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Friday 11 December 2015
TSMC to provide backend InFO packaging technology for Apple chips, says report
TSMC is scheduled to move its integrated fan-out (InFO) wafer-level packaging technology to volume production in the second quarter of 2016. Apple will be among the first wave of...
Thursday 10 December 2015
TSMC November revenues fall
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced consolidated revenues of NT$63.43 billion (US$1.93 billion) for November 2015, down 22.4% on month and 12.2% on year...
Thursday 10 December 2015
New TSMC fab in China likely to target orders for driver ICs, touchscreen solutions
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) planned 12-inch wafer fab in China could be vying for 16nm chip orders from China's local IC design houses specializing in the...
Thursday 10 December 2015
Commentary: TSMC new fab to boost China semiconductor industry
The announcement by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) to build a 12-inch wafer manufacturing facility in Nanjing, China heralds the establishment of a cluster of semiconductor...
Wednesday 9 December 2015
Asia pure-play foundries to generate combined US$40 billion in 2016, says TrendForce
Combined revenues of Asia-based pure-play semiconductor foundries are forecast to exceed US$36 billion in 2015, and top US$40 billion in 2016, according to a report from TrendForce...
Tuesday 8 December 2015
HMI November revenues jump over 100%
Electron beam (e-beam) inspection tool and solution provider Hermes Microvision (HMI) has announced November revenues of NT$432 million (US$13.2 million), representing a 101% jump...
Monday 7 December 2015
Taiwan MOEA confirms receipt of TSMC application for 12-inch fab in China
The Investment Commission of Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) has confirmed it has received an application submitted by TSMC for establishing a 12-inch wafer manufacturing...
Monday 7 December 2015
TSMC applies for 12-inch wafer fab and design service center in China
TSMC today submitted an application to the Investment Commission of Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs for an investment project to build a wholly-owned 12-inch wafer manufacturing...
Friday 4 December 2015
TSMC to post another double-digit revenue increase in 2016, says co-CEO
TSMC will post another double-digit revenue increase in 2016, with its growth continuing to outpace the industry's average growth, according to company president and co-CEO Mark Li...
Thursday 3 December 2015
TSMC expands production based on GaN Systems technololgy
GaN Systems, a maker of gallium nitride power transistors, has announced that its foundry partner Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) has expanded production of products based...
Wednesday 2 December 2015
TSMC orders NT$6.8 billion of equipment
Contract chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has purchased a batch of machinery and engineering equipment from Siemens Limited and ASML Hong Kong for a total...
Monday 30 November 2015
TSMC to dispose of Xintec shares
TSMC has announced plans to sell its 5.1% ownership of Xintec. The 5.1% Xintec ownership is part of the 10.2% Xintec ownership TSMC obtained from its purchase of OmniVision Technologies'...
Monday 30 November 2015
MediaTek to place foundry orders with SMIC, says paper
MediaTek is considering to including China-based Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) as one of its wafer foundry partners, according to a Chinese-language...
Monday 30 November 2015
TSMC to dispose of more Motech shares
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced plans to sell 29.16 million common shares of Motech Industries, or approximately 6% of the solar cell maker's paid-in-capital...
Friday 27 November 2015
TSMC raises holdings in affiliate Xintec
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has hiked its holdings in affiliate Xintec to more than 51%, as a result of the addition of two new subsidiaries to TSMC, Xintec...