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Tuesday 18 October 2016
TSMC orders NT$2.24 billion of equipment for Nanjing site
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) disclosed on October 17 its Nanjing subsidiary ordered a total of NT$2.24 billion (US$70.4 million) worth of management and construction...
Friday 14 October 2016
TSMC 7nm process ready for risk production in 2Q17, says co-CEO
Development of TSMC's 7nm technology is well on track, and the process will be ready for risk production in the second quarter of 2017, company co-CEO Mark Liu said at an October...
Thursday 13 October 2016
TSMC net profits rise 28% in 3Q16
Pure-play foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) saw its net profits surge 28.4% from a year earlier in the third quarter of 2016, while revenues increased 22.5%...
Tuesday 11 October 2016
Digitimes Research: Global IC foundry output value to rise at 5% CAGR over 2016-2021
The global IC foundry industry output value will grow at a CAGR of 5.2% from 2016 to 2021, according to Digitimes Research.
Friday 7 October 2016
TSMC 3Q16 revenues beat guidance
Pure-play foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) saw its third-quarter revenues increase 17.4% sequentially, beating its guidance of 14.5-16% growth.
Thursday 6 October 2016
TSMC spends NT$6.43 billion on equipment
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has spent NT$6.43 billion (US$204.8 million) on manufacturing equipment and facilities from eight suppliers, according to filings...
Wednesday 5 October 2016
TSMC orders equipment for NT$1.36 billion
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has purchased machinery equipment from Tokyo Electron, United Integrated Services and Topco Quartz Products for a total of NT$1.36...
Wednesday 5 October 2016
SPIL, KYEC grabs orders for MediaTek 10nm chips
Backend houses Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) and King Yuan Electronics Company (KYEC) have obtained orders for MediaTek's new 10nm chips set to roll out in the first quarter...
Monday 3 October 2016
MediaTek Helio 30X to be first TSMC 10nm chip, says paper
MediaTek's next-generation Helio X30 high-end smartphone solution will be the first chip to be rolled out from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's 10nm production lines,...
Friday 30 September 2016
Innovation to keep Moore's Law alive, says TSMC co-CEO
TSMC will continue to innovate to keep Moore's Law alive, and maintaining the company's technology leadership is always a fundamental strategy, said TSMC co-CEO Mark Liu at a recent...
Wednesday 28 September 2016
Leading-edge leads the way in pure-play foundry growth, says IC Insights
Growth in pure-play foundry sales for 2016 is forecast to be almost entirely due to sub-40nm feature size device sales, according to IC Insights. The leading-edge sub-40nm pure-play...
Wednesday 28 September 2016
TSMC orders equipment for NT$2.32 billion
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has purchased machinery equipment from Advanced Thermal Sciences (ATS), Tokyo Electron and Applied Materials for a total of NT$2.32...
Monday 26 September 2016
Cadence, TSMC advance 7nm FinFET designs for mobile and HPC platforms
Cadence Design Systems has announced several important deliveries in its collaboration with TSMC to advance 7nm FinFET designs for mobile and high-performance computing (HPC) platf...
Friday 23 September 2016
Cadence delivers integrated system design solution for TSMC InFO packaging technology
Cadence Design Systems has announced the immediate availability of an integrated system design solution for TSMC's advanced wafer-level integrated fan-out (InFO) packaging technology,...
Thursday 22 September 2016
MediaTek likely to roll out 2 10nm chip versions, says report
MediaTek is considering rolling out two versions of its 10nm chips, the Helio X30 for high-end smartphones and the X35 for the lower-end segment, according to a Chinese-language Economic...