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Wednesday 14 October 2015
TSMC seeing brisk demand for 16nm chips from China
Almost 10 China-based IC design houses have already entered design-in process using TSMC's 16nm FinFET technology, which is ready for rapid demand growth in China, according to Roger...
Monday 12 October 2015
Pure-play foundry market to grow 6% in 2015, says IC Insights
The total pure-play foundry market is forecast to grow 6.1% to US$44.9 billion in 2015, according to IC Insights. The entire increase in pure-play foundry sales is forecast to be...
Thursday 8 October 2015
TSMC 3Q15 revenues rise 3.4%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) saw its third-quarter revenues increase 3.4% sequentially to reach the company's third-highest quarterly figure on record.
Friday 2 October 2015
Xilinx ships 16nm chips ahead of schedule
Xilinx has announced it is shipping 16nm multiprocessor SoCs (MPSoC) to customers a quarter ahead of schedule. The early release of the Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC enables Xilinx customers...
Friday 2 October 2015
Imagination receives TSMC 2015 Graphics Partner of the Year Award
Imagination Technologies (IMG.L) announces that it was awarded a Partner of the Year Award from TSMC during the TSMC Open Innovation Platform (OIP) Ecosystem Forum. Imagination received...
Friday 25 September 2015
IC backend houses to stay cautious as TSMC warns of sales drop in 4Q15
With Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) forecasting a sequential decline in fourth-quarter revenues, Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) and other backend companies...
Wednesday 23 September 2015
TSMC expects sales drop in 4Q15
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced that its third-quarter revenues will exceed its guidance given in mid-July, thanks to a more favorable US dollar exchange...
Wednesday 23 September 2015
Cadence offers design tools for TSMC InFO packaging
Cadence Design Systems has announced that its Allegro system-in-package (SiP) and physical verification system (PVS) implementation technologies have been enabled for TSMC's integrated...
Friday 18 September 2015
Recent executive changes at chipmakers
There were executive changes recently at chipmakers including Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), United Microelectronics (UMC) and Micron Technology, which have drawn...
Thursday 17 September 2015
Cadence announces IP portfolio for TSMC 10nm FinFET process
Cadence Design Systems has announced an intellectual property (IP) portfolio for TSMC's 10nm FinFET (N10) process. Cadence has already secured multiple design wins with this portfolio...
Wednesday 16 September 2015
eMemory announces verified NeoFuse OTP IP in 16nm FinFET Plus process
Taiwan-based eMemory has announced the availability of its One-Time Programmable (OTP) NeoFuse technology in a mainstream 16nm FinFET Plus process, as well as the development and...
Monday 14 September 2015
China, Taiwan-based IC foundries gearing up for MEMS market boom
IC foundries based in China and Taiwan are all gearing up for rapid demand growth for microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) devices driven by a new wave of expansion for the Internet...
Monday 14 September 2015
TSMC secures A10 chip orders from Apple, says report
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will be the exclusive supplier of Apple's next-generation A10 processors with volume production to kick off starting March 2016,...
Monday 14 September 2015
Companies maximize 300mm, 200mm wafers; slow progress on 450mm, says IC Insights
Worldwide capacity by wafer size was dominated by 300mm wafers in 2014, and is forecast to continue increasing through 2019, according to IC Insights.
Thursday 10 September 2015
TSMC posts decreased August revenues
Contract chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced consolidated revenues of NT$67.04 billion (US$2.06 billion) for August 2015, down 17% on month and...