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Wednesday 26 October 2011
Morris Chang calls for more government support for Taiwan semiconductor sector
Morris Chang, chairman and CEO of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), has urged the Taiwan government to do more to support the local semiconductor industry, in the...
Monday 24 October 2011
TSMC ramps volume production of 28nm process
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) announced that its 28nm process is in volume production, and production wafers have been shipped to customers including Altera, AMD...
Wednesday 19 October 2011
Heavyweight newcomers to accelerate solar market transformation
Solar firms have been facing low demand in 2011. As marginalization continues to weed out firms that are less competitive, many non-solar industry leading corporations have been eyeing...
Wednesday 19 October 2011
ARM, TSMC tape out first 20nm ARM Cortex-A15 multi-core processor
ARM and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) announced October 18 that they have taped out the first 20nm ARM Cortex-A15 MPCore processor. The two companies completed...
Monday 17 October 2011
TSMC promises no layoffs, plans pay raises for 2012
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will raise its employees' base salaries in 2012, said chairman and CEO Morris Chang at a company event on October 15. Chang did not...
Monday 17 October 2011
TSMC Solar readies new CIGS fab
TSMC Solar, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, has announced that it recently completed equipment move-in in preparation for commercial production...
Friday 14 October 2011
Digitimes Research: Apple portable devices spur competition and technology advances
The success of Apple's iOS devices has reshaped the landscape of the consumer electronics industry and triggered a sales boom of portable CE products. The wave of Apple product demand...
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...