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Tuesday 29 March 2011
TSMC reportedly begins installation of CIGS equipment
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has recently begun installation of equipment at its factory for CIGS (copper-indium-gallium-selenide) thin-film photovoltaic (PV)...
Tuesday 29 March 2011
TSMC to start second phase of China fab construction, says paper
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will soon break ground for the second phase construction of its 8-inch wafer plant in Songjiang, Shanghai (China), according to a...
Tuesday 29 March 2011
Acer names two independent director candidates
Taiwan-based notebook brand vendor Acer announced on March 28, two independent director candidates -Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) vice chairman FC Tseng and ex-Vodafone...
Monday 28 March 2011
TSMC more concerned about influence on global IC supply chain by Japan crisis
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) does not recognize itself as a beneficiary of increased outsourcing by Japan-based IDMs, which have seen production at their domestic...
Friday 25 March 2011
TSMC leads supplier partners to complete first IC supply chain carbon footprint verification for Taiwan
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced that it led 15 supplier partners in jointly completing Taiwan's first semiconductor supply chain carbon footprint verification...
Wednesday 23 March 2011
No order cancellations from Japan clients, says TSMC chairman
Morris Chang, chairman of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), indicated that though the supply chain was disrupted by the Japan earthquake, clients in Japan have not...
Thursday 17 March 2011
TSMC reiterates 2011 sales growth target
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) target of 20% growth in 2011 sales remains unchanged, chairman and CEO Morris Chang said on March 16. TSMC expects no material...
Monday 14 March 2011
TSMC reportedly to found new PV company with LCY, Motech and GET as possible partners
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) reportedly will establish a new solar photovoltaic venture and is looking to bring in LCY Chemical's polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si)...
Monday 14 March 2011
Foundries brace for impact of wafer shortage
With the impact of Japan's massive earthquake disrupting production at silicon wafer supplier Shin-Etsu Handotai (SEH), major pure-play foundry chipmakers Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing...
Thursday 10 March 2011
TSMC reiterates sales guidance for 1Q11
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has reaffirmed its sales guidance for the first quarter of 2011. The claim follows Vanguard International Semiconductor's (VIS) recent...
Tuesday 8 March 2011
TSMC sales target for 2011 unchanged, says paper
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has reiterated that its target of 20% growth in 2011 sales, and earnings-before-tax growth of 20% on a long-term basis remain unchanged,...
Monday 7 March 2011
Only 10 participants in 300mm wafer capacity space, says IC Insights
Semiconductor industry capital spending is becoming more concentrated, with a greater percentage of spending coming from a shrinking number of companies, according to IC Insights...
Wednesday 2 March 2011
AMD contracts TSMC to make Hudson chipset, says paper
AMD has contracted Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) to manufacture its Hudson-series chipsets, which support the new Brazos platform, according to a Chinese-language...
Friday 25 February 2011
Nvidia to unveil dual-GPU GeForce GTX 590 in mid-March
Nvidia is expected to unveil its dual-GPU GeForce GTX 590 graphics card in mid-March 2011 at the earliest and AMD will release its Radeon HD 6990 a month later. Competition between...
Thursday 24 February 2011
Emerging markets to drive China foundries' growth: Q&A with Digitimes Research analyst Nobunaga Chai
China's foundries may not be able to compete head-to-head against the industry's global top-three players in the most advanced process technologies, but their opportunities lie elsewhere...