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Monday 22 December 2014
TSMC has to find long-term perspective for China investment, says Chang
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has to develop a long-term perspective about investing in China, said company chairman Morris Chang, in response to the China government-led...
Friday 19 December 2014
Qualcomm, MediaTek to diversify foundry sources, say industry watchers
Qualcomm will contract both Samsung Electronics and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) to manufacture its 1Xnm chips, whereas MediaTek is also likely to have more than...
Thursday 18 December 2014
14nm process to bring healthy competition among foundries: Q&A with Globalfoundries senior VP Chuck Fox
The move by Globalfoundries to acquire IBM's semiconductor business unit and to team up with Samsung Electronics to aggressively step into the 14nm process market indicates the US-based...
Wednesday 17 December 2014
TSMC chairman disagrees with Alibaba chairman on lack of entrepreneurs in Taiwan
Executive chairman Jack Ma for China-based Alibaba Group, in a speech delivered in Taipei on December 15, said that there have been no new entrepreneurs in Taiwan in the past 15 years...
Wednesday 17 December 2014
IC foundries gearing up for 8-inch fab expansions
China-based IC foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) is looking to expand production capacity at its 8-inch wafer fab in Shenzhen, while Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing...
Tuesday 16 December 2014
Global business prospects are optimistic in 2015, says TSMC chairman
Morris Chang, chairman of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), has said that he is optimistic about the business prospects for 2015.
Thursday 11 December 2014
Globalfoundries striving to win orders from Qualcomm and Apple
Globalfoundries is striving to be among the major contract chipmakers of Qualcomm and Apple, vying for 14nm chip orders from the two vendors, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 10 December 2014
TSMC November sales slip 10%
Contract chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced consolidated sales of NT$72.28 billion (US$2.32 billion) for November 2014, down 10.5% sequential...
Thursday 4 December 2014
Global IC foundry sales to rise 12% in 2015, says TSMC co-CEO
The global IC foundry market is forecast to increase 12% in 2015, outpacing the overall semiconductor sector's 5% growth, said TSMC's co-CEO Mark Liu at the company's 14th annual...
Tuesday 2 December 2014
TSMC to hold annual supply chain forum on December 4
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will hold its annual supply chain management forum on December 4, and is expected to reveal the latest developments on its 16nm and...
Monday 1 December 2014
Global Unichip obtains server chip orders from major Japan-based networking solution provider
Global Unichip has announced that an ongoing series of server-related designs for one of the major Japan-based networking solution providers is in mass production.
Wednesday 26 November 2014
TSMC to grab 40-50% of A9 chip orders
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is expected to secure a combined 40-50% of Apple's A9 processor orders for next-generation iPad and iPhone devices, according to...
Tuesday 25 November 2014
ASML lands EUV tool orders from TSMC
Lithography system vendor ASML announced on November 24 that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has ordered two NXE:3350B EUV systems for delivery in 2015 with the...
Monday 24 November 2014
TSMC orders equipment for NT$2.4 billion
Contract chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has purchased a batch of machinery and engineering equipment from cleanroom constructor United Information Systems...
Friday 21 November 2014
TSMC to offer InFO packaging for 16nm chips in 2016, says paper
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will be able to offer its backend InFO (integrated fan-out) wafer-level packaging process for 16nm chips as soon as 2016, the Chinese-language...