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Friday 29 September 2017
TSMC announces plan to build 3nm fab in Taiwan
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) today announced that following careful evaluation, the company's planned advanced 3nm fab will be located in the Tainan Science Park...
Friday 29 September 2017
Where is Mong-song Liang taking SMIC: down the Samsung or TSMC path?
SMIC has declined to confirm whether Mong-song Liang is working for it although industry players across the Taiwan Strait have claimed thta the former TSMC R&D guru is working...
Monday 25 September 2017
Taiwan IC backend firms to enjoy strong 4Q17
A ramp-up of orders for communications chips, as well as TV panel-use driver ICs and TDDI (touch with display driver) chips, will enable Taiwan-based IC backend firms to enjoy a particularly...
Thursday 21 September 2017
TSMC to hold over 70% of PWM IC orders from Qualcomm
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is expected to grab 70-80% of the total orders for Qualcomm's new-generation power management ICs (PWM IC), according to industry...
Wednesday 20 September 2017
Leading-edge paves way for pure-play foundry growth, says IC Insights
In 2017, the 7% increase in the total pure-play foundry market is forecast to be almost entirely due to an 18% jump in sub-40nm feature size device sales, according to IC Insights.
Wednesday 20 September 2017
Synopsys tapes out DesignWare, Interface IP for TSMC 7nm FinFET process
Synopsys has announced the successful tape-out of a broad portfolio of DesignWare Foundation and Interface PHY IP for TSMC's 7nm process technology, including logic libraries, embedded...
Friday 15 September 2017
ITRI joins TSMC supply chain with new liquid nanoparticle monitor
Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) has tapped into the supply chain of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) with a new generation liquid nanoparticle...
Friday 15 September 2017
IC packager ASE reportedly enters Amazon supply chain
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) has cut into the supply chain for Amazon's datacenter construction set to begin between 2017 and 2018, by providing 2.5D IC packaging services...
Thursday 14 September 2017
Gudeng obtains FOUP orders from China 12-inch foundries
Gudeng Precision Industrial has obtained front opening unified pod (FOUP) orders from a number of 12-inch foundries including United Semiconductor (Xiamen), Huali Microelectronics...
Wednesday 13 September 2017
SEMICON Taiwan 2017: Focus on IoT, AI, smart applications
The 22nd annual SEMICON Taiwan trade show has kicked off in Taipei, running from September 13-15, with this year's theme focusing on IoT, AI, smart manufacturing, smart transportation...
Wednesday 13 September 2017
TSMC starts equipment move-in at Nanjing plant
TSMC on September 12 held a ceremony to mark the start of equipment move-in at its new 12-inch wafer plant in Nanjing, China.
Wednesday 13 September 2017
ASML EUV equipment production to almost double in 2018
ASML has disclosed annual production of its extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography systems will increase to 20 units in 2018 from the current 12.
Tuesday 12 September 2017
Xilinx, ARM, Cadence and TSMC collaborating on CCIX test chip
Xilinx, ARM, Cadence Design Systems and TSMC have announced a collaboration to build the first CCIX (cache coherent interconnect for accelerators) test chip in TSMC 7nm FinFET process...
Monday 11 September 2017
TSMC revenues decline 2.54% on year in August
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has reported consolidated revenues of NT$91.917 billion (US$3.06 billion) for August 2017, representing a 28.36% increase on month...
Friday 8 September 2017
TSMC August revenues increase 28%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced August consolidated revenues increased 28.4% sequentially to NT$91.92 billion (US$3.06 billion).