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Tuesday 21 April 2015
Taiwan chipmakers unaffected by earthquake
Taiwan-based chipmakers including foundries TSMC and UMC, and IC packager ASE have said that their operations have not been affected by a 6.3 magnitude earthquake that struck the...
Monday 20 April 2015
TSMC to open new fab for 10nm manufacturing in mid-2016, says chairman
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will break ground for a new fab at its 12-inch wafer plant in central Taiwan in June 2015. The fab is designed to manufacture chips...
Friday 17 April 2015
TSMC targets 10% revenue CAGR over next 5 years
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is targeting a 10% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) for both revenues and profits over the next five years, according to the pure-play...
Friday 17 April 2015
Worldwide semiconductor foundry market grows 16.1% in 2014, says Gartner
The worldwide semiconductor foundry market grew 16.1% in 2014 to achieve US$46.9 billion in revenues, according to final results by Gartner.
Friday 17 April 2015
TSMC expects sales drop in 2Q15
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) expects its revenues to decrease 7-8% sequentially in the second quarter of 2015. The pure-play IC foundry has also cut its annual...
Thursday 16 April 2015
TSMC hopes to build wholly-owned 12-inch fab in China
TSMC would prefer to set up its own 12-inch wafer fab in China, and management is evaluating the feasibility "aggressively," according to the Taiwan-based contract chipma...
Thursday 16 April 2015
Commentary: TSMC to lag UMC, Powerchip to build 12-inch fab in China
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) may not only lag behind rival United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) but also Powerchip Technology in the race to build 12-inch...
Friday 10 April 2015
TSMC March sales rise 15%
Pure-play IC foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has reported consolidated revenues of NT$72.27 billion (US$2.32 billion) for March 2015, up 15.4% on month and...
Friday 10 April 2015
Synopsys announces availability of silicon-proven IP portfolio for TSMC 16nm FinFET Plus processes
Synopsys has announced the availability of a portfolio of DesignWare PHY IP for TSMC's 16nm FinFET Plus (16FF+) processes.
Thursday 9 April 2015
Cadence digital and custom/analog tools achieve TSMC certification for 10nm FinFET early design starts
Cadence Design Systems has announced that its digital and custom/analog tools have achieved certification from TSMC for its most-current version of 10nm FinFET Design Rule Manual...
Thursday 9 April 2015
TSMC to construct Fab 15 Phase 5 facility starting May
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will break ground for the fifth phase construction of its 12-inch wafer plant in central Taiwan in May, according to industry sour...
Tuesday 7 April 2015
Altera, TSMC develop UBM-free WLCSP packaging
Altera and TSMC have produced an UBM-free (under-bump metallization-free) WLCSP (wafer-level chip scale package) technology for Altera's MAX 10 FPGA products, according to the comp...
Tuesday 7 April 2015
NewEdge Technology shipping wireless charging ICs in volume
China-based NewEdge Technology has started shipping its wireless charging ICs in volume. The chips are being manufacturing using TSMC's 0.18-micron technology, according to industry...
Thursday 2 April 2015
Digitimes Research: Samsung expected to see increasing orders on 14nm process
Qualcomm's next-generation application processor (AP), the Snapdragon 820, is expected to outsource to Samsung Electronics using a 14nm node, which the Korea-based foundry house has...
Thursday 2 April 2015
M31 offers low-voltage and low-power physical IP solutions for TSMC 55ULP targeting IoT
M31 Technology has announced the availability of its low-voltage and low-power physical IP solutions on TSMC 55nm ultra-low power process technology. The platform provides system-on-a-chip...