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Tuesday 10 March 2015
TSMC February revenues fall 28% on month
Pure-play foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has reported consolidated revenues of NT$62.65 billion (US$1.99 billion) for February 2015, down 28.1% on month...
Tuesday 3 March 2015
Foundry houses in China, Taiwan set to compete for specialty process orders
Competition by foundry houses in China and Taiwan on specialty BSI (backside illuminated) technology is heating up after China-based SMIC (Semiconductor Manufacturing International)...
Monday 2 March 2015
TSMC, MediaTek move up in semiconductor R&D, says IC Insights
Pure-play foundry TSMC and fabless chipmaker MediaTek both moved up in IC Insights' 2014 ranking of semiconductor companies by R&D spending. TSMC increased its R&D budget...
Wednesday 25 February 2015
ASML, TSMC reach milestone in EUV productivity
ASML has confirmed that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has successfully exposed more than 1000 wafers on an NXE:3300B EUV system in a single day, an important step...
Wednesday 25 February 2015
Xilinx unveils 16nm UltraScale+ family of FPGAs
Xilinx has announced its 16nm UltraScale+ family of FPGAs, 3D ICs and MPSoCs, combining new memory, 3D-on-3D and multi-processing SoC (MPSoC) technologies. The UltraScale+ family...
Tuesday 17 February 2015
TSMC orders equipment for NT$3.5 billion
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has purchased facility and engineering equipment from Hitachi High-Technologies, Hitachi Kokusai Electric, ASML, Applied Materials...
Monday 16 February 2015
Global Unichip expects 1Q15 sales to grow on-quarter
Global Unichip, an IC design service provider partnering with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), expects to report a sequential increase in first-quarter revenues...
Friday 13 February 2015
TSMC reportedly transfers more peripheral IC orders to VIS
Pure-play foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has transferred more orders for peripheral ICs for use in Apple's mobile devices to Vanguard International Semiconductor...
Wednesday 11 February 2015
China smartphone AP shipments – 4Q 2014
Smartphone AP shipments to China grew 38% on year and 10.1% on quarter in the fourth quarter of 2014, as the expanding coverage of LTE services helped drive shipments.
Wednesday 11 February 2015
TSMC posts record revenues for January 2015
Consolidated revenues at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) increased 25.3% sequentially and 69.4% from a year ago to NT$87.12 billion (US$2.76 billion) in January...
Wednesday 11 February 2015
Commentary: TSMC, UMC may accelerate investment in China after Qualcomm antitrust ruling
Foundry houses Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) will feel increasing pressure to accelerate their deployments in China...
Tuesday 10 February 2015
TSMC to deal out cash dividend of NT$4.50 for 2014
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) board of directors on January 10 adopted a proposal recommending the distribution of a NT$4.50 (US$0.14) cash dividend per common...
Monday 9 February 2015
TSMC set to step up investment in central Taiwan
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has disclosed plans to invest more than NT$500 billion (US$16 billion) in its manufacturing site at the Central Taiwan Science Park...
Wednesday 4 February 2015
TSMC to offer InFO-WLP technology for 16nm chips, eyeing Apple orders
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will have its backend integrated fan-out (InFO) wafer-level packaging (WLP) technology ready for 16nm chips, eyeing orders for Apple's...
Friday 16 January 2015
TSMC to prevail in FinFET segment in 2016 and beyond, says company chairman
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will gain a majority of market share in the FinFET segment in 2016 although it will lose out to rival Samsung Electronics in 2015,...