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Friday 10 April 2015
Synopsys announces availability of silicon-proven IP portfolio for TSMC 16nm FinFET Plus processes
Synopsys has announced the availability of a portfolio of DesignWare PHY IP for TSMC's 16nm FinFET Plus (16FF+) processes.
Thursday 9 April 2015
Cadence digital and custom/analog tools achieve TSMC certification for 10nm FinFET early design starts
Cadence Design Systems has announced that its digital and custom/analog tools have achieved certification from TSMC for its most-current version of 10nm FinFET Design Rule Manual...
Thursday 9 April 2015
TSMC to construct Fab 15 Phase 5 facility starting May
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will break ground for the fifth phase construction of its 12-inch wafer plant in central Taiwan in May, according to industry sour...
Tuesday 7 April 2015
Altera, TSMC develop UBM-free WLCSP packaging
Altera and TSMC have produced an UBM-free (under-bump metallization-free) WLCSP (wafer-level chip scale package) technology for Altera's MAX 10 FPGA products, according to the comp...
Tuesday 7 April 2015
NewEdge Technology shipping wireless charging ICs in volume
China-based NewEdge Technology has started shipping its wireless charging ICs in volume. The chips are being manufacturing using TSMC's 0.18-micron technology, according to industry...
Thursday 2 April 2015
Digitimes Research: Samsung expected to see increasing orders on 14nm process
Qualcomm's next-generation application processor (AP), the Snapdragon 820, is expected to outsource to Samsung Electronics using a 14nm node, which the Korea-based foundry house has...
Thursday 2 April 2015
M31 offers low-voltage and low-power physical IP solutions for TSMC 55ULP targeting IoT
M31 Technology has announced the availability of its low-voltage and low-power physical IP solutions on TSMC 55nm ultra-low power process technology. The platform provides system-on-a-chip...
Tuesday 31 March 2015
UMC snatches high-end 28nm chip orders from TSMC clients
United Microelectronics (UMC) has obtained some orders for high-end 28nm chips from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) major clients including Qualcomm and MediaTek,...
Friday 27 March 2015
Qualcomm, MediaTek shifting some 28nm chip orders away from TSMC
Qualcomm and MediaTek have both shifted some of their 28nm chip orders from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) to other foundry chipmakers that offer cheaper quotes,...
Wednesday 25 March 2015
TSMC to supply chips for rumored iPhone 6S and 6C
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will remain the major processor supplier for Apple in the second half of 2015 as the foundry will supply 20nm chips for an upcoming...
Tuesday 24 March 2015
TSMC to post flat to 5% revenue growth in 2Q15
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is expected to post revenue growth of 0-5% sequentially in the second quarter of 2015, buoyed mainly by rising output for 20nm chips,...
Monday 23 March 2015
Qualcomm vying for chip orders from Samsung
Qualcomm, which is believed to have lost processor orders for the Galaxy S6 series smartphones from Samsung Electronics, is vying for orders for the upcoming Galaxy Note 5, according...
Friday 20 March 2015
Taiwan semiconductor makers unaffected by water shortages
Taiwan-based chipmakers including foundries Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics (UMC), memory maker Inotera Memories, and IC packaging house...
Tuesday 17 March 2015
Xintec 12-inch wafer-level CSP ready for volume production in 2H15, says chairman
Image sensor packaging house Xintec will have its 12-inch wafer-level chip-scale package (WL-CSP) line ready for volume production in the second half of 2015, according to company...
Thursday 12 March 2015
TSMC affiliate Xintec to list on OTC in end-March, says report
Image sensor packaging house Xintec, an affiliate of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), will list on Taiwan's over-the-counter (OTC) stock market at the end of March...