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Friday 13 July 2012
Globalfoundries to fab 28nm chips for Qualcomm, says paper
Qualcomm has contracted Globalfoundries' Dresden fab to manufacture 28nm chips, the Chinese-language Commercial Times cited unnamed equipment makers as saying in a recent...
Thursday 12 July 2012
TSMC touting next-generation 20nm process in the US
TSMC's sales representatives and its design service team, as well as a group of technical support staff from its IC design subsidiary Global Unichip, have been stationed in the US...
Thursday 12 July 2012
Marketech to post revenues of almost NT$11 billion for 2012
Automation equipment specialist Marketech International has posted revenues of NT$5.72 billion (US$190.76 million) for the first six months of 2012, down 30.1% on year. Despite the...
Wednesday 11 July 2012
TSMC to see decreased utilization in 3Q12, say IC designers
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is expected to see the utilization rate of its foundry capacity drop in the third quarter, as some IC design houses may cut back orders...
Wednesday 11 July 2012
TSMC evaluating ASML investment proposal
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has confirmed that it has received an investment proposal from ASML Holding for joint development of advanced chipmaking technology,...
Tuesday 10 July 2012
TSMC posts growth in 2Q12 sales
Consolidated revenues at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) amounted to NT$128.06 billion (US$4.3 billion) in the second quarter of 2012, showing growth of 21.4% sequentially...
Monday 9 July 2012
Nvidia, AMD unlikely to switch from TSMC to Samsung for 28nm foundry
While Qualcomm has reportedly switched foundry orders for its 28nm-based Snapdragon S4 processors from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) to Samsung Electronics because...
Thursday 5 July 2012
TSMC has no plans to purchase Renesas 12-inch fab, says chairman
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has no plans to take up Renesas Electronics' 12-inch fab in Tsuruoka, Yamagata prefecture, but will continue to maintain a close relationship...
Monday 2 July 2012
UMC reportedly to start building 28nm chips for Qualcomm in 4Q12, says report
United Microelectronics (UMC) reportedly has secured orders for 28nm Snapdragon S4 chips from Qualcomm with volume production slated for the fourth quarter of 2012, according to a...
Friday 29 June 2012
TSMC likely to post single-digit growth in 3Q12
Consolidated revenues at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will likely register a single-digit sequential increase in the third quarter of 2012, or just flat growth,...
Thursday 28 June 2012
Imagination Technology Forum: Advanced SoC solutions in cooperation with TSMC
Imagination, one of the world's three largest makers of multimedia and communications semiconductor intellectual property (IP) cores recently held a technology forum in Taiwan's northern...
Monday 25 June 2012
Imagination optimizes its IP capabilities with TSMC on latest silicon process technologies
Imagination Technologies, a leading multimedia and communications technologies company, announced its collaboration with TSMC to ensure that licensees of all of Imagination's IP (intellectual...
Thursday 21 June 2012
ADI, TSMC develop new process for precision analog ICs
Analog Devices (ADI) and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) have announced a collaboratively-developed analog process technology platform for precision analog ICs.
Tuesday 19 June 2012
TSMC reportedly seeing orders slow down
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) IC design customers have been cautious about placing orders scheduled to ship in the fourth quarter of 2012 as uncertainty is discouraging...
Friday 15 June 2012
Imagination steps up collaboration with TSMC
GPU IP vendor Imagination Technologies has announced a collaboration with TSMC to ensure that licensees of all of Imagination's IP cores can optimize speed, area and power consumption...