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Thursday 12 December 2013
TSMC moves 16nm FinFET to risk production
TSMC's 16nm FinFET has entered risk production, with volume production scheduled to kick off within one year, according to the foundry chipmaker. Newly-appointed co-CEO Mark Liu said...
Thursday 12 December 2013
Xilinx begins delivering 20nm chips
Xilinx has announced that it began to ship its first 20nm silicon in early November 2013, continuing to execute on an aggressive UltraScale device rollout.
Thursday 12 December 2013
TSMC builds up bumping capacity
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has built up its bumping capacity to 150,000 12-inch wafers a month with total shipments amounting to over five million units, according...
Tuesday 10 December 2013
TSMC November sales drop 14%
IC foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has reported consolidated revenues of NT$44.33 billion (US$1.5 billion) for November 2013, down 14.4% sequentially and...
Monday 9 December 2013
TSMC 28nm utilization rate to rebound in 1Q14
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has seen its 28nm process utilization rate fall to 65-70% recently, due to a cutback of customer orders, according to industry sou...
Monday 9 December 2013
MediaTek reportedly places 28nm chip orders with Globalfoundries
Speculation has circulated in the IC industry that MediaTek has contracted Globalfoundries to manufacture its dual-core MT6572 solution designed for entry-level smartphones, with...
Thursday 5 December 2013
TSMC to see strong rebound in 2Q14, says report
Consolidated revenues at foundry chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) are set to register a 4% sequential decrease in the first quarter of 2014, followed by...
Wednesday 4 December 2013
Hermes Microvision shipping e-beam inspection tools for 1Xnm processes
E-beam inspection tool supplier Hermes Microvision (HMI) has begun shipping its eScan 500-series inspection tools for 1Xnm processes, which help ramp up its revenues in 2014, according...
Friday 29 November 2013
Digitimes Research: Taiwan top foundries to see combined revenues decrease in 4Q13
Taiwan's top-three IC foundries will see their combined revenues decline 9.4% sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2013, due mainly to a fall in product ASPs, according to Digitimes...
Thursday 21 November 2013
TSMC 28nm capacity utilization unlikely to rebound soon
A rebound in the capacity utilization rate of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's 28nm process is likely to be delayed to the end of the first quarter or early in the second...
Monday 18 November 2013
Qualcomm reportedly hopes Samsung and Globalfoundries can team up, sources say
Qualcomm reportedly hopes Samsung Electronics and Globalfoundries can form an alliance, as the fabless IC vendor seeks to reduce its reliance on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing...
Wednesday 13 November 2013
TSMC names co-CEOs
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) on November 12 appointed two senior executives as its co-chief executive officers. Mark Liu and CC Wei have both been named president...
Monday 11 November 2013
TSMC to raise salaries in 2014, says Chang
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is set to raise its employees' base salaries in April 2014, said chairman and CEO Morris Chang at the company's annual sports day...
Friday 8 November 2013
TSMC, UMC October sales slip
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics (UMC) have announced decreases in October consolidated revenues from the previous month of 6.5% and 3.5%,...
Friday 8 November 2013
TSMC seeing order visibility weaken
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is set to report a more than 10% sequential decline in fourth-quarter revenues, as order visibility at the foundry house has weakened...