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Wednesday 10 March 2010
TSMC reports revenue growth for February 2010
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) saw revenues for February 2010 grow just 0.1% on month to NT$29.2 billion (US$919 million). The February results show a 153.8% jump...
Tuesday 9 March 2010
TSMC vice president to assume CEO role at solar cell maker Motech
Solar cell maker Motech Industries on March 8 announced the appointment of Chang Peng-heng, currently vice president of Materials Management and Risk Management at Taiwan Semiconductor...
Friday 5 March 2010
VIS utilization up on orders transferred from TSMC, says paper
Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) has boosted its capacity utilization rate at its 8-inch Fab 2 buoyed by orders transferred from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company...
Friday 5 March 2010
TSMC, UMC wafer production in southern Taiwan affected by quake
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) have both disclosed the impact of a 6.4-magnitude earthquake that hit southern Taiwan...
Friday 5 March 2010
UMC to step up hiring for 12-inch fab expansion
United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) has recently announced plans to add a total of 1,000 engineers for its Fab 12A, a 12-inch wafer fab located at the Southern Taiwan Science...
Thursday 4 March 2010
IC design houses placing more wafer orders at second-tier or China-based foundries
Some Taiwan-based vendors of LCD driver ICs, analog ICs and CMOS sensors are increasing their orders for wafer starts at second-tier foundries or foundries in China due to tight production...
Tuesday 2 March 2010
Prices of 8- and 12-inch wafers to rise in 2Q10, says paper
Major blank wafer suppliers including Shin-Etsu Handotai (SEH), Sumitomo Mitsubishi Silicon Corporation (Sumco) and MEMC Electronic Materials have all raised their quotes for the...
Monday 1 March 2010
Southern Taiwan Science Park revenues to reach NT$600 billion in 2010
Revenues of the Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP) are expected to reach NT$550-600 billion (US$17.13-18.69 billion) in 2010 amid Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC),...
Friday 26 February 2010
GPU shortage unlikely to be solved before May
The current shortage of graphics chips, which is being caused largely by low yields of the 40nm process at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), is unlikely to be completely...
Thursday 25 February 2010
MediaTek to lower wafer starts at foundries by 10-20%, says paper
MediaTek will reduce its wafer starts at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) by 10-20% in order to control its inventory...
Thursday 25 February 2010
TSMC to begin trial production on 22nm process in 3Q12, says R&D head
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is scheduled to enter trial production on its 22nm high performance process node in the third quarter of 2012, and then move to the...
Wednesday 24 February 2010
OmniVision launches second-generation backside illumination pixel technology
SANTA CLARA, Calif., - February 8, 2010 - OmniVision Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: OVTI), a leading developer of advanced digital imaging solutions, today announced the introduction...
Wednesday 24 February 2010
Top-10 spenders to represent 66% of capital outlay in chip industry, says IC Insights
The top-10 semiconductor industry capital spenders are forecast to represent two-thirds of the total outlay in 2010, according to IC Insights. The 66% share for the year would be...
Wednesday 24 February 2010
Foundries to see 12-inch wafer supply exceed demand in 2012
With major foundry chipmakers gearing up for capacity expansions at their 12-inch (300mm) facilities, Nobunaga Chai, an analyst at Digitimes Research, has forecast worldwide 12-inch...
Wednesday 24 February 2010
Dialog, TSMC partner on power management ICs
Dialog Semiconductor has announced that it is working closely with foundry partner Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) on a bipolar-CMOS-DMOS (BCD) technology specifically...