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Wednesday 18 January 2012
TSMC reports EPS of NT$5.18 for 2011
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has reported NT$134.2 billion (US$4.58 billion) in net profits for 2011, down 17.1% on year but staying at a high level as compared...
Wednesday 18 January 2012
TSMC seeing 3G chip orders boom, sources say
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has seen orders from the wireless communications sector boom recently, according to industry sources, adding that the contract chipmaker...
Tuesday 10 January 2012
TSMC 4Q11 sales near high-end guidance
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) saw its consolidated revenues amount to NT$104.7 billion (US$3.5 billion) in the fourth quarter of 2011, which came close to the...
Monday 9 January 2012
UMC 4Q11 sales down 3%
Revenues at United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) amounted to NT$24.43 billion (US$809.6 million) in the fourth quarter of 2011 after the foundry posted higher December sales...
Thursday 5 January 2012
STATS ChipPAC Taiwan to post sales growth in 1Q12 on short lead-time orders, says report
Revenues at STATS ChipPAC Taiwan Semiconductor are expected to register slight sequential growth in the first quarter of 2012, thanks to a pull-in of testing orders for logic ICs...
Friday 23 December 2011
TSMC to enter volume production on 18-inch wafers as early as 2015
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will maintain its plans to begin trial production on 18-inch wafers in the 2013-2014 timeframe, with volume production slated for...
Monday 19 December 2011
Powerchip in final stage of plant sale talks, says paper
Powerchip Technology has entered into final-stage talks over the sale of its P3 12-inch wafer plant, the Chinese-language Commercial Times reported today. Globalfoundries...
Monday 12 December 2011
TSMC November sales down, VIS up
Foundry chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) saw its sales decrease sequentially in November 2011, joining fellow company United Microelectronics Corporation...
Friday 9 December 2011
TSMC breaks ground for new facility equipped for 20nm and below
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) on December 9 held a groundbreaking ceremony for the Phase 3 facility at Fab 15 in Taichung, central Taiwan, and also revealed that...
Friday 9 December 2011
TSMC to begin third-phase construction at Fab 15
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will soon break ground for the third phase construction of its new 12-inch wafer plant in central Taiwan. according to an invitation...
Wednesday 7 December 2011
Materials and equipment pose challenges for 10nm semiconductor processes
While semiconductor manufacturing processes have been continually upgraded through die shrinks, the development of processes for 10nm and below is expected to face challenges related...
Monday 5 December 2011
TSMC gearing up for via-first TSV
While major IC packagers have already devoted resources on TSV (via-last) development, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is also eyeing the market with its front-end...
Monday 5 December 2011
Logic IC to outpace average chip growth in 2012, says TSMC chairman
Morris Chang, chairman of contract chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), predicts that growth in the logic IC sector will outstrip the average of the semiconductor...
Thursday 1 December 2011
Digitimes Research: Top foundries in Greater China to see slight growth in 2011 revenues
Following a strong recovery in 2010, Digitimes Research expects the top-three foundry chipmakers in Greater China to see their combined revenues grow at a modest 3% rate in 2011.
Thursday 1 December 2011
TSMC to report lower revenues
Despite reports of brisk retail sales in the US during the Thanksgiving weekend, Taiwan's fabless IC companies and contract manufacturers do not expect a short-term rebound in orders,...