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Tuesday 2 December 2014
HiSilicon expands adoption of Cadence tools and IP for advanced-node FinFET designs
Cadence Design Systems announced on December 1 that HiSilicon Technologies has signed an agreement to significantly expand its use of the Cadence digital and custom/analog flows for...
Thursday 30 October 2014
TSMC to trail Samsung by 14pp in FinFET in 2015, says Barclays
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will have a 39% share in the FinFET process segment in 2015 compared to Samsung Electronics' 53%, according to an estimate of Barclays...
Monday 6 October 2014
ARM and TSMC unveil roadmap for 64-bit ARM-based processors on 10nm FinFET process
ARM and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) have announced a new multi-year agreement that will deliver ARMv8-A processor IP optimized for TSMC 10nm FinFET process technology...
Wednesday 1 October 2014
TSMC, ARM announce silicon validation of ARM Cortex CPUs on 16nm FinFET process
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and ARM have jointly announced the results from a key FinFET silicon validation of the ARM big.LITTLE implementation, using ARM Cortex-A57...
Friday 26 September 2014
TSMC releases networking processors based on 16nm FinFET
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced the successful production of ARM-based networking processors using its advanced 16nm FinFET foundry technology through...
Tuesday 15 July 2014
Huawei to become first client for TSMC 16nm FinFET process
China-based smartphone vendor Huawei is likely to be the first client for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's 16nm FinFET process node, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 8 July 2014
Qualcomm reportedly places FinFET chip orders with Samsung
Qualcomm reportedly has placed its first batch of FinFET chip orders with Samsung Electronics, instead of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) as widely expected. Samsung...
Thursday 12 June 2014
UMC to enter trial production of 14nm FinFET process in 1H15
United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) will continue to develop advanced processes with plans to enter trial production of 14nm FinFET products in the first half of 2015, according...
Thursday 15 May 2014
TSMC, Samsung competing to roll out more advanced processes
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and Samsung Electronics are competing to bring more advanced processes to the market, with TSMC eager to promote its 16nm FinFET...
Monday 31 March 2014
TSMC likely to launch 16nm FinFET+ process at year-end 2014
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is likely to add two more advanced processes to its 16nm process portfolio in order to compete with the 14nm nodes to be released...
Thursday 12 December 2013
TSMC moves 16nm FinFET to risk production
TSMC's 16nm FinFET has entered risk production, with volume production scheduled to kick off within one year, according to the foundry chipmaker. Newly-appointed co-CEO Mark Liu said...
Wednesday 13 November 2013
Globalfoundries, Samsung said to team up to vie for Apple chip orders
Rumors have been circulated in the IC industry claiming that Globalfoundries and Samsung Electronics will team up to vie for A9-series chip orders from Apple. Under the reported tie-up,...
Friday 13 September 2013
Digitimes Research: Samsung eager to snatch 14nm A9 chip orders from Apple
Samsung Electronics has put its R&D focus on 14nm FinFET process development, looking to snatch A9 chip orders from Apple, according to Digitimes Research.
Friday 6 September 2013
3D NAND, FinFET to drive semiconductor equipment market growth, says Applied Materials
With chipmakers engaged in the development of 3D NAND and FinFET technologies, the global semiconductor market is set to expand another 25-35%, said an Applied Materials executive...
Thursday 27 June 2013
Synopsys, UMC team up for 14nm FinFET
IC foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) has announced that its partnership with Synopsys, a provider of electronic design automation (EDA) software and services, resulted in the...