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Wednesday 27 February 2013
With Intel grabbing Altera orders, can we now begin speculating about future Apple hookup?
Since Intel has opened up its fabs to other fabless IC firms, the Silicon Valley giant will pose a threat to TSMC at some point when it comes to high-volume orders, including future...
Tuesday 26 February 2013
Equipment maker GPTC posts significant revenue and profit growth in January
Buoyed by its recent acquisition of a chemical material supplier, as well as brisk demand from IC foundries, Grand Plastic Technology (GPTC) has reported significant on-year growth...
Tuesday 26 February 2013
Motech denies reported personnel reshuffle
Recently, market rumors have stated that Taiwan-based solar firm Motech may experience changes at the executive level because the firm's biggest shareholder, Taiwan Semiconductor...
Tuesday 26 February 2013
Mobile IC vendors asking to renegotiate backend quotes for 28nm products
The available capacity for 28nm mobile chips at IC foundries, mainly Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), has become sufficient to meet demand since early 2013. Suppliers...
Tuesday 26 February 2013
New Qualcomm mobile chip to use TSMC 28HPM process
Qualcomm and TSMC have jointly announced that Qualcomm's wholly-owned subsidiary, Qualcomm Technologies, will be the first company to produce working silicon on TSMC's 28nm HPM (high...
Friday 22 February 2013
TSMC supply of 28nm chips remains tight
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) continues to achieve full utilization of 28nm capacity, thanks to strong orders for mobile devices, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 20 February 2013
Five IC suppliers to hold one-third of 300mm wafer capacity in 2013, says IC Insights
Semiconductor industry capital spending is becoming more concentrated, with a greater percentage of spending coming from a shrinking number of companies. IC industry capacity is also...
Tuesday 19 February 2013
Digitimes Research: Taiwan top foundries 1Q13 sales to drop slightly
Taiwan's top-3 IC foundries will see their combined revenues register an about 0.8% sequential drop in the first quarter of 2013, compared to the larger 5.1% on-quarter decrease posted...
Friday 8 February 2013
TSMC posts sales growth for January 2013
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has reported NT$47.44 billion (US$1.6 billion) in consolidated revenues for January 2013, up 27.7 on month and 37.1% from a year...
Thursday 7 February 2013
Semiconductor R&D spending rises 7% in 2012, says IC Insights
Spending on R&D by chip companies grew 7% in 2012 to a record-high US$53 billion even though the semiconductor market declined 1% to US$317.6 billion, according to IC Insights.
Thursday 31 January 2013
TSMC Solar introduces monolithic CIGS solar module with 15.1% efficiency
TSMC Solar, the solar subsidiary of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), has announced that by using in-house equipment, the firm's monolithic CIGS solar modules have...
Thursday 31 January 2013
China IC market to boom through 2017, says IC Insights
The IC market in China is forecast to have a 2012-2017 compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 13%, 5pp higher than the 8% CAGR forecast for the total IC market during the same period,...
Thursday 24 January 2013
TSMC demands suppliers deliver equipment in advance for 28nm node
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) reportedly has demanded its equipment suppliers deliver in advance the front-end equipment needed for its 28nm process due to brisk...
Monday 21 January 2013
Si-based GaN difficult to replace sapphire, says TSMC SSL president
Toshiba and US-based Bridgelux will reportedly start volume production of 8-inch Si-substrate GaN wafers for use to make LED chips in the first quarter of 2013, according to Taiwan-based...
Thursday 17 January 2013
Supply chain inventory to fall at slower pace, says TSMC
Days-of-inventory (DOI) in the supply chain is now forecast to be four days above the seasonal average in the first quarter of 2013, falling only slightly from the prior quarter,...