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Monday 10 November 2014
TSMC to buy Qualcomm Taiwan factory for backend business expansion, says report
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is mulling buying a Qualcomm factory in Taiwan as part of plans to expand its packaging and test business, according to a Chinese-language...
Friday 7 November 2014
Synaptics reportedly trialing 55nm driver IC production
Synaptics, following its acquisition of Renesas SP Drivers, recently started trial production of LCD driver ICs using TSMC's 55nm node, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 5 November 2014
TSMC buys NT$1.4 billion of equipment from three suppliers
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has purchased a batch of machinery and engineering equipment from Kinmax Technology, Screen Semiconductor Solutions and Tokyo Electron...
Tuesday 4 November 2014
Samsung, TSMC still competing for Apple A9 chip orders
Samsung Electronics and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) are still in the race for orders for next-generation SoCs from Apple, which is expected to confirm the chip...
Thursday 30 October 2014
TSMC to trail Samsung by 14pp in FinFET in 2015, says Barclays
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will have a 39% share in the FinFET process segment in 2015 compared to Samsung Electronics' 53%, according to an estimate of Barclays...
Tuesday 28 October 2014
AMD CEO to visit Lenovo, Asustek, TSMC and Acer
AMD CEO Lisa Su is planning to visit Lenovo in China and Asustek Computer, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and Acer in Taiwan in the near future to tighten its relationships...
Monday 27 October 2014
Foundry houses in Taiwan and China ramping 8-inch wafer capacity for IoT applications
Major wafer foundry houses in Taiwan and China are ramping up the capacity of their 8-inch fabs in order to grasp opportunities in the growing business opportunities derived from...
Tuesday 21 October 2014
Samsung, TSMC Solid State Lighting reportedly to quit LED lighting business, say Taiwan makers
Samsung Electronics will reportedly withdraw from the global LED lighting market except South Korea due to low-price pressure from China-based makers, while Taiwan-based TSMC Solid...
Friday 17 October 2014
TSMC to start production of 16nm process products in 2Q15
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will begin volume production of 16nm FinFET process products in the second quarter or early third quarter of 2015, according to company...
Thursday 16 October 2014
TSMC posts net income of over NT$76 billion for 3Q14
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced consolidated revenues of NT$209.05 billion (US$6.88 billion), net income of NT$76.34 billion, and diluted earnings...
Thursday 16 October 2014
Handset solution vendors to launch low-priced 4G chips in 1H15
Handset solution vendors are preparing to launch next-generation 4G chipsets in the first half of 2015 with prices likely to be 30% cheaper than current models, heralding keen competition...
Wednesday 15 October 2014
TSMC reportedly lands CPU orders for Apple next-generation iPad
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has reportedly landed CPU orders for Apple's upcoming next-generation iPad expected to be released in early 2015, according to sources...
Monday 13 October 2014
Wafer supplies to affect 4Q14 performance at Taiwan-based IC design houses
Some Taiwan-based LCD driver and analog IC vendors have indicated that their performance for the fourth quarter of 2014 will hinge on the supply of 8-inch wafers from major foundry...
Thursday 9 October 2014
TSMC September revenues increase
TSMC has reported consolidated revenues of NT$74.846 billion (US$2.5 billion) for September 2014, representing a 8.04% increase on month and 35.14% increase on year.
Thursday 9 October 2014
Alchip to build Bitcoin mining ASICs on 16nm process in 2015
Alchip Technologies, a leading fabless IC design house specializing in Bitcoin mining ASICs, plans to migrate to a 16nm process in 2015 from the current 28nm process. Alchip has been...