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Thursday 13 June 2013
TSMC to post record earnings and sales for 2013, says Chang
Judging from the current order visibility, Morris Chang, chairman and CEO of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), expects the foundry's performance in the second half...
Wednesday 29 May 2013
Xilinx, TSMC team up for 16nm FinFET FPGAs
Xilinx and TSMC have jointly announced that they are teaming up to create FPGAs built using 16nm FinFET process technology.
Friday 10 May 2013
TSMC to budget US$1.5 billion for R&D expenditure
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has unveiled plans to invest a record US$1.5 billion on research and development in 2013. The spending remains focused on maintaining...
Friday 10 May 2013
TSMC reiterates plans for 18-inch wafer manufacturing
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has reiterated plans to build its first 450mm (18-inch) pilot production lines, which will offer FinFET transistor technology at...
Thursday 25 April 2013
Only 4 IC foundries to compete in advanced process market, says Globalfoundries
There will be just a few major semiconductor companies engaged in the foundry industry, and only four players able to compete in the advanced 1Xnm process market segment, according...
Thursday 18 April 2013
TSMC 16nm FinFET to enter mass production within one year after 20nm ramp-up, says Chang
TSMC's 16nm FinFET process will enter mass production in less than one year after ramping up production of 20nm chips, company chairman and CEO Morris Chang said at an investors meeting...
Wednesday 17 April 2013
Globalpress Electronics Summit 2013: Mentor Graphics sees opportunities in FinFETS
Mentor Graphics chairman and CEO Wally Rhines has indicated that Mentor's design for test (DFT) and physical verification tools will be what distinguishes the EDA company in the development...
Tuesday 16 April 2013
TSMC, Altera team on 55nm embedded flash process
Programmable logic supplier Altera is working with foundry partner Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) on a 55nm embedded flash (EmbFlash) process technology tailored...
Tuesday 2 April 2013
TSMC tapes out first 16nm FinFET test chips
ARM and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) have jointly announced the first tape-out of a Cortex-A57 processor on FinFET process technology.
Tuesday 26 March 2013
Imagination, TSMC extend collaboration to FinFET and 3D ICs
Imagination Technologies and contract chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) have announced the next phase of their technology collaboration.
Monday 24 December 2012
Samsung delivers 14nm FinFET logic process and design infrastructure
Samsung Electronics has announced that it reached another milestone in the development of 14-nanometer (nm) FinFET process technology with the successful tape-out of multiple development...
Thursday 8 November 2012
TSMC 16nm FinFET rollout to come earlier than expected, says Digitimes Research analyst
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is expected to ramp up 20nm production ahead of schedule, and also put its 16nm FinFET process into production far earlier than expected,...
Friday 2 November 2012
UMC to develop 14nm FinFET process
United Microelectronics (UMC) will move to aggressively develop 14nm process technology featuring FinFET 3D transistors, according to company CEO Shih-Wei Sun. Deploying Finfet transistor...
Tuesday 2 October 2012
Globalfoundries 28/32nm foundry capacity hits as high as 80,000 wafers
Globalfoundries' combined capacity for 28/32nm chips has climbed to 60,000-80,000 wafers a month, according to Michael Noonen, the foundry's executive VP for marketing and sales.