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Monday 26 May 2014
Foundry houses, IC design vendors vying for fingerprint sensor orders
Wafer foundry houses as well as more Taiwan-based IC vendors will vie for the growing fingerprint identification sensor orders from the smartphone sector in the second half of 2014,...
Monday 19 May 2014
Digitimes Research: Taiwan top-3 foundry houses perform well in 1Q14
Despite the impact of seasonality and inventory adjustments at PC and consumer electronics product clients, the top-three Taiwan-based wafer foundry houses still managed to ramp up...
Thursday 15 May 2014
TSMC, Samsung competing to roll out more advanced processes
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and Samsung Electronics are competing to bring more advanced processes to the market, with TSMC eager to promote its 16nm FinFET...
Tuesday 13 May 2014
Qualcomm plans to shift 20nm orders from TSMC to Samsung or Globalfoundries, say sources
Qualcomm reportedly plans to shift its 20nm process orders from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) to Samsung Electronics or Globalfoundries, according to industry...
Friday 9 May 2014
TSMC reports revenues for April
TSMC has reported consolidated revenues of NT$61.887 billion (US$2.06 billion) for April 2014, representing a 23.88% increase on month and 23.6% increase on year.
Friday 9 May 2014
TSMC extends 28nm production lead time to 16 weeks
The lead time for production of 28nm chips at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has extended from 10 to 16 weeks, pushing clients to look for alternative suppliers,...
Tuesday 6 May 2014
MediaTek adding more 28nm chip orders at TSMC, UMC due to production defects at Globalfoundries
MediaTek reportedly has been adding more 28nm chip orders at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) due to production defects...
Wednesday 23 April 2014
Altera-TSMC tie-up to bring advanced packaging technology to Arria 10 FPGAs and SoCs
Altera and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) have signed a cooperation deal that will bring TSMC's patented, fine-pitch copper bump-based packaging technology to Altera's...
Tuesday 22 April 2014
UMC hesitates to join Samsung-Globalfoundries 14nm process alliance
United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) reportedly is reluctant to join the Samsung Electronics-Globalfoundries alliance for the development of a 14nm FinFET process node despite...
Monday 21 April 2014
TSMC to ramp IC packaging revenues to US$1 billion in 2015, says paper
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) aims to ramp up its IC packaging revenues to US$1 billion in 2015 and to US$2 billion in 2016, according to a Chinese-language...
Thursday 17 April 2014
TSMC looks to post 21-23% sequential revenue gains in 2Q14
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) expects its revenues to grow 21-23% sequentially to NT$180-183 billion (US$5.97-6.07 billion) in the second quarter of 2014.
Thursday 17 April 2014
TSMC posts net profits of nearly NT$48 billion in 1Q14
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has reported net profits of NT$47.87 billion (US$1.59 billion) for the first quarter of 2014, increasing 6.8% from the previous quarter...
Thursday 10 April 2014
TSMC 1Q14 sales beat guidance
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced consolidated revenues of NT$49.96 billion (US$1.66 billion) for March, up 6.7% sequentially and 13.2% on year.
Monday 7 April 2014
Apple reportedly to develop baseband chips for iPhones in house, say sources
Apple reportedly plans to form a R&D team to develop baseband processors for use in iPhones to be released in 2015 and will place the baseband chip orders with Samsung Electronics...
Monday 7 April 2014
TSMC Solar to triple CIGS thin-film PV module capacity, says paper
Taiwan-based CIGS (copper-indium-gallium-selenide) thin-film PV module maker TSMC Solar, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, will expand its annual...