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Monday 25 June 2018
TSMC dominance in 7nm process enhanced with InFO package
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is enjoying a sweeping dominance in the 7nm process space, as it has entered volume production of APs for new iPhones set to hit...
Friday 22 June 2018
TSMC likely to make Qualcomm 7nm Snapdragon chips
Speculation has been circulating that Qualcomm will return to TSMC for 7nm. Industry sources believe that the foundry with its 7nm FinFET process node will win back its major contract...
Friday 22 June 2018
TSMC ramping up 7nm chip production
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has started commercial production of chips built using 7nm process technology, according to company CEO CC Wei. The foundry is also...
Friday 22 June 2018
TSMC develops SiP technology
Pure-play foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has been enhancing its IC packaging capability by developing system-level packaging technology.
Wednesday 20 June 2018
Morris Chang: A banquet that marks the conclusion of an era
Taiwan Semiconductor Industry Association (TSIA) recently hosted a banquet to bid farewell to Morris Chang following his retirement. The guests there - including leaders in the tech...
Friday 15 June 2018
IC designers vying hard for 8-inch foundry support despite quote hikes
Despite foundry quotes at 8-inch fabs in Taiwan and China to see 20-30% hikes in the third quarter of 2018, IC design houses across the Taiwan Straits are gearing up to vie for foundry...
Thursday 14 June 2018
Government backing crucial for Taiwan IC achievements, says TSMC CEO
When Texas Instruments' new engineer Jack Kilby invented the world's first IC in 1958, no one could imagine that 60 years later, ICs have deeply rooted in Taiwan, now the world's...
Monday 11 June 2018
GPU, ASIC supply chains see dim prospects for crypto mining
Affected by the abrupt fading of crypto mining craze starting in April 2018, suppliers of mining graphic cards are plagued by increasingly high inventories, and players in the supply...
Friday 8 June 2018
TSMC 2Q18 revenues to meet guidance
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is expected to see its second-quarter revenues meet the company's guidance given in mid-April, and will have its third-quarter revenues...
Friday 8 June 2018
TSMC accelerating 7nm process production plan to meet demand
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is likely to move its 7nm process technology to mass production ahead of schedule to meet growing demand from its fabless clients...
Thursday 7 June 2018
MediaTek to intro enhanced version of Helio P60 AI chip in 2H18
MediaTek is expected to introduce an enhanced version of its Helio P60 SoC designed for midrange smartphones that come with artificial intelligence (AI) features in the second half...
Wednesday 6 June 2018
Chang expresses trust in new TSMC leadership as he bids farewell
Morris Chang said at TSMC's annual shareholders meeting on June 5 that he believes the dual leadership of Mark Liu and CC Wei will create another "miraculous" growth for the pure-play...
Wednesday 6 June 2018
MediaTek releases 5G modem chips set for shipment in 2019
MediaTek has newly released its 5G modem chipset solution, the Helio M70, to be fabricated using TSMC's 7nm process incorporating EUV technology, and will kick off official shipments...
Tuesday 5 June 2018
TSMC names new chairman
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced Mark Liu, currently co-CEO and president of the pure-play foundry, has been promoted to chairman effective immediate...
Tuesday 5 June 2018
Nvidia debuts AI platform, computer to power autonomous robots
US GPU chipmaker Nvidia has unveiled two new products at Computex 2018: the Isaac developer platform and Jetson Xavier, both built to power autonomous robots and bring AI (artificial...