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Friday 16 September 2011
Apple said to have contracted with TSMC
Apple has recently signed a foundry partnership agreement with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), industry sources have claimed. Under the terms of the agreement,...
Thursday 15 September 2011
IDF 2011: Intel to enter 14nm process in 2014
Intel CPUs will enter 14nm processing by 2014, according to Steven Smith, vice president and head of netbook, tablet PC business speaking at Intel Developer Forum (IDF) in San Fran...
Wednesday 14 September 2011
Short lead-time orders buoying TSMC sales
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company ((TSMC) has disclosed that its consolidated revenues for the third quarter of 2011 are expected to exceed its guidance given in July, thanks...
Friday 9 September 2011
TSMC expects 3Q11 sales to beat guidance
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced that consolidated revenues grew 6.2% sequentially and 0.7% from a year ago to NT$37.64 billion (US$1.29 billion) in...
Thursday 8 September 2011
Foundry utilization to remain below 85%, says report
Global pure-play semiconductor foundry utilization is unlikely to rise above 85% over the next six months, as the industry continues to work through excessive inventory, the Chinese-language...
Thursday 8 September 2011
SEMICON Taiwan 2011: Companies announce job openings
A number of Taiwan-based semiconductor companies including foundries Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC), memory chipmakers...
Thursday 8 September 2011
TSMC expects to ramp 14nm process in 2015, says R&D head
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will conduct R&D for 14nm process technology starting 2012, and expects to begin volume production on the node in 2015, according...
Tuesday 6 September 2011
TSMC high-end IC packaging impacts IC packaging/testing houses
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has undertaken in-house high-end packaging of ICs produced by its foundry processes for fabless IC design houses in the US and Europe...
Monday 5 September 2011
TSMC 2011 sales growth target not achievable
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) chairman and CEO Morris Chang told reporters on the sidelines of a recent technology forum in Taipei that the company's previous...
Thursday 1 September 2011
Thin-film solar products face increasing difficulties in commercialization
The solar market has been facing tough challenges in 2011. The price of mainstream silicon-based solar products has been falling rapidly causing alternative types of solar products...
Tuesday 30 August 2011
IDT to sell Oregon fab for US$26 million
Integrated Device Technology (IDT) has announced that it intends to sell its Hillsboro, Oregon wafer fabrication facility and related assets to Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (AOS),...
Friday 26 August 2011
SPIL vying for CPU back-end orders from Apple
Packaging and testing firm Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) is likely to snatch outsourcing orders for Apple's new processor dubbed A6, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 24 August 2011
TSMC seeing orders for networking, handset chips pick up, says paper
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has seen its customers specializing in handset- and networking-related ICs step up their pace of orders, the Chinese-language Commercial...
Tuesday 23 August 2011
Taiwan foundries to benefit from new Renesas strategy, says paper
The massive earthquake and resulting tsunami that struck Japan in March has encouraged Renesas Electronics to further strengthen its BCP (business continuity plan) as part of efforts...
Thursday 18 August 2011
Increasing demand of conversion efficiency to pose obstacles for thin-film solar products
Solar power system firms have been focused on rooftop systems due to changes in the incentive programs in Europe. Hence, solar power system firms tend to demand solar cells with higher...