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Wednesday 23 May 2012
TSMC 3Q12 revenues to grow at a slower pace than expected, say sources
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) may see its revenues grow only at 5% sequentially in the third quarter of 2012 compared to a 10% growth projected earlier due to...
Wednesday 16 May 2012
Wah Lee benefiting from TSMC, UMC full capacity
Wah Lee Industrial, a Taiwan-based distributor of electronic materials, has obtained growing orders for silicon wafers, photo resist and other materials used by wafer foundries arising...
Thursday 10 May 2012
TSMC posts growth in April revenues
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced consolidated revenues for April 2012 grew 9.2% sequentially and 9.1% from a year ago to NT$40.5 billion (US$1.4 bill...
Wednesday 9 May 2012
TSMC gives priority to Nvidia for 28nm capacity
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has given priority to Nvidia for 28nm capacity, according to industry sources.
Friday 4 May 2012
TSMC 28nm ARM Cortex-A9 test chip reaches beyond 3GHz
TSMC has announced that its 28nm ARM Cortex-A9 dual-core processor test chip has achieved 3.1GHz performance under typical conditions.
Thursday 3 May 2012
28nm represents fundamental shift in foundry industry
While the recent focus of attention concerning the roll out of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) 28nm process has been on tight supply and yield issues, with fabless...
Thursday 3 May 2012
Graphics card shortages to see improvements in late May
AMD and Nvidia, impacted by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC's) fully-booked capacity, had rather weak shipment performance in the first quarter; however, as more...
Wednesday 2 May 2012
TSMC eyeing advanced process chip orders from Apple
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) plans to ramp up 20nm production ahead of schedule have prompted industry sources to speculate that the foundry will be aggressively...
Monday 30 April 2012
Equipment supplier Lumax posts EPS of NT$1.71 in 1Q12
Semiconductor process control service supplier Lumax International has reported net profits of NT$184 million (US$6.27 million) for the first quarter of 2012, up 52% sequentially...
Friday 27 April 2012
STATS ChipPAC 1Q12 revenues up, KYEC down
Testing house STATS ChipPAC Taiwan Semiconductor, a subsidiary of Singapore-based STATS ChipPAC, saw first-quarter 2012 revenues reach NT$330 million (US$11.3 million), up 25.7% on...
Friday 27 April 2012
TSMC 1Q12 gross margins hit 47%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has reported first-quarter 2012 consolidated revenues of NT$105.51 billion (US$3.6 billion), a 0.1% increase on year. The figure...
Friday 27 April 2012
TSMC to increase 2012 capex to US$8-8.5 billion
During a company investors conference on April 26, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) chairman Morris Chang revealed 2012 capex will be increased to US$8-8.5 billion,...
Tuesday 17 April 2012
TSMC 28nm ramp-up within expectations, says Digitimes Research
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) could ramp up its 28nm production capacity at a much faster pace than older 40/45nm and 65nm process nodes, according to Digitimes...
Tuesday 17 April 2012
Xilinx collaboration with TSMC said to extend to 20nm
The successful roll-out of Xilinx devices on 28nm at TSMC has encouraged the FPGA design firm to utilize TSMC's 20nm technology for its next-generation products, with the tape-out...
Tuesday 17 April 2012
Qualcomm, Nvidia said to approach other foundries for 28nm production
The reported tight supply of chips built using TSMC's 28nm process technology is likely to drive Nvidia and Qualcomm toward other foundries as a second source, industry sources have...