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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...
Tuesday 7 October 2014
Hard for Samsung to compete with TSMC for Apple A9 processor orders, say Taiwan makers
While Samsung Electronics has attempted to offer low quotes to obtain 14nm FinFET foundry orders for A9 processors from Apple in 2015, it may be difficult for the Korea-based company...
Monday 6 October 2014
ARM and TSMC unveil roadmap for 64-bit ARM-based processors on 10nm FinFET process
ARM and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) have announced a new multi-year agreement that will deliver ARMv8-A processor IP optimized for TSMC 10nm FinFET process technology...
Wednesday 1 October 2014
Altera announces availability of next-generation, non-volatile MAX 10 FPGAs
Altera has announced the availability of non-volatile MAX 10 FPGAs, Altera's latest addition to its Generation 10 portfolio. Using TSMC's 55nm embedded flash process technology, MAX...
Wednesday 1 October 2014
TSMC, ARM announce silicon validation of ARM Cortex CPUs on 16nm FinFET process
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and ARM have jointly announced the results from a key FinFET silicon validation of the ARM big.LITTLE implementation, using ARM Cortex-A57...
Monday 29 September 2014
TSMC launches ultra-low power technology platform for IoT and wearable device applications
TSMC has announced an ultra-low power technology platform aimed at a wide range of applications for the rapidly evolving Internet of Things (IoT) and wearable device markets that...
Friday 26 September 2014
TSMC releases networking processors based on 16nm FinFET
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced the successful production of ARM-based networking processors using its advanced 16nm FinFET foundry technology through...
Thursday 25 September 2014
TSMC to hire 2,200 new employees in 4Q14
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) plans to hire an additional 2,200 new employees in the fourth quarter of 2014. The number of new employees recruited by TSMC in Taiwan...
Thursday 25 September 2014
Chip suppliers set to compete for wafer capacity
Chip suppliers are expected to begin to pull in orders for wafers in order to produce chips for non-Apple device vendors, a move which is likely to start a new round of competition...
Tuesday 23 September 2014
TSMC Solar president reportedly to resign
President Chao Ying-chen for TSMC Solar, a CIGS thin-film PV module maker wholly owned by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), reportedly will resign in October, according...
Monday 22 September 2014
TSMC, UMC ramping wafer production capacity in China
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) are ramping up the wafer production capacity of their 8-inch fabs in China to cope...
Friday 19 September 2014
Semi material distributors Topco, Wah Lee brace for strong sales in 4Q14
Semiconductor material suppliers Topco Scientific and Wah Lee Industrial will see their sales momentum continue to the end of 2014, buoyed by the ramping of 28nm and 20nm process...
Friday 19 September 2014
TSMC confident of keeping global market share of over 80% for 28nm processes in 2015, says CFO
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has offered a full range of 28nm foundry technology solutions covering entry-level, mid-range and high-end processes and therefore...