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Friday 25 June 2010
TSMC to take delivery of EUV lithography system in 2011, says R&D head
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will take delivery of its first extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography system from ASML in 2011 paving the way for the company to...
Wednesday 28 April 2010
TSMC 2Q10 revenues to top NT$100 billion; revises market outlook
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has provided positive guidance for the second quarter of 2010, and upwardly revised its forecast for 2010 global semiconductor and...
Tuesday 20 April 2010
Samsung shipping NAND flash chips using 20nm-class process
Samsung Electronics has announced what it claims is the industry's first production of 20nm-class NAND chips for use in Secure Digital (SD) memory cards and embedded memory solutions...
Thursday 15 April 2010
TSMC to develop below 14nm process, says chairman
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will be part of the industry's drive in the development of wafer manufacturing processes below 14nm, according to company chairman...
Wednesday 14 April 2010
TSMC to skip 22nm, moving directly to 20nm
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced that it will skip the 22nm manufacturing process node and move directly to a 20nm technology, and TSMC is expected...
Friday 5 March 2010
Apple iPad may delay transition to SSD, say hard drive makers
The appearance of Apple's iPad may create tight supply of NAND flash and delay the transition to solid-state drives (SSD) in PCs, according to sources from hard drive makers.
Friday 5 February 2010
Silicon Motion set to deliver controllers for 20nm NAND flash
Silicon Motion Technology has seen the majority of controller chips it is shipping are for 40nm and 30nm NAND flash, according to company president and CEO Wallace Kou. The NAND flash...
Tuesday 2 February 2010
Micron makes gains in 2009 NAND flash market, unseats Hynix in top-3
Micron Technology captured a 9.4% share of the global NAND flash market in 2009, exceeding Hynix Semiconductor's share by 0.3pp points, according to DRAMeXchange. Samsung Electronics...
Wednesday 25 November 2009
Ramp-up of 20nm nodes may accelerate SSD adoption in PCs in 2011
NAND flash prices will be driven down significantly in 2011, when major chip suppliers progress to 20nm-class processes, according to industry players and observers from Taiwan and...
Tuesday 17 November 2009
Toshiba develops photoresist for 20nm EUV lithography
Toshiba has announced development of a high-resolution photo-sensitive film (photoresist) essential for future application of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography in semiconductor...
Monday 21 September 2009
Toshiba and SanDisk reportedly to begin sub-30nm NAND flash production in 2H10
Toshiba and its NAND flash partner SanDisk reportedly plan to begin mass producing NAND flash chips fabricated on 20nm-class process technology in the second half of 2010, according...
Wednesday 17 June 2009
Is Moore's Law becoming academic? asks iSuppli
The high cost of semiconductor manufacturing equipment is making continued chip-making advancements too expensive to use for volume production, relegating Moore's Law to the laboratory...