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Tuesday 24 June 2014
TSMC to operate at full capacity in 2H14
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will operate at full capacity in the third and fourth quarters, with revenues generated from 20nm processes to account for 10% of...
Tuesday 17 June 2014
Digitimes Research: Korea semiconductor companies to ramp up capital spending in 2H14
Semiconductor capital spending by Samsung Electronics has topped the world's semiconductor companies for the fourth straight year since 2010. In 2014, Samsung's semiconductor capex...
Thursday 12 June 2014
18-inch wafer foundry process likely to delay to 2018
The arrival of the era of 18-inch wafer foundry processes may not come until 2018 as Intel reportedly has slowed down the development of 18-inch wafers, while semiconductor equipment...
Wednesday 11 June 2014
TSMC revenues down in May, but 2Q14 performance in line with expectations
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced revenues of NT$60.79 billion (US$2.03 billion) for May, a decrease of 1.8% from the previous month but an increase...
Friday 6 June 2014
Taiwan bracing for strong economic performance in 2H14, says TSMC chairman
Taiwan's economic performance in the second half of 2014 will be better than that in the previous half year as well as a year earlier, according to Morris Chang, chairman of Taiwan...
Tuesday 3 June 2014
TSMC reportedly to tie up with Micron to develop 3D ICs
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) reportedly plans to team up with Micron Technology to develop 3D ICs that will integrate Micron's hybrid memory cube-based DRAM chips...
Tuesday 3 June 2014
TSMC Solar employs ex-NREL principal scientist for CIGS R&D
Taiwan-based CIGS (copper-indium-gallium-selenide) thin-film PV module maker TSMC Solar, a subsidiary of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), has employed Rommel Noufi,...
Thursday 29 May 2014
TSMC never competes with clients, says co-CEO
A key reason for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) success is that the company has never competed with clients, company president and co-CEO CC Wei said at the TSMC...
Wednesday 28 May 2014
TSMC to host Taiwan Technology Symposium on May 29
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will hold its Taiwan Technology Symposium 2014 on May 29, with the agenda of the annual event to focus on current production of 20nm...
Tuesday 27 May 2014
MediaTek to roll out 20nm chips in 1H15
MediaTek will begin to produce its next-generation 64-bit, 8-core smartphone solutions using a 20nm process at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) in the first half...
Monday 26 May 2014
Foundry houses, IC design vendors vying for fingerprint sensor orders
Wafer foundry houses as well as more Taiwan-based IC vendors will vie for the growing fingerprint identification sensor orders from the smartphone sector in the second half of 2014,...
Monday 19 May 2014
Digitimes Research: Taiwan top-3 foundry houses perform well in 1Q14
Despite the impact of seasonality and inventory adjustments at PC and consumer electronics product clients, the top-three Taiwan-based wafer foundry houses still managed to ramp up...
Thursday 15 May 2014
TSMC, Samsung competing to roll out more advanced processes
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and Samsung Electronics are competing to bring more advanced processes to the market, with TSMC eager to promote its 16nm FinFET...
Tuesday 13 May 2014
Qualcomm plans to shift 20nm orders from TSMC to Samsung or Globalfoundries, say sources
Qualcomm reportedly plans to shift its 20nm process orders from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) to Samsung Electronics or Globalfoundries, according to industry...
Friday 9 May 2014
TSMC reports revenues for April
TSMC has reported consolidated revenues of NT$61.887 billion (US$2.06 billion) for April 2014, representing a 23.88% increase on month and 23.6% increase on year.