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Thursday 15 January 2015
Samsung and Globalfoundries reportedly win majority of A9 orders
Samsung Electronics and Globalfoundries have secured a combined 70% of orders for Apple's A9 processors with their 14nm FinFET technology, according to industry sources.
Thursday 15 January 2015
Globalfoundries and Linear to offer joint analog solution for wearables and MEMS sensors markets
Contract chipmaker Globalfoundries and Linear Dimensions Semiconductor, which specializes in low-power analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits, have announced that they are working...
Tuesday 30 December 2014
Globalfoundries reportedly to likely delay 14nm ramp-up
Globalfoundries has stopped deliveries of tools for 14nm to its fab, which would delay the foundry's production ramp-up of the process by one to two quarters, according to an industry...
Friday 19 December 2014
Qualcomm, MediaTek to diversify foundry sources, say industry watchers
Qualcomm will contract both Samsung Electronics and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) to manufacture its 1Xnm chips, whereas MediaTek is also likely to have more than...
Thursday 18 December 2014
Globalfoundries and Cadence deliver first SoC enablement solution featuring ARM Cortex-A17 processor in 28nm-SLP process
Cadence Design Systems and Globalfoundries have jointly announced the delivery of quad-core silicon built around the ARM Cortex-A17 processor implemented using Globlfoundries' 28nm...
Thursday 18 December 2014
14nm process to bring healthy competition among foundries: Q&A with Globalfoundries senior VP Chuck Fox
The move by Globalfoundries to acquire IBM's semiconductor business unit and to team up with Samsung Electronics to aggressively step into the 14nm process market indicates the US-based...
Thursday 11 December 2014
Globalfoundries striving to win orders from Qualcomm and Apple
Globalfoundries is striving to be among the major contract chipmakers of Qualcomm and Apple, vying for 14nm chip orders from the two vendors, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 12 August 2014
More IC vendors seeking wafer production capacity at foundry houses other than TSMC
More fabless IC design houses are seeking wafer production capacity at Samsung Electronics, Globalfoundries, United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) and Semiconductor Manufacturing...
Monday 11 August 2014
ProMOS idle 12-inch fab is up for grabs
A number of semiconductor firms, including Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), Micron Technology, Globalfoundries and Toshiba, are likely to participate in an open...
Wednesday 2 July 2014
Chipset solution vendors seek 28nm capacity at UMC, Globalfoundries and SMIC
Chipset solution vendors including Qualcomm and MediaTek have continued to seek additional 28nm capacity at United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC), Globalfoundries and, particularly,...
Tuesday 1 July 2014
Samsung/Globalfoundries team reportedly lands 14nm orders from Qualcomm, Apple
The Samsung Electronics and Globalfoundries team reportedly has landed orders for its 14nm FinFET process from Qualcomm and Apple, with related foundry services to begin in early...
Monday 30 June 2014
GlobalFoundries to upgrade Singapore fab from 8-inch to 12-inch, says senior VP
GloablFoundries will upgrade its 8-inch fab in Singapore to a 12-inch fab mainly by having equipment moved from a 12-inch fab in Taiwan that it acquired from Taiwan-based DRAM maker...
Wednesday 25 June 2014
STATS ChipPAC puts up for sale
STATS ChipPAC, the world's fourth-largest IC backend service company, has put itself up for sale with Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE), Changjiang Electronics Technology,...
Tuesday 17 June 2014
Digitimes Research: Korea semiconductor companies to ramp up capital spending in 2H14
Semiconductor capital spending by Samsung Electronics has topped the world's semiconductor companies for the fourth straight year since 2010. In 2014, Samsung's semiconductor capex...
Tuesday 13 May 2014
Qualcomm plans to shift 20nm orders from TSMC to Samsung or Globalfoundries, say sources
Qualcomm reportedly plans to shift its 20nm process orders from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) to Samsung Electronics or Globalfoundries, according to industry...