United Microelectronics (UMC) is expected to move its 14nm FinFET process to volume production in the second quarter of 2017, with Bitcoin mining company BitFury being the first customer,...
Samsung Electronics has announced mass production of the Exynos 7 Dual 7270, which the company claims is the industry's first mobile application processor (AP) designed specifically...
Intel is making 14nm application processors for Spreadtrum Communications with sample shipments starting in October, and the pair is eyeing orders from Samsung Electronics, according...
AMD has entered into a long-term amendment to its wafer-supply agreement with Globalfoundries for the period from January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2020, according to the fabless chi...
Samsung Electronics has announced mass production of the Exynos 7 Quad 7570 built on 14nm process technology for the budget smartphone market as well as other IoT devices. Exynos...
Toppan Photomasks (TPI) has announced the approval of the next phase of investment for its recently expanded factory in Shanghai, China operated under Toppan Photomasks Company Limited,...
SJ Semiconductor (SJSemi) has begun mass production of 14nm wafer bumping for Qualcomm, the companies have jointly announced. Mass production of 14nm wafer bumping in China is part...
Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) expects to post revenue growth of 3-7% sequentially in the second quarter of 2016, with gross margin ranging from 25% to 27%.
Cadence Design Systems has announced that its complete suite of digital and signoff tools has achieved certification for Samsung Foundry's process design kit (PDK) and foundation...
Samsung Electronics has announced the newest member of its Exynos 7 Octa processor line-up, the Exynos 7 Octa 7870. Using the company's 14nm FinFET process technology, the Exynos...
Samsung Electronics has begun mass production of advanced logic chips utilizing its 14nm LPP (low-power plus) process, according to the South Korea-based chipmaker.
AMD provided customers with a glimpse of its upcoming 2016 Polaris GPU architecture, highlighting a wide range of significant architectural improvements including HDR monitor support,...
Globalfoundries has announced the availability of FX-14, an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) offering built on the company's 14nm FinFET process technology. The FX-14...
Competition among smartphone-use SoC providers is expected to heat up in 2016 as companies are gearing up for their new 8- or 10-core solution rollouts.
