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Thursday 13 October 2011
TSMC Chang gives cautious economic outlook, says paper
Morris Chang, chairman and CEO of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), has voiced caution about the world economy in 2012, citing Europe's debt crisis and weak Japan...
Friday 7 October 2011
Global Unichip September revenues hit record high
Global Unichip, the IC design service provider partnering with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), saw its revenues reach a new high of NT$1.05 billion (US$34 million)...
Friday 7 October 2011
TSMC, UMC post revenue drops in September 2011
Contract chipmakers Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) both saw their September 2011 revenues decrease from those of the...
Friday 7 October 2011
TSMC chairman and Acer founder pay tribute to Steve Jobs
TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company) chairman Morris Chang and Acer founder Stan Shih both have paid tribute to former Apple CEO Steve Jobs. "We have lost a true...
Thursday 6 October 2011
TSMC to visit Apple for more talks
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has sent a 60-member team, which includes staff from its IC design service partner Global UniChip, to Silicon Valley-based Apple...
Thursday 29 September 2011
Spreadtrum increases TD-SCDMA chip orders to TSMC, says paper
China-based handset solution vendor Spreadtrum Communications will increase its orders for TD-SCDMA baseband chips to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) in the fourth...
Thursday 29 September 2011
Qualcomm reportedly starts shipping baseband chips for Mango phones
Qualcomm has secured orders for baseband chips from Nokia and Samsung Electronics for their upcoming Windows Phone (Mango)-based smartphones with shipments kicking off in September,...
Tuesday 27 September 2011
Foundries offer discount for IC designers
Pure-play wafer foundries in Taiwan and China reportedly have offered special discounts to their fabless IC clients, due to particularly low utilization rates that are likely to persist...
Thursday 22 September 2011
Global Unichip 3Q11 revenues to rise 15-20%
IC design service provider Global Unichip is expected to report 15-20% sequential growth in revenues for the third quarter of 2011, as orders for 65nm and 40nm non-recurring engineering...
Wednesday 21 September 2011
FocalTech, TSMC reach production milestone for touch-panel controllers
The production volume of touch-panel controller ICs designed by FocalTech Systems and manufactured by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has reached 10 million units...
Tuesday 20 September 2011
TSMC to cut 2012 capex 19%, says paper
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is expected to drop its capital spending 19% from US$7.4 billion in 2011 to US$6 billion in 2012, the Chinese-language Commercial...
Friday 16 September 2011
Apple said to have contracted with TSMC
Apple has recently signed a foundry partnership agreement with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), industry sources have claimed. Under the terms of the agreement,...
Thursday 15 September 2011
IDF 2011: Intel to enter 14nm process in 2014
Intel CPUs will enter 14nm processing by 2014, according to Steven Smith, vice president and head of netbook, tablet PC business speaking at Intel Developer Forum (IDF) in San Fran...
Wednesday 14 September 2011
Short lead-time orders buoying TSMC sales
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company ((TSMC) has disclosed that its consolidated revenues for the third quarter of 2011 are expected to exceed its guidance given in July, thanks...
Friday 9 September 2011
TSMC expects 3Q11 sales to beat guidance
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced that consolidated revenues grew 6.2% sequentially and 0.7% from a year ago to NT$37.64 billion (US$1.29 billion) in...