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Friday 17 June 2011
TSMC wins orders for 28nm GPU from AMD, says paper
AMD reportedly has completed the tape-out of its next-generation GPU, codenamed Southern Islands, on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) 28nm process with High-k Metal...
Wednesday 15 June 2011
TI reportedly cuts wafer starts at TSMC, UMC
Texas Instruments (TI) has cut its orders to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC), according to sources in the industry...
Wednesday 15 June 2011
TSMC to spin off solar and LED lighting business units in August
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) announced on June 14 it plans to officially spin off its solar and solid state lighting business units on August 1. TSMC's shares...
Friday 10 June 2011
TSMC May revenues up 5.4% on year
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced consolidated revenues for May 2011 of NT$36.71 billion (US$1.28 billion), up 5.4% on year.
Thursday 9 June 2011
TSMC reiterates revenue target for 2011
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) target of 20% growth in 2011 consolidated revenues remains unchanged, according to company chairman and CEO Morris Chang.
Wednesday 8 June 2011
TSMC subsidiary VisEra granted AEO customs clearance privileges
VisEra Technologies, a Taiwan-based maker of CMOS image sensors and wafer-level optical lens modules spun off from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), has obtained...
Tuesday 7 June 2011
OmniVision, Avago reportedly win significant orders for iPhone 5
OmniVision has grabbed a majority of total CMOS image sensor (CIS) orders placed by Apple for the fifth-generation iPhone, market sources have claimed. Meanwhile, power amplifier...
Tuesday 31 May 2011
Motech has adequate funding, says chairman
Yuan-Huai Simon Tsuo, chairman of solar firm Motech, has been seen as an icon for Taiwan's solar industry. After TSMC became a shareholder of Motech, the industry has been wondering...
Tuesday 31 May 2011
Computex 2011: Nvidia CEO expects smart devices to outperform PCs after five years
Commenting on the tablet PC market, Nvidia CEO Huang Jen-hsun, at a company's press conference in Taiwan, pointed out that consumers do not care whether their products use x86- or...
Monday 30 May 2011
Commentary: Taiwan's economic growth and structural unemployment
The Institute of Management Development (IMD) in Switzerland recently published the World Competitiveness Yearbook ranking Taiwan's competitiveness at 6th place, improving two spots...
Thursday 26 May 2011
TSMC completes 28nm design infrastructure
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced that 28nm support within its Open Innovation Platform (OIP) design infrastructure is fully delivered, as demonstrated...
Tuesday 24 May 2011
Orise, TSMC partner on HD display driver IC for smartphones
Orise Technology has introduced what it claims is the industry's first fully integrated smartphone high definition (HD) display driver IC. The new display driver is manufactured on...
Monday 16 May 2011
ASML to ship 10 EUV tools in 2012
ASML has received 10 orders for its next-generation ultraviolet (EUV) lithography system – the NXE:3300 – with deliveries starting in 2012, according to the Dutch fab...
Friday 13 May 2011
Commentary: Taiwan government facing dilemma over NT dollar appreciation
Taiwan's currency has been at its strongest in 13 and half years. Due to the quantitative easing policy implemented by the Federal Reserves (the Feds), US dollar has been running...
Friday 13 May 2011
TSMC receives more requests to produce analog chips using 12-inch, advanced processes
A number of international analog IC companies have been in talks with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) for allocation of 12-inch wafer production capacity to put...