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Wednesday 28 September 2016
Leading-edge leads the way in pure-play foundry growth, says IC Insights
Growth in pure-play foundry sales for 2016 is forecast to be almost entirely due to sub-40nm feature size device sales, according to IC Insights. The leading-edge sub-40nm pure-play...
Wednesday 28 September 2016
TSMC orders equipment for NT$2.32 billion
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has purchased machinery equipment from Advanced Thermal Sciences (ATS), Tokyo Electron and Applied Materials for a total of NT$2.32...
Monday 26 September 2016
Cadence, TSMC advance 7nm FinFET designs for mobile and HPC platforms
Cadence Design Systems has announced several important deliveries in its collaboration with TSMC to advance 7nm FinFET designs for mobile and high-performance computing (HPC) platf...
Friday 23 September 2016
Cadence delivers integrated system design solution for TSMC InFO packaging technology
Cadence Design Systems has announced the immediate availability of an integrated system design solution for TSMC's advanced wafer-level integrated fan-out (InFO) packaging technology,...
Thursday 22 September 2016
MediaTek likely to roll out 2 10nm chip versions, says report
MediaTek is considering rolling out two versions of its 10nm chips, the Helio X30 for high-end smartphones and the X35 for the lower-end segment, according to a Chinese-language Economic...
Thursday 22 September 2016
M31 partnering with TSMC to offer MIPI PHY solutions
Silicon IP provider M31 has announced the development of its new MIPI M-PHY Gear3 IP on TSMC's 40LP and 28nm HPC+ process nodes. The 40LP M-PHY has been widely adopted by customers...
Monday 12 September 2016
Samsung putting capex focus on OLED could lose major foundry client
Qualcomm, a major foundry client of Samsung, has become aware of the risks associated with Samsung putting its capex focus on the OLED panel market, and is considering coming back...
Friday 9 September 2016
TSMC reports record August revenues
Consolidated revenues at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) increased 23.5% sequentially and 40.7% from a year ago to NT$94.31 billion (US$3 billion) in August 2016,...
Thursday 8 September 2016
TSMC looks to nearly 10% revenue growth in 2016, says co-CEO
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is expected to enjoy a nearly 10% revenue increase in 2016, according to company co-CEO Mark Liu.
Wednesday 7 September 2016
SEMICON Taiwan 2016: Advanced packaging remains in the spotlight
Semicon Taiwan 2016 will kick off in Taipei from September 7-9, with advanced packaging remaining a major focus.
Wednesday 7 September 2016
TSMC set to move 7nm to volume production in 1Q18
TSMC's 7nm technology will outperform rivals' in terms of area, performance and power, according to Simon Wang, senior director of business development for TSMC. The foundry is scheduled...
Monday 5 September 2016
Foundry capacity utilization to drop in 4Q16
TSMC and other pure-play foundries will see their capacity utilization to fall in the fourth quarter of 2016, with second-tier foundry players under pressure to fill their capacity,...
Friday 2 September 2016
Demand from Taiwan chipmakers brisk, says Namics
Demand from Taiwan-based Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) and other chipmakers has been strong, according to Japan-based...
Thursday 1 September 2016
Renesas, TSMC team up for 28nm MCUs
Renesas Electronics and TSMC have announced that they are collaborating on 28nm embedded flash (eFlash) process technology for manufacturing microcontrollers (MCUs) targeted at next-generation...
Monday 29 August 2016
TSMC orders equipment for NT$21.3 billion
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) purchased machinery equipment from Ebara, ASML and Applied Materials for a total of NT$21.3 billion (US$669.7 million), according...