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Thursday 21 March 2013
TSMC facing increased competition at 28nm
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is facing increased competition in the 28nm market, as rival companies have entered mass production of 28nm chips and are able to...
Wednesday 20 March 2013
TSMC SSL to introduce LED chips with 130lm/W brightness in 2H12
TSMC Solid State Lighting (SSL) plans to introduce LED chip products that do not require packaging, with brightness reaching 130lm/W in the second half of 2013. The new product is...
Tuesday 19 March 2013
Global Unichip unveils new 28nm data converter IP family
Global Unichip has announced a new family of silicon proven digital-to-analog converter (DAC) and analog-to-digital converters (ADC) IP targeting TSMC's 28nm high performance mobile...
Monday 18 March 2013
TSMC to issue corporate bonds overseas, says report
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) plans to issue US$1.5 billion worth of unsecured corporate bonds overseas, according to a recent Economic Daily News report...
Thursday 14 March 2013
UMC to buy back shares
United Microelectronics (UMC) has unveiled plans to buy back up to NT$15.5 billion (US$447 million) of its shares and distribute them to employees. The share buyback will be the first...
Wednesday 13 March 2013
TSMC to tape out Apple A7 processor in March, say sources
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is expected to tape out Apple's A7 processor on a 20nm process in March and then move the chip into risk production in May-June,...
Tuesday 12 March 2013
Scientech shares soar on first-day TSE trading
Scientech, a Taiwan-based distributor of semiconductor equipment, started trading on the main board of the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) today (March 12). Its share price opened at...
Tuesday 12 March 2013
Intel may obtain 10% of Apple A7 processor orders, say institutional investors
Foundry service providers Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and Samsung Electronics are reportedly competing for Apple's A7 processor orders. Rumors regarding the...
Monday 11 March 2013
TSMC, UMC February revenues down on month, up on year
Taiwan-based foundry service providers Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics corporation (UMC) saw consolidated revenues of NT$41.182 billion...
Wednesday 6 March 2013
TSMC short-term growth momentum affected by low order visibility for 2Q13
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is expected to see its short-term growth momentum affected by a low order visibility from international smartphone and tablet chipset...
Monday 4 March 2013
Altera, Xilinx to switch from TSMC CoWoS process to PoP packaging for next-generation chips, says paper
Altera and Xilinx both have decided to adopt PoP (package on package) packaging technology for its next-generation chips, instead of using chip-on-wafer-on-substrate (CoWoS) process...
Wednesday 27 February 2013
With Intel grabbing Altera orders, can we now begin speculating about future Apple hookup?
Since Intel has opened up its fabs to other fabless IC firms, the Silicon Valley giant will pose a threat to TSMC at some point when it comes to high-volume orders, including future...
Tuesday 26 February 2013
Equipment maker GPTC posts significant revenue and profit growth in January
Buoyed by its recent acquisition of a chemical material supplier, as well as brisk demand from IC foundries, Grand Plastic Technology (GPTC) has reported significant on-year growth...
Tuesday 26 February 2013
Motech denies reported personnel reshuffle
Recently, market rumors have stated that Taiwan-based solar firm Motech may experience changes at the executive level because the firm's biggest shareholder, Taiwan Semiconductor...
Tuesday 26 February 2013
Mobile IC vendors asking to renegotiate backend quotes for 28nm products
The available capacity for 28nm mobile chips at IC foundries, mainly Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), has become sufficient to meet demand since early 2013. Suppliers...