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Monday 2 July 2012
UMC reportedly to start building 28nm chips for Qualcomm in 4Q12, says report
United Microelectronics (UMC) reportedly has secured orders for 28nm Snapdragon S4 chips from Qualcomm with volume production slated for the fourth quarter of 2012, according to a...
Monday 18 June 2012
AMD to adopt 28nm Bulk CMOS manufacturing process for products in 2013
AMD is set to make a major change in its manufacturing process in 2013 and will fully switch from the existing SOI manufacturing processor to 28nm Bulk CMOS process, according to...
Friday 15 June 2012
Chip vendors gearing up for next-generation iPhone
Chip vendors including Qualcomm, Broadcom, STMicroelectronics, NXP, Texas Instruments (TI) and OmniVision reportedly have started stocking their solutions used for Apple's next-generation...
Wednesday 13 June 2012
TSMC reiterates supply of 28nm chips to come close to demand in 4Q12
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has reiterated its previous remarks that supply of 28nm chips would come close to meeting demand in the fourth quarter of 2012, in...
Tuesday 12 June 2012
Nvidia, AMD may miss PC replacement trend brought by Diablo 3
Although the recent release of online PC game Diablo 3 has brought on a strong PC replacement trend in the consumer PC market, Nvidia and AMD may miss a good opportunity as their...
Thursday 24 May 2012
UMC holds groundbreaking ceremony for new facilities at 12-inch fab
United Microelectronics (UMC) on May 24 held a groundbreaking ceremony for the fifth and sixth phase (P5 and P6) construction of its 12-inch plant located in southern Taiwan. Equipment...
Wednesday 23 May 2012
TSMC 3Q12 revenues to grow at a slower pace than expected, say sources
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) may see its revenues grow only at 5% sequentially in the third quarter of 2012 compared to a 10% growth projected earlier due to...
Thursday 10 May 2012
TSMC posts growth in April revenues
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced consolidated revenues for April 2012 grew 9.2% sequentially and 9.1% from a year ago to NT$40.5 billion (US$1.4 bill...
Wednesday 9 May 2012
TSMC gives priority to Nvidia for 28nm capacity
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has given priority to Nvidia for 28nm capacity, according to industry sources.
Friday 4 May 2012
TSMC 28nm ARM Cortex-A9 test chip reaches beyond 3GHz
TSMC has announced that its 28nm ARM Cortex-A9 dual-core processor test chip has achieved 3.1GHz performance under typical conditions.
Thursday 3 May 2012
28nm represents fundamental shift in foundry industry
While the recent focus of attention concerning the roll out of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) 28nm process has been on tight supply and yield issues, with fabless...
Thursday 3 May 2012
Graphics card shortages to see improvements in late May
AMD and Nvidia, impacted by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC's) fully-booked capacity, had rather weak shipment performance in the first quarter; however, as more...
Wednesday 2 May 2012
TSMC eyeing advanced process chip orders from Apple
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) plans to ramp up 20nm production ahead of schedule have prompted industry sources to speculate that the foundry will be aggressively...
Friday 27 April 2012
TSMC 1Q12 gross margins hit 47%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has reported first-quarter 2012 consolidated revenues of NT$105.51 billion (US$3.6 billion), a 0.1% increase on year. The figure...
Friday 27 April 2012
TSMC to increase 2012 capex to US$8-8.5 billion
During a company investors conference on April 26, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) chairman Morris Chang revealed 2012 capex will be increased to US$8-8.5 billion,...