short-term rebound in orders,...
eMemory wins adoption of NeoBit OTP for naked-eye 3D image solution
Nov 29, 16:14
Embedded non-volatile memory (eNVM) silicon IP developer eMemory Technology has won adoption of its NeoBit OTP (one-time programmable) technology by US- and Europe-based clients for...
Copper pillar bump penetration of FC packaging to rise
Nov 29, 12:25
Adoption of copper pillar bump for flip-chip (FC) packaging is expected to increase, with its proportion rising from 10-20% in 2010-2011 to 20-30% in 2015, industry sources quoted...
TSMC seeing tight capacity for 28nm processes
Nov 25, 01:00
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) continues to see orders heat up for advanced 28nm technology, despite a general slowdown in the semiconductor industry, according...
Nov 24, 01:30
DRAM chipmakers Powerchip Technology and ProMOS Technologies are reportedly considering selling fabs in order to preserve cash and strengthen their financial structures. Bidders for...
Foundry orders losing momentum
Nov 22, 14:47
Foundry chipmakers have seen short lead-time orders lose momentum, according to industry sources. Short lead-time orders were a key factor contributing to their revenue growth in...
ARM builds new R&D center in Taiwan
Nov 18, 01:05
ARM has announced the opening of a new R&D center at the Hsinchu Science Park, northern Taiwan. The focus of the center will be physical IP development and processor implementation...
Powerchip considering plant sale, says paper
Newswatch - Nov 16, 17:00
Cash-strapped Powerchip Technology reportedly is exploring various options, including selling one of its 12-inch plants, in order to continue gaining support from its creditor banks,...
eMemory Technology wins TSMC IP Partner Award for second year straight
Nov 15, 01:45
eMemory Technology, a Taiwan-based provider of embedded non-volatile memory silicon IP and technology, on November 14 announced that it has won 2011 IP Partner Award from Taiwan Semiconductor...
STATS ChipPAC to open new wafer-level packaging plant in Taiwan, says paper
Newswatch - Nov 14, 16:40
STATS ChipPAC is scheduled to hold an inauguration ceremony for a 12-inch wafer bumping and wafer-level packaging plant in Hsinchu County, northern Taiwan, Thursday (November 17),...
Nov 10, 15:19
Foundry chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has reported a sequential 12.6% growth in consolidated revenues for October 2011.
TSMC board passes budget for advanced capacity expansion
Nov 9, 10:30
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) board of directors on November 8 approved a capex appropriation of US$1.06 billion specifically for increasing advanced technology...
IC orders for smartphones, tablets growing
Nov 2, 11:57
Qualcomm, MediaTek, Nvidia and Spreadtrum Communications have all increased their wafer starts at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) to meet anticipated demand for...
TSMC sees 3-5% chip market growth in 2012; 28nm plays company growth driver
Oct 27, 16:30
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) sales growth will continue to outperform the industry average in 2012, company chairman and CEO Morris Chang said at an investors...
Xilinx shipping new FPGA built on TSMC 28nm process
Oct 27, 10:12
Xilinx has announced the first shipments of its Virtex-7 2000T FPGA, the first product using 2.5D IC stacked packaging technology. The chip is built on TSMC's 28nm HPL (low power...
TSMC suing former R&D executive
Oct 27, 01:10
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has confirmed recent speculation that the company is suing Mong-Song Liang, a former R&D executive. The company said it is unable...
Morris Chang calls for more government support for Taiwan semiconductor sector
Oct 26, 11:43
Morris Chang, chairman and CEO of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), has urged the Taiwan government to do more to support the local semiconductor industry, in the...
TSMC ramps volume production of 28nm process
Oct 24, 16:58
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) announced that its 28nm process is in volume production, and production wafers have been shipped to customers including Altera, AMD...
Heavyweight newcomers to accelerate solar market transformation
Oct 19, 10:01
Solar firms have been facing low demand in 2011. As marginalization continues to weed out firms that are less competitive, many non-solar industry leading corporations have been eyeing...
ARM, TSMC tape out first 20nm ARM Cortex-A15 multi-core processor
Oct 19, 01:00
ARM and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) announced October 18 that they have taped out the first 20nm ARM Cortex-A15 MPCore processor. The two companies completed...
Altera has announced its next-generation 28nm Stratix V FPGA family, which offers up to 1.6Tbps of serial switching capability. Manufactured on TSMC's 28nm HP process, the Stratix...
Photo: Company, Apr 21.
Altera has announced silicon availability of 40nm field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) for communications, broadcast, test, medical and military applications. The new Altera FPGA...
Photo: Company, Dec 18.
TSMC: Steady semiconductor industry growth to persist for at least a decade
Kenneth Kin, senior vice president of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC)'s worldwide sales and service unit is confident of seeing the semiconductor industry maintain...
Photo: Andrea Liu, DigiTimes, Jun 23.
TSMC chairman Morris Chang shows 300mm wafer technology at SemiTech
TSMC chairman Morris Chang shows a 300mm wafer with copper pad and bumping, made by TSMC, to Taiwan's Premier Su Tseng-chang at SemiTech Taipei 2006
Photo: Vyacheslav Sobolev, DigiTimes, May 4.
TSMC showcases world's first 0.13-micron wafer
The world's first 12-inch wafer fabbed using a 0.13-micron process, produced by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, is on display at the company's booth at Semicon China.
Photo: Cage Chao, DigiTimes, Mar 23.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has received Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certifications for its green buidlings. Digitimes recently sat...
Focus on advanced processes: Q&A with Alchip chairman Kinying Kwan
Founded in 2003 by semiconductor veterans from Silicon Valley and Japan, Alchip provides silicon design and manufacturing services for companies developing complex and high-volume...
