1724 news items tagged TSMC
Ambiq Micro, TSMC team up to develop Huawei fitness wearables
Friday 8 September 2017Ambiq Micro announced recently that Huawei has selected the Apollo2 platform, built on TSMC's 40nm Near-Vt technology platform, to power its new line of lightweight fitness wearables...
SPIL obtains packaging orders for AMD Vega 11 GPUs
Friday 8 September 2017AMD will continue to contract Globalfoundries to manufacture its next-generation Vega GPUs, and will have Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) as its major packager for the chips,...
TSMC clarifies report on antitrust investigation
Thursday 7 September 2017Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has responded to media reports indicating the company is facing EU and US antitrust investigations by saying it has not received...
Upstream material suppliers in new iPhone supply chain to see strong growth
Monday 4 September 2017With Apple expected to launch its new iPhone soon, Taiwan players in the US vendor's smartphone supply chain are warming up to embrace a new round of business boom, with the upstream...
Samsung seeking long-term supply contracts with wafer firms
Wednesday 30 August 2017Samsung Electronics is striving to sign long-term supply contracts with multiple wafer makers to ensure sufficient silicon wafer supplies for the manufacture of memory chips and logic...
E&R Engineering shipping laser-cutting machines to Intel in small volume, sources say
Tuesday 29 August 2017Taiwan-based E&R Engineering has started shipping laser-cutting machines in small volume to Intel, according to market sources. The fab toolmaker is also about to obtain verification...
Xintec loss widens in 1H17
Friday 25 August 2017Image sensor packaging specialist Xintec saw its losses widen to NT$609 million (US$20 million) in the first half of 2017, with EPS reaching negative NT$2.25.
ASML opens branch office in Nanjing
Thursday 24 August 2017ASML has announced the opening of a new branch office in Nanjing, China where its major client TSMC is constructing a new 12-inch wafer plant.
Semiconductor industry capital spending to rise 20% in 2017, says IC Insights
Thursday 24 August 2017IC Insights has revised its outlook for semiconductor industry capital spending to 20% growth in 2017. Spending for the first half of 2017 was already 48% greater than a year ago,...
China could enhance its position in post-Moore's Law era, says former TSMC COO
Wednesday 23 August 2017China's semiconductor industry could have a chance of strengthening its position in the post-Moore's Law era, according to Shang-yi Chiang, former executive VP and co-chief operating...
Qualcomm developing 3D depth sensing technology
Tuesday 22 August 2017Qualcomm is partnering with its ecosystem partners to develop 3D depth sensing technology, which will be applied to Andriod smartphones powered the Snapdragon mobile chips, according...
Qualcomm to extend tie-up with TSMC, says executive
Monday 21 August 2017Qualcomm has been working with Taiwan's semiconductor firms for years, including an almost 10-year collaboration with TSMC, said Sudeepto Roy, VP of engineering for Qualcomm Technology...
China market: MediaTek to roll out new Helio P series for mid-range smartphones
Thursday 17 August 2017MediaTek has sent out invitations for a product event to be held in Beijing on August 29, when the company will introduce its new Helio P23 and P30 series designed for mid-range smartphones,...
ASE output hit by power outage
Wednesday 16 August 2017A sudden massive blackout took place in Taiwan on August 15 which hit Advanced Semiconductor Engineering's (ASE) plants in Kaohsiung. The incident will likely result in losses of...
HiSilicon among top-5 customers of TSMC
Wednesday 16 August 2017With volume production for its Kirin 970-series chips kicking off, HiSilicon Technologies has become one of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) top-5 customers, according...
Robust silicon wafer, photoresist demand to boost Topco revenues in 3Q17
Tuesday 15 August 2017IC materials distributor Topco Scientific is expected to report brisk sales results for the third quarter of 2017 thanks to strong demand for silicon wafers and photoresists, according...
MediaTek under pressure to cut chip prices
Tuesday 15 August 2017With Qualcomm lowering prices for its Snapdragon 450 chips to less than US$10.50, MediaTek is under pressure to cut prices for its upcoming Helio P23 series designed for mid-range...
TSMC 12nm FinFET process ready for volume production in 4Q17, says report
Monday 14 August 2017Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will enter volume production of chips built using its 12nm FinFET process in the fourth quarter of 2017, according to a recent Chinese-language...
TSMC July revenues fall to 3-month low
Thursday 10 August 2017Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) saw its July revenues fall to a three-month low of NT$71.61 billion (US$2.36 billion).
TSMC approves new capex spending for capacity expansion
Wednesday 9 August 2017Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has approved the appropriation of around US$3.15 billion, which includes funding for new facilities construction with costs estimated...
Global Unichip targeting AI sector
Monday 7 August 2017Taiwan-based Global Unichip, an IC design service company partnering with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), is looking to expand its business in the artificial intelligence...
Commentary: Can Samsung Foundry unseat TSMC?
Thursday 3 August 2017Samsung Foundry has unveiled an aggressive sub-10nm roadmap that scales down to 4nm, and claimed it is looking to unseat United Microelectronics (UMC) as the world's second-largest...
TSMC reportedly to give 2H17 server orders to Supermicro
Monday 31 July 2017Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has reportedly shifted its server procurement orders for the second half of 2017 from the original supplier Lenovo to Supermicro...
TSMC to enter mass production for new 10nm HiSilicon chips in September, says report
Friday 28 July 2017Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has reportedly begun mass production of 10nm chips in the third quarter by fulfilling orders for Apple's A11 chips, as well as HiSilicon's...
TSMC, UMC offer higher prices to secure wafer supplies
Thursday 27 July 2017Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics (UMC) have recently secured 1-2 year supply contracts with Shin-Etsu and Sumco and offered higher prices...

TSMC: Steady semiconductor industry growth to persist for at least a decade
Photo: Andrea Liu, DigiTimes, Friday 23 June 2006
- Apple shares drop on more warnings from iPhone supply chain (Apr 25) - Reuters
- Apple clouds ASML earnings forecast (Apr 13) - Barron's
- Samsung building advanced chip-packaging facilities (Mar 28) - The Investor
- Fan-out wars begin (Feb 5) - Semiconductor Engineering
- TSMC to make automotive chips for Renesas (Mar 27) - Nikkei Asian Review
- GlobalFoundries asks China to probe TSMC (Mar 7) - Nikkei Asian Review
- Technology stocks drag Asia lower as Morgan Stanley downgrades (Nov 27) - Bloomberg
- Samung close to securing two new customers for its 7nm foundry (Nov 24) - ETNews.com
- Apple acquired InVisage with well over 100 patents on quantum dot technology for advanced cameras and beyond (Nov 9) - Patently Apple
- Apple iPhone X packs Intel, Qualcomm (Nov 3) - EE Times