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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...
Tuesday 20 April 2010
UMC, SMIC see growing sales from 65nm, says paper
United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) and Semiconductor Manufacturing International Company (SMIC) have both seen sales from their 65nm process grow, according to a Chinese-language...
Friday 16 April 2010
TSMC alarmed by rising inventory levels, say sources
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), alarmed by its rising inventory level, has demanded IC design houses take delivery of their ordered wafer starts before placing...
Thursday 15 April 2010
TSMC to develop below 14nm process, says chairman
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will be part of the industry's drive in the development of wafer manufacturing processes below 14nm, according to company chairman...
Wednesday 14 April 2010
TSMC acquires equipment from ASML
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced the purchase of equipment worth NT$2.06 billion (US$66 million) from ASML, which supplies lithography systems.
Wednesday 14 April 2010
TSMC to skip 22nm, moving directly to 20nm
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced that it will skip the 22nm manufacturing process node and move directly to a 20nm technology, and TSMC is expected...
Monday 12 April 2010
TSMC, UMC likely to see 2Q10 revenues grow 10-20%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) are expected to report 10-20% sequential revenue growth for the second quarter of 2010,...