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Tuesday 2 April 2013
TSMC to install 20nm fab equipment ahead of schedule, says report
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) plans to begin installing production equipment at its 20nm-capable facilities on April 20, about two months ahead of schedule, according...
Wednesday 27 March 2013
TSMC to raise additional NT$100 billion in 2Q13
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has been engaged in fundraising activities aimed at enhancing its ability to finance technology upgrades and capacity expansions,...
Tuesday 19 March 2013
ASML, Globalfoundries partner to tape out 28nm and 20nm chips
ASML has announced that one of its subsidiaries will partner with Globalfoundries to accelerate the development of future nodes.
Wednesday 13 March 2013
TSMC to tape out Apple A7 processor in March, say sources
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is expected to tape out Apple's A7 processor on a 20nm process in March and then move the chip into risk production in May-June,...
Monday 4 March 2013
Altera, Xilinx to switch from TSMC CoWoS process to PoP packaging for next-generation chips, says paper
Altera and Xilinx both have decided to adopt PoP (package on package) packaging technology for its next-generation chips, instead of using chip-on-wafer-on-substrate (CoWoS) process...
Wednesday 30 January 2013
SK Hynix posts second straight quarterly profit
SK Hynix, the world's second-largest DRAM maker, has posted its second straight quarterly profit in the fourth quarter of 2012.
Wednesday 16 January 2013
TSMC with 20nm SoC most likely to secure chip orders from Apple, says Digitimes Research analyst
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is expected to start making an integrated AP/GPU solution for Apple, using 20nm SoC process technology, according to Digitimes Research...
Monday 24 December 2012
Global NAND flash output value to rise 15% in 2013, says DRAMeXchange
Output value for the global NAND flash memory industry will rise 15% in 2013, with the growth driven mainly by brisk demand for integrated solid-state drives (SSD) and embedded MMC...
Monday 17 December 2012
IC backend services firms to ride high as TSMC ramps capex for 2013, say sources
Taiwan-based IC backend services companies will benefit from an increase in capital expenditure (capex) by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) in 2013, according to...
Wednesday 28 November 2012
Intel updates CPU roadmap for 1Q13
Intel is set to upgrade its entry-level desktop Pentium and Celeron product lines in the first quarter of 2013 with the launch of Ivy Bridge-based 22nm Pentium G2130, G2020 and G2020T...
Wednesday 28 November 2012
Apple CPU orders raise concerns over TSMC production capacity
The semiconductor industry is now more concerned about how Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacture Company (TSMC) is going to distribute its production capacity, and what proportion of revenues...
Thursday 15 November 2012
Xilinx to use TSMC as sole 20nm process supplier, says report
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will be the only supplier of the 20nm process to Xilinx' just-announced 8-series FPGAs, and second-generation 3D ICs and SoCs, the...
Thursday 8 November 2012
TSMC 16nm FinFET rollout to come earlier than expected, says Digitimes Research analyst
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is expected to ramp up 20nm production ahead of schedule, and also put its 16nm FinFET process into production far earlier than expected,...
Monday 5 November 2012
Samsung reportedly delays new logic fab construction
Samsung Electronics is likely to put off the construction of a new logic fabrication facility dubbed Line-17, due to the possibility of losing a portion of orders for Apple's next-generation...
Monday 22 October 2012
Korean DRAM firms gearing up for 20nm
Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix have both stepped up efforts to migrate to 20nm process technology, which is expected to become their mainstream production node for DRAM memory in...