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Wednesday 19 June 2019
TSMC to kick off shipments for new Xilinx 7nm chips
TSMC will soon enter volume shipments for new Xilinx adaptive compute acceleration processors manufactured using 7nm process technology, according to industry sources.
Thursday 13 June 2019
Taiwan delegation attends 2019 SelectUSA Investment Summit
A 122-member delegation from Taiwan attended the 2019 SelectUSA Investment Summit held June 10-12. TSMC chairman Mark Liu was also in Washington DC at the same time on a separate...
Monday 10 June 2019
TSMC revenues rebound above NT$80 billion in May
Pure-play foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) saw its May revenues rebound to over NT$80 billion (US$2.55 billion) - the highest monthly levels thus far in 20...
Monday 10 June 2019
Aspeed starts sampling BMC chips for 10nm server products
Server management SoC solution provider Aspeed Technology has started delivering in small volume samples of its new baseboard management controller (BMC) chips for servers based on...
Thursday 6 June 2019
AI to replace human jobs, lifelong learning needed to counter, says Morris Chang
Data and computing capability will be a decisive key to success in the upcoming AI and IoT era, and as AI will be able to handle a high portion of existing human jobs, people had...
Thursday 6 June 2019
TSMC expects trade war to have short-term impact
Trade tensions between the US and China will have a short-term impact on TSMC's performance, but the foundry remains positive about its mid- to long-term outlook.
Wednesday 5 June 2019
Nvidia to adopt Samsung 7nm EUV process in next-gen GPU production
Nvidia's Ampere GPUs slated for launch in 2020 will be manufactured using Samsung's 7nm EUV process technology, according to market sources.
Tuesday 28 May 2019
HiSilicon continues ramping up 7nm chip orders placed with TSMC
Huawei's HiSilicon has been ramping up 7nm chip orders placed with foundry partner TSMC to ensure adequate supply for Huawei's flagship P30 series smartphones through at least the...
Monday 27 May 2019
PSI rules out China for new wafer processing fab site
Taiwan-based Phoenix Silicon International (PSI), dedicated to wafer reclaim, wafer thinning and MEMS mid-end process services, plans to set up a new plant to fulfill robust orders...
Friday 24 May 2019
Foundries seeing order visibility turn weak
Pure-play foundries have seen order visibility for the third quarter of 2019 become blurred by the impact of the US trade ban on China's Huawei, according to industry sources.
Friday 24 May 2019
TSMC already starts N7+ volume production, says CEO
TSMC has aleady started volume production of chips built using 7nm N7+ technology, the foundry's first process node with EUV lithography, according to the pure-play foundry.
Friday 24 May 2019
TSMC maintains chip supplies to Huawei
TSMC continues fulfilling chip orders placed by Huawei and will maintain its supply to the China-based customer, according to the pure-play foundry, which also has reiterated its...
Wednesday 22 May 2019
China relying on Taiwan suppliers to cushion trade war impacts
In efforts to mitigate impacts of US trade sanctions against Huawei and tariff hikes on Chinese imports, the China government has instructed domestic enterprises to purchase more...
Tuesday 21 May 2019
Taiwan IC partners see unclear prospects for 2H19 shipments to Huawei
With the US trade sanctions likely to prove disastrous to Huawei, Taiwan semiconductor supply chain partners can hardly give clear-cut prospects for the third quarter of 2019 and...
Friday 17 May 2019
Unisoc 5G modem chip validated, to be made on TSMC 7nm node
Unisoc's Ivy 510 5G modem chip has been validated for 5G NR sub-6 GHz signaling, and will be fabricated by TSMC on the 7nm node for official application in the starting year of 5G...