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Thursday 6 April 2017
TSMC orders equipment for nearly NT$5 billion
Pure-play foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) on April 5 disclosed a total of nearly NT$5 billion (US$164.4 million) spent on machinery equipment from ASML and...
Thursday 6 April 2017
TSMC Nanjing fab gearing up for opening
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will soon strike deals with a number of equipment, materials and components companies that will support production at its new 12-inch...
Wednesday 5 April 2017
CHPT posts record revenues for 1Q17
IC testing solution provider Chunghwa Precision Test Technology (CHPT) saw its March revenues climb to a record high of NT$271 million (US$8.9 million), driven by brisk demand from...
Wednesday 29 March 2017
Xintec looks to turnaround in 2H17
Taiwan's Xintec, an affiliate of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) specializing in packaging services for CMOS image sensors as well as MEMS and fingerprint sensors,...
Monday 27 March 2017
TSMC to begin volume production of A11 chips in April, says paper
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will begin volume production of Apple's A11 chips in April and will prepare a capacity for production of 50 million units of the...
Friday 24 March 2017
TSMC to start installing equipment at Nanjing fab in 2H17
Equipment move-in will take place at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) Nanjing plant in the second half of 2017, according to Roger Luo, president for TSMC Nanjing...
Wednesday 22 March 2017
MediaTek appoints Rick Tsai as co-CEO
MediaTek has appointed Rick Tsai as the company's co-CEO, effective July 1, 2017. Tsai will report directly to MediaTek chairman and CEO Ming-Kai Tsai and will also assume responsibility...
Monday 20 March 2017
TSMC enlisted US as potential site for 3nm chip production, says paper
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has officially enlisted the US as an optional location to build a new manufacturing fab for production of 3nm chips, according to...
Friday 17 March 2017
Mentor Graphics announces further certification of design tools for TSMC 12FFC and 7nm processes
TSMC has certified its Calibre Platform (Calibre nmDRC, Calibre Multi-Patterning, Calibre nmLVS, Calibre YieldEnhancer with SmartFill, and Calibre xACT tools), as well as the Analog...
Thursday 16 March 2017
MediaTek to roll out 12nm product in 2H17
MediaTek plans to roll out a new mobile SoC solution built by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) using the foundry's 12nm process technology in the second half of 2017,...
Monday 13 March 2017
TSMC lands orders for HPC chips from Nvidia, Qualcomm, says paper
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has landed orders for high performance computing (HPC) chips for AI applications from Nvidia and Qualcomm, respectively, according...
Monday 13 March 2017
TSMC February revenues fall to 10-month low
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) saw its February revenues fall to a new 10-month low as a result of seasonal factors and fewer working days during the month.
Thursday 9 March 2017
TSMC China sees profits decline significantly in 2016, says paper
TSMC China, a TSMC 8-inch subsidiary in Shanghai, yielded net profits of NT$6.094 billion (US$197.52 million) in 2016, a sharp decline of 30.19% from a year earlier, according to...
Thursday 9 March 2017
MediaTek sticking with TSMC for 7nm chips
Despite experiencing unsatisfactory yield rates for TSMC's 10nm process, MediaTek will continue to partner with the foundry to make its next-generation flagship mobile chips, according...
Tuesday 7 March 2017
Foxconn, TSMC to partner on Toshiba Memory bid, says paper
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) have reportedly joined forces in a bid for Toshiba Memory's shares, according...