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Wednesday 13 January 2010
Foundry chipmakers see yields for 40nm production below 70%
Foundry chipmakers, including Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), have been struggling to increase their yields on 40nm to over 70%, according to industry sources....
Friday 6 November 2009
Altera new Cyclone IV FPGA expands reach of Cyclone FPGA series
Hong Kong, November 3, 2009 -Expanding on the success of the Cyclone FPGA series and extending its transceiver leadership, Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) today announced the new...
Wednesday 21 October 2009
Xilinx and ARM announce development collaboration
Xilinx and ARM have announced they are collaborating to enable ARM processor and interconnect technology on Xilinx FPGAs. Xilinx is adopting ARM Cortex processor IP, using performance-optimized...
Thursday 24 September 2009
Altera Stratix IV GX FPGAs move to volume production
Hong Kong, September 24, 2009 Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) today announced it is shipping volume production of its 40-nm Stratix IV GX EP4SGX230 FPGAs...
Monday 21 September 2009
Altera extends its technology leadership with the 820K-LE Stratix IV FPGA
San Jose, Calif., September 14, 2009—Altera Corporation today announced it increased the high-end density range of its 40-nm Stratix IV E FPGAs to an industry-leading 820K logic...
Monday 21 September 2009
Altera to maintain TSMC relationship; does not rule out opportunities for additional foundry partnerships in future
When recently asked if Altera ruled out the possibility of partnering with more foundries in the future for low-cost chip production, Ying Chen, country manager, Altera Taiwan reiterated...
Thursday 3 September 2009
Qualcomm, Xilinx and Altera reduce wafer starts at foundries for 4Q09, say sources
Wireless chipmaker Qualcomm, and FPGA designers Altera and Xilinx have reduced their wafer start orders for the fourth calendar quarter of 2009 to their foundry partners, according...
Tuesday 18 August 2009
IC distributor Galaxy Far East expects growing demand for CPLDs
Taiwan-based IC distributor Galaxy Far East noted that complex programmable logic devices (CPLDs) are being used widely in smartphones for enabling design of more functions and are...
Friday 17 July 2009
Xilinx working closely with foundries to ensure 40nm FPGA supply, sources say
Xilinx is reportedly working closely with United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) and Samsung Electronics, to ensure smooth supply of its recently-announced Virtex-6 and Spartan-6...
Tuesday 7 July 2009
UMC denies yield problems with its 65nm process
United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) has responded to recent speculation indicating its 65nm yield problems have affected shipments to Xilinx. UMC asserted that there are no...
Monday 6 July 2009
Xilinx Virtex-5 supply issue caused by 65nm yield problems at UMC, say sources
United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) is seeing yield problems with its 65nm process, which are disrupting supply to major FPGA customer Xilinx, according to industry sources...
Thursday 9 April 2009
UMC announces delivery of 40nm logic ICs
United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) has announced that it has begun delivering customer ICs produced on advanced 40nm process technology. The products were manufactured with...
Friday 3 April 2009
FPGA orders to UMC and TSMC increase 10% in 2Q09
FPGA chip makers Altera and Xilinx have both increase second-quarter orders to Taiwan-based foundries United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing...
Monday 2 March 2009
Gearing up for 28nm FPGA: Q&A with Altera CEO John Daane
Although the global semiconductor industry will continue to decline this year, Altera is confident of its performance in 2009. The company will maintain strong relationships with...
Monday 16 February 2009
Altera reiterates partnership with TSMC
In response to speculated changes in partnerships between FPGA designers and foundries, John Daane, CEO of Altera, has indicated his company will maintain its long-term relationship...