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Wednesday 10 August 2011
TSMC posts drop in July sales
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced consolidated revenues of NT$35.43 billion (US$1.22 billion) for July, down 3.4% on month and 4.8% on year.
Wednesday 10 August 2011
TSMC to issue up to NT$35 billion bonds
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) announced on August 9 that its board has approved the issuance of up to NT$35 billion (US$1.21 billion) in unsecured straight corporate...
Tuesday 9 August 2011
Silicon wafer prices to stay flat in 3Q11, says Topco chairman
Suppliers of semiconductor-grade silicon wafers, who had originally planned to further raise their quotes by 10-20% in the third quarter as they did in the second, will be unable...
Thursday 4 August 2011
AMD Llano processor shipments reach 1.3-1.5 million units in July
AMD shipped about one million Llano APUs in June and 1.3-1.5 million units in July, and with the appearance of the company's new Llano APUs in the fourth quarter, annual shipments...
Tuesday 2 August 2011
Commentary: CIGS firms face tough competition
Price competition among polysilicon solar cells have been causing the price for copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) thin-film solar cells to decrease as well. As governments in...
Thursday 28 July 2011
TSMC slowing down capacity expansion; revises 2011 capex
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has downwardly revised its capex budget for 2011 with plans to put a brake on planned capacity expansions for the year. The pure-play...
Monday 25 July 2011
TSMC regaining more orders from chipset players
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has managed to regain more orders recently, aiming at sustaining a positive on-quarter growth in revenues for the third quarter,...
Friday 22 July 2011
Mirle to build new plant in central Taiwan, says paper
Flat-panel display (FPD) equipment specialist Mirle Automation will invest NT$760 million (US$26 million) to establish a factory on a 2.36-hectare site at the Central Taiwan Science...
Wednesday 20 July 2011
Strong growth for semiconductor equipment in advanced packaging market, says Information Network
Advanced packaging is currently growing at a 18% compound annual rate, and equipment manufacturers will be major beneficiaries, according to market research firm The Information Ne...
Thursday 14 July 2011
eMemory offers eNVM IP in TSMC 80nm HV technology
Embedded non-volatile memory (eNVM) silicon IP developer eMemory Technology has announced that its one-time programmable memory, NeoBit, has been qualified in TSMC's 80nm high-voltage...
Wednesday 13 July 2011
TSMC reiterates plans to commercially produce 28nm chips later in 2011
Pure-play foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has said that its plans to start commercial production of chips using 28nm process this year remains unchanged...
Tuesday 12 July 2011
Global Unichip seeing demand for 65nm and below processes rise
Global Unichip has esimated that products requiring 65nm and below processing rose to account for more than 50% of its revenues in the second quarter, up from 45% in the first. The...
Monday 11 July 2011
Focus on advanced processes: Q&A with Alchip chairman Kinying Kwan
Founded in 2003 by semiconductor veterans from Silicon Valley and Japan, Alchip provides silicon design and manufacturing services for companies developing complex and high-volume...
Friday 8 July 2011
TSMC 2Q11 sales meet guidance
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has reported NT$36.67 billion (US$1.28 billion) in consolidated revenues for June 2011, down 0.1% on month but up 0.9% on year. The...
Friday 8 July 2011
Planned launch of Nvidia 28nm and 22/20nm GPUs moved back to 2012 and 2014
Despite Nvidia CEO Huang Jen-hsun previously saying that the company is set to announce its new 28nm GPU architecture at the end of 2011 and 22/20nm in 2013, sources from graphics...