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Friday 3 March 2017
TSMC will continue to outgrow global chip industry, says chairman
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is expected to post 5-10% revenue growth in 2017, outperforming the global semiconductor industry's growth of 4-5%, according to...
Thursday 2 March 2017
Foundry 10nm yield rates still unsatisfactory
Unsatisfactory yield rates for foundries' 10nm FinFET technologies have pushed back smartphone SoC suppliers' schedules to ship their next-generation products, according to industry...
Wednesday 1 March 2017
TSMC seeking stake in Toshiba chip business to expand into 3D NAND sector
Pure-play foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is looking to expand into the 3D NAND sector through investing in Toshiba's memory business, according to industry...
Friday 24 February 2017
Taiwan maintains largest share of global IC wafer fab capacity, says IC Insights
Taiwan led all regions/countries in wafer capacity with 21.3% share, a slight decrease from 21.7% in 2015 when the country first became the global wafer capacity leader, according...
Friday 24 February 2017
TSMC on track to move 5nm to risk production in 1H19
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is on track to start risk production of 5nm chips in the first half of 2019, said company co-CEO Mark Liu at its annual supply chain...
Wednesday 22 February 2017
TSMC reportedly to join bid for stake in Toshiba memory business
Toshiba is looking to spin off its flash memory business with plans to sell more than half of the planned separate entity to one or more than one company, and reportedly will initiate...
Saturday 18 February 2017
TSMC spends NT$7.5 billion on equipment
Pure-play foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has recently disclosed six separate purchases of manufacturing equipment and facilities for a total of NT$7.525...
Saturday 18 February 2017
Eight-inch fabs operating at full capacity
Eight-inch wafer fabs in China and Taiwan are running at full capacity driven by brisk demand for smartphone-use ICs including fingerprint-recognition sensors, LCD driver ICs and...
Saturday 18 February 2017
Xintec swings to loss for 2016
Taiwan-based Xintec, an affiliate of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) specializing in packaging services for CMOS image sensors as well as MEMS and fingerprint sensors,...
Friday 17 February 2017
Intel continues to drive semiconductor industry R&D spending, says IC Insights
Intel continued to top all other chip companies in R&D expenditures in 2016 with spending reaching US$12.7 billion, according to IC Insights. Intel's R&D spending represented...
Wednesday 15 February 2017
TSMC co-CEOs to join board
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) board of directors has approved a proposal to increase the number of directors to 10 from eight, and authorized chairman Morris...
Tuesday 14 February 2017
TSMC to deal out cash dividend of NT$7 for 2016
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) board of directors has adopted a proposal recommending the distribution of a NT$7 (US$0.23) cash dividend per share for 2016. The...
Tuesday 14 February 2017
Robust fingerprint sensor demand continues to fill 8-inch fab capacity in 2017
IC foundries will continue to see a pull-in of orders for fingerprint-recognition sensor chips to fill their 8-inch fab capacity in 2017, according to industry sources. Meanwhile,...
Monday 13 February 2017
TSMC subscribes to Apple bonds
TSMC has spent a total of US$11.4 million to acquire corporate bonds issued by Apple, according to a company filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE). The bonds are priced at US$100.21...
Friday 10 February 2017
TSMC January revenues fall to 6-month low
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) saw its January revenues fall to a new six-month low due mainly to seasonal factors such as fewer working days.