TSMC has revealed plans to expand capacity for 28nm processes, and to start making 20nm chips ahead of schedule. Fellow firm UMC will hold a groundbreaking ceremony for new factory buildings (Phase 5 and 6) at its Fab 12A in May with the new capacity to build 28nm chips.
Last update: Tuesday 10 April 2012 [7 news items]
UMC to break ground for new factory buildings at 12-inch fab in May
Apr 10, 01:30
United Microelectronics (UMC) is scheduled to hold a groundbreaking ceremony for new factory buildings (Phase 5 and 6) at its 12-inch Fab 12A located at the Southern Taiwan Science...
TSMC to revise 2012 capex, says Chang
Apr 10, 01:25
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will announce its revised capex budget for 2012 at its upcoming investors meeting on April 26, according to company chairman and...
TSMC begins further expansion of Fab 14
Apr 9, 12:03
TSMC on April 9 held a groundbreaking ceremony at the South Taiwan Science Park in Tainan for Phase 5 of its Fab 14 Gigafab. Following TSMC's Fab 12 Phase 6 in Hsinchu, this facility...
TSMC 28nm capacity in large shortage
Apr 6, 01:10
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) 28nm foundry capacity has been drastically short of demand from Qualcomm, AMD and Nvidia mainly, but the shortage is expected to...
TSMC likely to expand 28nm manufacturing capacity
Mar 20, 01:15
With current capacity for 28nm processes filled up, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is likely to expand the leading-edge process capacity later in 2012, according...
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...
Graphics card makers conservative about Nvidia and AMD 28nm chips
Oct 26, 16:09
While Nvidia and AMD are poised to use Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC's) 28nm technology to produce the GPUs Kepler and Southern Islands respectively, most Taiwan-based...
AUO to supply panels for use in 2nd-gen Nexus 7, say sources
Displays | 1h 2min ago
US fab-tool book-to-bill stays above parity, says SEMI
Bits + chips | 1h 29min ago
Solar cell prices may increase to US$0.43/W in Taiwan
Green energy | 1h 31min ago
Sony Mobile to extend cooperation with ODM firms, says marketing executive
Mobile + telecom | 1h 34min ago
Quartz component maker TXC expects sales to rise through 4Q13
Before Going to Press | 1h 44min ago
Facebook sets up OCP Taiwan
Before Going to Press | 2h 12min ago
Memory module firms to showcase new SSDs at Computex 2013
Before Going to Press | 2h 35min ago
UDE likely to obtain orders from 2 game console vendors
Before Going to Press | 2h 42min ago
Polarizer makers under price-cut pressure from clients
Before Going to Press | 2h 43min ago
IC suppliers expect PC demand to hit bottom in 2Q13
Before Going to Press | 2h 44min ago
Phison warns several backend firms of possible patent infringement
Before Going to Press | 2h 45min ago
AUO aims at 20% market share for eTP touch panels for notebooks in 2013
Before Going to Press | 3h 14min ago
Digitimes Research: US new solar installations may only reach 3.5GW in 2013
Before Going to Press | 3h 16min ago
Global LCD monitor OEM shipments down 14% on year in 1Q13, says TPV
Before Going to Press | 3h 36min ago
Asia set to be largest 4G LTE market, says Nokia Siemens executive
Before Going to Press | 3h 37min ago
Unity Opto expects orders to increase from June to September
Before Going to Press | 4h 7min ago
CSOT showcases 110-inch Ultra HD TV panel at 2013 SID Display Week
Before Going to Press | 4h 14min ago
TPV Technology suffers 1Q13 net loss of over US$11 million
Before Going to Press | 4h 35min ago
Lenovo aims to surpass Samsung in global smartphone market share, says paper
Before Going to Press | 4h 47min ago
AMD unveils Temash, Kabini SoC APUs
Before Going to Press | 4h 48min ago
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- Wintek expects to see positive turnaround in July 2013; develops Retina display technology, says chairman
- Senao expanding retail chain in eastern China
- Foxconn able to produce carbon nanotube touch panel sizes up to 10-inch
- Buynow expects EPS of at least NT$4.50 for 2013
- HannStar to reach 95% utilization in 2Q13
- Windows 8 expected to take up 5-8% of global tablet shipments in 2013, say Taiwan makers
- China market: Online gaming revenues over CNY 12 billion in 1Q13, says Analysys
- One quarter of all notebooks to ship with touchscreens by 2016, says IHS
- Taiwan market: LG launches waterproof smartphone
- Hermes to see revenues grow higher than 10% sequentially in 2Q13
- Elan shipping touchscreen controller ICs for new Nexus 7
- Samsung showcases new displays at SID 2013
- UMC Singapore unit expands and puts focus on R&D
- E Ink launches 3 pigment electronic paper display
- Nanjing Z-Com developing 4G small cells for China market
- Digitimes Research: Global LED tube light shipments to reach 220 million units in 2013
- Solar industry capex hits 7-year low in 2013, says IHS
- Lextar expected to see 2Q13 gross margin rise to 13-14%
- Large-size TFT LCD panel shipments expected to drop 6% in 2013, says DisplaySearch
- Flat panel public display market expected to grow 23% annually through 2017, says DisplaySearch
- China Labor Day LCD TV sales surge by double-digit percentage, says IHS
- E Ink unveils low temperature matrix electronic paper display for freezers
- CSOT successfully produces 32-inch Oxide TFT LCD module
- China-based ARM-architecture IC designers to attend 2013 Computex Taipei
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- Toshiba shrinks 64Gbit flash chips, but still lags Samsung (May 21) - PC World
- RFMD announces flexible gallium arsenide sourcing strategy (March 19) - Company release
- Samsung takes top spot in 28-32 nm chip foundry business: data (May 20) - Yonhap News
- Did Allwinner outsell Intel, Qualcomm? (May 8) - EE Times
- Imec and Renesas collaborate on ultra-low power short range radios (May 16) - Company release
- AMD announces memory modules designed for gaming (May 8) - x-bit Labs
- Fabless suppliers play increasing role in IC market (May 1) - IC Insights
- Ex-Palm chief joins Qualcomm's board (May 6) - CNET
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