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Friday 14 May 2010
TSMC revises budget for expansion
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has made a slight change to its recently-announced US$1.65 billion capital spending program. The foundry corrected the figure for...
Thursday 13 May 2010
Pixcir to increase wafer start orders to TSMC, UMC and HHNEC, says paper
China-based TFT-LCD driver IC and capacitive touch controller supplier Pixcir Microelectronics will increase its wafer start orders to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC),...
Thursday 13 May 2010
AMD said to use bulk 40nm at TSMC for Fusion chips
AMD reportedly plans to outsource wafer starts for its Fusion CPUs with integrated graphics to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) using bulk 40nm process technology,...
Wednesday 12 May 2010
TSMC board approves US$1.65 billion for capacity expansion
The board of directors of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has approved plans to allocate US$1.65 billion, including US$210 million for construction of a new chip...
Tuesday 11 May 2010
TSMC likely to lift 2010 capex, says paper
The board of directors of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will approve a budget for the construction its third 12-inch fab at the Central Taiwan Science Park (CTSP)...
Monday 10 May 2010
TSMC reports April revenues up 6% on month
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced consolidated revenues of NT$33.81 billion (US$1.07 billion) for April, a high for 2010. The consolidated sales rose...
Friday 7 May 2010
TSMC, UMC seeing growing demand from IDMs
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) have both revealed that demand from their IDM customers is growing.
Thursday 6 May 2010
UMC to unveil new facilities at Fab 12A ahead of schedule
United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) has revealed it will hold a ceremony to officially kick off operations of the phase-three and phase-four production facilities at its 12-inch...
Wednesday 28 April 2010
TSMC 2Q10 revenues to top NT$100 billion; revises market outlook
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has provided positive guidance for the second quarter of 2010, and upwardly revised its forecast for 2010 global semiconductor and...
Tuesday 27 April 2010
TSMC posts highest profits in nine quarters
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has reported consolidated net income of NT$33.66 billion (US$1.05 billion) for the first quarter of 2010, its best quarterly profits...
Tuesday 27 April 2010
SMIC sees wider loss in 2009
China-based foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) has reported net losses of US$963.54 million for the year ended December 31, 2009 compared with losses...
Monday 26 April 2010
Market watchers upbeat on TSMC, UMC 2Q10
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) are expected to guide for mid to high single-digit revenue growth sequentially in the...
Thursday 22 April 2010
TSMC claims 0.25-micron automotive-qualified embedded flash milestone
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has shipped nearly 600,000 8-inch 0.25-micron AEC-Q100 qualified embedded flash (EmbFlash) wafers targeted at a wide variety of automotive...
Wednesday 21 April 2010
TSMC and AUO choose sputtering for developing CIGS thin-film modules
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and AU Optronics (AUO) have sped up their respective cooperation with equipment providers for development of CIGS (copper-indium-gallium-selenide)...
Tuesday 20 April 2010
TSMC mulling plans to buy equipment from Japan IDM, says report
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) plans to strike a deal with a Japan-based IDM company, under which the foundry would acquire production equipment from the IDM and...