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Tuesday 12 January 2010
Globalfoundries offering discounts on wafer, photomask prices
Globalfoundries has quoted photomask prices that are 40-50% lower than quotes offered by rivals, and cut prices for wafer processing at its available nodes to vie for handset- and...
Monday 11 January 2010
Qualcomm, TSMC extend collaboration to 28nm
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) on January 8 announced its partnership with Qualcomm has been extended from 65nm and 45nm technologies to 28nm, only a day after...
Friday 8 January 2010
UMC posts revenue growth in 4Q09
United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) saw fourth-quarter 2009 revenues increase 1.2% sequentially to NT$27.75 billion (US$871 million). However, revenues for all of 2009 slid...
Friday 8 January 2010
TSMC revenues down 11% in 2009, but recovery seen
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) saw revenues slide in 2009, but managed an increase sequentially in the fourth quarter. The quarter also marked its third consecutive...
Friday 8 January 2010
TSMC 2010 capex to hit US$4.5 billion, claim sources
Sources at semiconductor equipment makers believe Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will make a more ambitious attempt than its internal goal towards capital spending...
Friday 8 January 2010
UMC dismisses rumors it is targeted by ATIC for acquisition
United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) has declined to comment on a media report indicating that the company is being targeted by Advanced Technology Investment Company (ATIC)...
Tuesday 5 January 2010
TSMC purchases US$4.5 billion worth of equipment in 2009
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) spent more than NT$145 billion (US$4.57 billion) on machinery equipment in 2009, while rival United Microelectronics Corporation...
Monday 28 December 2009
TSMC continues machinery buying spree
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has issued filings with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) detailing 36 equipment purchases so far in December 2009 with a total transaction...
Monday 28 December 2009
Fab tool supplier Gudeng gears up for 450mm wafer transition
Taiwan's Gudeng Precision Industrial, a semiconductor front-end equipment manufacturer mainly specializing in mask solution products, has been involved in the industry's efforts in...
Thursday 24 December 2009
TSMC signs cooperation pact with Tsinghua University
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has signed an industry-academy cooperation agreement with Tsinghua University, China's leading science and engineering educational...
Thursday 17 December 2009
Former HP CEO resigns from TSMC board
Carly Fiorina has resigned from her post as an independent director of the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) board, as the former Hewlett-Packard CEO plans to run...
Wednesday 16 December 2009
Taiwan government lab seeking alliance with local semiconductor makers for 15nm development
The National Nano Device Laboratories (NDL) in Taiwan plans to forge an R&D alliance of the country's major semiconductor makers focusing on the development of 15nm chip components,...
Tuesday 15 December 2009
TSMC unveils BCD process for integrated LED drivers
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced modular BCD ( (bipolar-CMOS-DMOS) process technologies targeting high-voltage integrated LED driver devices.
Tuesday 15 December 2009
TSMC to raise orders to testing partners, says paper
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) plans to no longer add new capacity for wafer testing, and increase its outsourcing to backend partners Ardentec and STATS ChipPAC...
Tuesday 15 December 2009
Wafer testing house Ardentec expects growth for 4Q09
Wafer testing house Ardentec has estimated its fourth-quarter revenues will defy seasonal patterns to record a sequential growth, with order visibility already stretching to February...