TSMC regaining more orders from chipset players

Jul 25, 16:33

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has managed to regain more orders recently, aiming at sustaining a positive on-quarter growth in revenues for the third quarter,...

Mirle to build new plant in central Taiwan, says paper

Newswatch - Jul 22, 11:37

Flat-panel display (FPD) equipment specialist Mirle Automation will invest NT$760 million (US$26 million) to establish a factory on a 2.36-hectare site at the Central Taiwan Science...

Strong growth for semiconductor equipment in advanced packaging market, says Information Network

Jul 20, 10:28

Advanced packaging is currently growing at a 18% compound annual rate, and equipment manufacturers will be major beneficiaries, according to market research firm The Information Ne...

eMemory offers eNVM IP in TSMC 80nm HV technology

Jul 14, 14:05

Embedded non-volatile memory (eNVM) silicon IP developer eMemory Technology has announced that its one-time programmable memory, NeoBit, has been qualified in TSMC's 80nm high-voltage...

TSMC reiterates plans to commercially produce 28nm chips later in 2011

Jul 13, 16:53

Pure-play foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has said that its plans to start commercial production of chips using 28nm process this year remains unchanged...

Global Unichip seeing demand for 65nm and below processes rise

Jul 12, 15:07

Global Unichip has esimated that products requiring 65nm and below processing rose to account for more than 50% of its revenues in the second quarter, up from 45% in the first. The...

TSMC 2Q11 sales meet guidance

Jul 8, 14:57

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has reported NT$36.67 billion (US$1.28 billion) in consolidated revenues for June 2011, down 0.1% on month but up 0.9% on year. The...

Planned launch of Nvidia 28nm and 22/20nm GPUs moved back to 2012 and 2014

Jul 8, 14:55

Despite Nvidia CEO Huang Jen-hsun previously saying that the company is set to announce its new 28nm GPU architecture at the end of 2011 and 22/20nm in 2013, sources from graphics...

Chip inventories swell in 2Q11, says IHS iSuppli

Jul 8, 10:47

Semiconductor inventory levels at chip suppliers worldwide are believed to have risen for the seventh consecutive month in a row in the second quarter of 2011, as the industry rebuilds...

TSMC to lose Liang, says paper

Newswatch - Jul 7, 15:09

Mong-Song Liang will resign from the faculty of National Tsinghua University (Hsinchu, northern Taiwan) at the end of July, and is ready for his new career at Korea-based Samsung...

OmniVision to buy wafer-level lens manufacturing unit from JV

Jun 30, 13:50

OmniVision Technologies has announced plans to buy the wafer-level lens production operations from VisEra Technologies, its joint venture with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company...

Orders for tablets to account for 3% of TSMC 2011 revenues, says paper

Newswatch - Jun 24, 15:13

Orders for chips for tablet PCs are likely to contribute only a small percentage to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) consolidated revenues in 2011, and even 2012,...

Freescale unveils 28nm QorIQ multicore processors

Jun 23, 14:59

Freescale Semiconductor has unveiled its next-generation QorIQ multicore platform built on 28nm technology – the AMP (advanced multiprocessing) series – which incorporates...

TSMC 2Q11 sales expected to meet guidance

Jun 23, 01:05

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) consolidated revenues are expected to meet the company's guidance of NT$109-111 billion (US$3.8-3.9 billion), according to market...

TSMC, UMC likely to lower capex budgets for 2011, says paper

Newswatch - Jun 22, 13:45

Taiwan's two foundry giants are likely to revise downward their capex goals for 2011 due to worries that orders in the second half of the year may not be large enough to fill their...

British, Taiwan solar firms to hold seminar

Jun 21, 14:34

The British Trade and Cultural Office (BTCO) in Taiwan will be holding "UK Solar PV Market Development Seminar" in Taiwan on June 21. The purpose of the seminar is to introduce...

Foundries seeing slower growth in wafer starts for 3Q11, say sources

Jun 20, 11:16

Contract chipmakers Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) have seen their clients cut back on wafer starts for the third...

TSMC wins orders for 28nm GPU from AMD, says paper

Newswatch - Jun 17, 14:46

AMD reportedly has completed the tape-out of its next-generation GPU, codenamed Southern Islands, on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) 28nm process with High-k Metal...

TI reportedly cuts wafer starts at TSMC, UMC

Jun 15, 16:49

Texas Instruments (TI) has cut its orders to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC), according to sources in the industry...

TSMC to spin off solar and LED lighting business units in August

Jun 15, 01:15

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) announced on June 14 it plans to officially spin off its solar and solid state lighting business units on August 1. TSMC's shares...

TSMC May revenues up 5.4% on year

Jun 10, 15:05

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced consolidated revenues for May 2011 of NT$36.71 billion (US$1.28 billion), up 5.4% on year.

TSMC reiterates revenue target for 2011

Jun 9, 17:04

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) target of 20% growth in 2011 consolidated revenues remains unchanged, according to company chairman and CEO Morris Chang.

TSMC subsidiary VisEra granted AEO customs clearance privileges

Jun 8, 01:05

VisEra Technologies, a Taiwan-based maker of CMOS image sensors and wafer-level optical lens modules spun off from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), has obtained...

OmniVision, Avago reportedly win significant orders for iPhone 5

Jun 7, 16:57

OmniVision has grabbed a majority of total CMOS image sensor (CIS) orders placed by Apple for the fifth-generation iPhone, market sources have claimed. Meanwhile, power amplifier...

Motech has adequate funding, says chairman

May 31, 15:30

Yuan-Huai Simon Tsuo, chairman of solar firm Motech, has been seen as an icon for Taiwan's solar industry. After TSMC became a shareholder of Motech, the industry has been wondering...

Commentary: Taiwan's economic growth and structural unemployment

May 30, 10:41

The Institute of Management Development (IMD) in Switzerland recently published the World Competitiveness Yearbook ranking Taiwan's competitiveness at 6th place, improving two spots...

TSMC completes 28nm design infrastructure

May 26, 15:21

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced that 28nm support within its Open Innovation Platform (OIP) design infrastructure is fully delivered, as demonstrated...

Orise, TSMC partner on HD display driver IC for smartphones

May 24, 16:11

Orise Technology has introduced what it claims is the industry's first fully integrated smartphone high definition (HD) display driver IC. The new display driver is manufactured on...

ASML to ship 10 EUV tools in 2012

May 16, 11:40

ASML has received 10 orders for its next-generation ultraviolet (EUV) lithography system – the NXE:3300 – with deliveries starting in 2012, according to the Dutch fab...

Commentary: Taiwan government facing dilemma over NT dollar appreciation

May 13, 15:15

Taiwan's currency has been at its strongest in 13 and half years. Due to the quantitative easing policy implemented by the Federal Reserves (the Feds), US dollar has been running...

TSMC receives more requests to produce analog chips using 12-inch, advanced processes

May 13, 01:10

A number of international analog IC companies have been in talks with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) for allocation of 12-inch wafer production capacity to put...

TSMC joins Sematech

May 12, 14:40

Sematech, the global consortium of chipmakers, has announced Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) decision to join it as a core member.