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Monday 1 March 2010
Southern Taiwan Science Park revenues to reach NT$600 billion in 2010
Revenues of the Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP) are expected to reach NT$550-600 billion (US$17.13-18.69 billion) in 2010 amid Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC),...
Friday 26 February 2010
GPU shortage unlikely to be solved before May
The current shortage of graphics chips, which is being caused largely by low yields of the 40nm process at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), is unlikely to be completely...
Thursday 25 February 2010
MediaTek to lower wafer starts at foundries by 10-20%, says paper
MediaTek will reduce its wafer starts at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) by 10-20% in order to control its inventory...
Thursday 25 February 2010
TSMC to begin trial production on 22nm process in 3Q12, says R&D head
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is scheduled to enter trial production on its 22nm high performance process node in the third quarter of 2012, and then move to the...
Wednesday 24 February 2010
OmniVision launches second-generation backside illumination pixel technology
SANTA CLARA, Calif., - February 8, 2010 - OmniVision Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: OVTI), a leading developer of advanced digital imaging solutions, today announced the introduction...
Wednesday 24 February 2010
Top-10 spenders to represent 66% of capital outlay in chip industry, says IC Insights
The top-10 semiconductor industry capital spenders are forecast to represent two-thirds of the total outlay in 2010, according to IC Insights. The 66% share for the year would be...
Wednesday 24 February 2010
Foundries to see 12-inch wafer supply exceed demand in 2012
With major foundry chipmakers gearing up for capacity expansions at their 12-inch (300mm) facilities, Nobunaga Chai, an analyst at Digitimes Research, has forecast worldwide 12-inch...
Wednesday 24 February 2010
Dialog, TSMC partner on power management ICs
Dialog Semiconductor has announced that it is working closely with foundry partner Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) on a bipolar-CMOS-DMOS (BCD) technology specifically...
Tuesday 23 February 2010
Xilinx chooses 28nm HKMG at TSMC and Samsung for next-generation FPGAs
Xilinx has announced its next-generation FPGA family will be built on high-K metal gate (HKMG) 28nm processes at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and Samsung Electronics'...
Tuesday 23 February 2010
TSMC to install equipment at LED R&D center in 4Q10, say sources
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is scheduled to start equipment installation for the first-phase construction of a new LED R&D center in the fourth quarter of...
Monday 22 February 2010
PSC reportedly decided on new China fab, says paper
DRAM maker Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) has decided to resume its China fab project, and selected Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province as the location for the 8-inch facility, according...
Monday 22 February 2010
TSMC spends almost NT$4 billion during Lunar break
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced separate equipment purchases totaling around NT$3.85 billion (US$120 million) from Lam Research, Tokyo Electron, ASML,...
Monday 22 February 2010
TSMC to take delivery of ASML EUV lithography system
ASML Holding today announced that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will take delivery of a Twinscan NXE:3100 extreme ultra-violet (EUV) lithography system. This tool...
Thursday 11 February 2010
Taiwan government allows wafer foundries to take shares of rival companies in China
The Taiwan government has further eased its rules governing cross-strait investments by allowing Taiwan-based wafer foundries to acquire or make equity investment in China-based foundries...
Wednesday 10 February 2010
TSMC January 2010 sales down 4% on month
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced revenues for January 2010 slid 4.3% on month to NT$29.16 billion (US$910 million). Consolidated sales were NT$30.14...