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Friday 1 August 2008
TSMC 2Q revenues up 18% on year
TSMC has announced consolidated revenue of NT$88.14 billion, net income of NT$28.77 billion, and diluted earnings per share of NT$1.12 (US$0.18 per ADS unit) for the second quarter...
Tuesday 29 July 2008
TSMC and UMC bid for MEMS devices orders from InvenSense
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) are said to be geared up to bid for micro electro-mechanical system (MEMS) orders from...
Monday 28 July 2008
TSMC 12-inch expansion on track; 40nm introduction to lead peers
During a ceremony for its fourth-phase 12-inch fab (P4) construction in Hsinchu, Taiwan, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) CEO Rick Tsai was cited by a Chinese-language...
Monday 28 July 2008
TSMC secures MEMS gyroscope orders
After securing micro electro-mechanical system (MEMS) sensor and microphone orders from Analog Devices (ADI) recently, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is said to...
Tuesday 22 July 2008
Balance of power may be shifting to foundries in the semiconductor industry
While a number of market research firms have cut their semiconductor market growth forecasts for 2008, Malcolm Penn, chairman and CEO of Future Horizons still expects double-digit...
Tuesday 22 July 2008
TSMC lands MEMS orders from ADI
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has reportedly landed micro electro-mechanical system (MEMS) orders from US-based Analog Devices (ADI), with the orders being for...
Tuesday 15 July 2008
OmniVision orders to fall short of target by about 20% in 3Q
A weakening handset market is affecting demand for CMOS image sensors, with CMOS image sensor supplier OmniVision planning on reducing its order volumes to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing...
Friday 11 July 2008
TSMC sales flat in June
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing's (TSMC) recently announced that its unconsolidated June sales were NT$28,510 million (US$938 million), a decrease of 1.7% from May 2008 and an...
Wednesday 9 July 2008
Nvidia to fully advance to 55nm in 2H08, says paper
In order to lower production costs, Nvidia is expected to fully advance to 55nm generation manufacturing in the second half of this year and will have 4-5 new GPUs produced under...
Tuesday 8 July 2008
The launch of Centrino 2 to boost Taiwan supply chain, says paper
Intel recently issued a notice that its Centrino 2 notebook platform (Montevina) will launch on July 15 in Taiwan. Industry players that form the platform's supply chain in Taiwan...
Friday 4 July 2008
Nvidia contract makers in Taiwan low-key over defective chip reports
Nvidia's Taiwan-based graphics chip contract makers are being low-key after the US chip designer informed investors on July 3 that will take a charge of US$150-$200 million related...
Friday 4 July 2008
TSMC 2Q guidance remains on track
Due to recent market information and rumors leading to diverging views of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing's (TSMC) business outlook, TSMC has clarified that according to current...
Friday 27 June 2008
TSMC refutes claims that direct flights to China will lead to cutbacks in expat salaries
Amid the upcoming introduction of direct flights between China and Taiwan in July, speculation about Taiwan IT companies adjusting salary packages for expatriates working in China...
Wednesday 18 June 2008
TSMC in talks to manufacture CPUs for VIA, says paper
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) recently held discussions with VIA Technologies over the mass production of the company's upcoming dual-core and 45nm Nano (Isaiah)...
Wednesday 18 June 2008
TSMC and Spreadtrum developing 65nm handset chips
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is working with Spreadtrum Communications, one of China's leading wireless baseband chipset providers, to develop 65nm handset chips,...