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Friday 16 October 2015
TSMC cuts 2015 chip growth forecast to zero
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has cut its 2015 outlook for the global semiconductor industry to zero growth. It is the third time the foundry has lowered its chip...
Thursday 15 October 2015
TSMC reports 3Q15 EPS of NT$2.91
TSMC has announced net profits of NT$75.33 billion (US$2.34 billion) on consolidated revenues of NT$212.51 billion for the third quarter of 2015. EPS for the quarter came to NT$2.9...
Thursday 15 October 2015
TSMC rolls out low-cost version of 16nm FinFET
TSMC has quietly rolled out a compact, low-power version of its 16nm FinFET fabrication process - 16nm FinFET Compact (16FFC). With the availability of three series of its 16nm FinFET...
Thursday 15 October 2015
Samsung eyeing 14nm chip orders from HiSilicon
Samsung Electronics is offering HiSilicon Technologies lower prices for its 14nm FinFET production in a bid to vie for mobile chip orders from the China-based fabless vendor, according...
Wednesday 14 October 2015
TSMC seeing brisk demand for 16nm chips from China
Almost 10 China-based IC design houses have already entered design-in process using TSMC's 16nm FinFET technology, which is ready for rapid demand growth in China, according to Roger...
Monday 12 October 2015
Pure-play foundry market to grow 6% in 2015, says IC Insights
The total pure-play foundry market is forecast to grow 6.1% to US$44.9 billion in 2015, according to IC Insights. The entire increase in pure-play foundry sales is forecast to be...
Thursday 8 October 2015
TSMC 3Q15 revenues rise 3.4%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) saw its third-quarter revenues increase 3.4% sequentially to reach the company's third-highest quarterly figure on record.
Friday 2 October 2015
Xilinx ships 16nm chips ahead of schedule
Xilinx has announced it is shipping 16nm multiprocessor SoCs (MPSoC) to customers a quarter ahead of schedule. The early release of the Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC enables Xilinx customers...
Friday 2 October 2015
Imagination receives TSMC 2015 Graphics Partner of the Year Award
Imagination Technologies (IMG.L) announces that it was awarded a Partner of the Year Award from TSMC during the TSMC Open Innovation Platform (OIP) Ecosystem Forum. Imagination received...
Friday 25 September 2015
IC backend houses to stay cautious as TSMC warns of sales drop in 4Q15
With Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) forecasting a sequential decline in fourth-quarter revenues, Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) and other backend companies...
Wednesday 23 September 2015
TSMC expects sales drop in 4Q15
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced that its third-quarter revenues will exceed its guidance given in mid-July, thanks to a more favorable US dollar exchange...
Wednesday 23 September 2015
Cadence offers design tools for TSMC InFO packaging
Cadence Design Systems has announced that its Allegro system-in-package (SiP) and physical verification system (PVS) implementation technologies have been enabled for TSMC's integrated...
Friday 18 September 2015
Recent executive changes at chipmakers
There were executive changes recently at chipmakers including Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), United Microelectronics (UMC) and Micron Technology, which have drawn...
Thursday 17 September 2015
Cadence announces IP portfolio for TSMC 10nm FinFET process
Cadence Design Systems has announced an intellectual property (IP) portfolio for TSMC's 10nm FinFET (N10) process. Cadence has already secured multiple design wins with this portfolio...
Wednesday 16 September 2015
eMemory announces verified NeoFuse OTP IP in 16nm FinFET Plus process
Taiwan-based eMemory has announced the availability of its One-Time Programmable (OTP) NeoFuse technology in a mainstream 16nm FinFET Plus process, as well as the development and...