Emerging markets to drive China foundries' growth: Q&A with Digitimes Research analyst Nobunaga Chai
China's foundries may not be able to compete head-to-head against the industry's global top-three players in the most advanced process technologies, but their opportunities lie elsewhere...
MEMS mass production to lead to increased foundry outsourcing: Q&A with Siimpel CEO Chee Kwan
Increasing global demand for smartphones has resulted in related advancements in handset functionality and increased competition among component suppliers. In August of this year,...
- China market: Several smartphone components in short supply
- AUO supply of iPad mini panels in 2Q13 expected to slip sequentially
- Demand for small-size panel driver ICs stays strong
- Innolux, AUO differ in strategies for tapping China smartphone panel market
- Asustek unveils Intel 8 series motherboards
- Wintek to reportedly set up joint venture 6G touch panel factory in China with Nanjing Panda Electronics
- PCB firm Apex 2Q13 sales to rise over 10%
- Taiwan LED firms to attend Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition 2013
- Touch screen notebook shipments reach 4.57 million units in 1Q13, says Displaybank
- Asia Pacific leads worldwide mobile phone sales growth in 1Q13, says Gartner
- Mobile DRAM revenues slip 5% in 1Q13, says DRAMeXchange
- SMA Technology sees 1Q13 revenues fall on year
- SunPower announces fiscal 2013 financial guidance
- LED plant factory market to reach US$1.2 billion in 2013, says PIDA
- Suntech agrees on new forbearance agreement with converible note holders
- BlackBerry to offer BBM on Android and iOS platforms
- New generation iPhone may adopt sapphire crystal glass for home button
- Ledlink to begin LED lighting shell volume production in May-June
- Ruggedized PC vendors eyeing 7- to 8-inch tablet market
- Equipment maker Acter sees profits down in 1Q13
- Soft-World sees over 50% of 1Q13 profit from 3 subsidiaries
- Corning introduces Lotus XT Glass
- Synnex Technology reports profits for 1Q13
- HannStar Display posts 1Q13 profits
- Taiwan market: HTC, Samsung optimistic about May sales
- Digitimes Research: Rising mobile device demand drives TSMC, UMC wafer shipment growth in 2Q13
- Digitimes Research: Battery technologies regain focus as energy storage demand rises
- Digitimes Research: LED light bulb prices in Japan fall in April
- Digitimes Research: Sapphire 2-inch substrate prices to be around US$8/unit in 2013
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- Weak eurozone growth hits euro (May 15) - The Financial Times
- German factory orders rise for second month (May 7) - Bloomberg
- Eurozone retail sales fall for second consecutive month (May 6) - BBC News
- China economy to stay commodity-oriented, says JPMorgan (April 16) - Bloomberg
- S Korea in US$15.3 billion stimulus bid to spur economic growth (April 16) - BBC News
- Gold hit by sharpest tumble in 30 years (April 16) - CNN
- FBI probes Boston 'terror' blasts (April 16) - BBC News
- China GDP growth slows to 7.7% (April 14) - Wall Street Journal
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2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Edison Opto's cafe booth
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Apr 8.
2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Delta LED light bulbs
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Apr 8.
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Apr 8.
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2013 Taiwan Internationbal Lighting Show: Epistar applications for agricultural lighting
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Mar 29.
2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Everlight residential LED lighting
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Mar 29.
2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Edison Opto LED strip lamp
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Mar 29.
Opportunity lies for MEMS energy harvesting: Q&A with Holst Centre general manager Bert Gyselinckx
Digitimes recently interviewed Bert Gyselinckx, general manager of the Holst Centre in Eindhoven, to...
Returning with stronger competitiveness: Q&A with Lu Li-Cheng, Chaintech chairman
Chaintech, a motherboard/graphics card maker, which quit the market once and returned recently, has...
MEMS-enabled energy harvesting: Q&A with MIG executive director Karen Lightman
Digitimes recently spoke with Karen Lightman, the executive director of MEMS Industry Group (MIG),...
Complete mobile platform solutions: Q&A with Broadcom executive VP Robert Rango
In a relentless competition against rivals including Qualcomm, Nvidia and Media in the smartphone chipset...
- Smartphone and tablet industry: The view from Taiwan - May 2012
Taiwan-based companies have a long and successful history of involvement in the supply chain for mobile devices, which for the purposes of this article consist...
- Taiwan motherboard industry overview - May 2012
The year 2011 saw the motherboard industry reverse its trend of declining shipments year-on-year, to post a slight 0.2% growth. This upturn in fortunes was expected...
- Notebook market overview - Jun 2011
The notebook industry in 2010 experienced several major events that significantly changed the industry's ecosystem for the year and the industry is also believed...
- LCD TV overview - Jun 2011
Growth of the global LCD TV market was not as strong as expected in 2010 as the market continued to feel the aftershocks of the economic recession that had hit...
- Trends and shipment forecast for 2H 2012 tablet market
Digitimes Research remains conservative about the prospects for the period, with half-year shipments projected to reach 49.18 million units and whole-year shipments being revised downward to 88.69 million units.
- Trends in the China video market
In addition to strong potential video content demand in China, the market has developed rapidly due to government intervention and delays in establishing copyright protections.
- 4Q12 trends in the Greater China touch panel industry
In the second half of 2012, the market focus is on the iPhone 5, which uses in-cell touch screen technology. Due to the integration of display panels and touch panel functions, the high technological threshold will mean Taiwan touch panel makers are unable to enter the iPhone supply chain.