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Friday 11 June 2010
Europe debt crisis has limited impact on global semiconductor industry, says TSMC chairman
The impact of the debt crisis in Europe on the global semiconductor market will be limited as North America remains the largest semiconductor market in the world, and the China market...
Thursday 10 June 2010
TSMC revenues hit all-time high in May 2010
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has seen its sales hit an all-time high for the second straight month. The chip foundry registered consolidated revenues of NT$34.82...
Thursday 10 June 2010
TSMC unveils new reference flows
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) on June 9 introduced two reference flows - Reference Flow 11.0 and Analog/Mixed Signal (AMS) Reference Flow 1.0 - a day after announcing...
Wednesday 9 June 2010
IMEC extends Europractice IC service with TSMC 40nm offering
Interuniversity Microelectronics Center (IMEC) has announced the extension of its Europractice IC service with the offering of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC's)...
Tuesday 8 June 2010
TSMC extends OIP to speed up new designs
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced its Open Innovation Platform (OIP) - the foundry's design enablement initiative to accelerate time-to-market, improve...
Tuesday 1 June 2010
Globalfoundries reveals urgent push for 40/45nm process capacity expansion
Globalfoundries has announced plans to add nearly 110,000-square feet of clean room space at its 12-inch Fab 1 in Dresden, with the first output from the new facility expected in...
Thursday 27 May 2010
TSMC announces 0.18-micron automotive embedded flash IP
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced its 0.18-micron automotive embedded flash IP that passed AEC-Q100 product qualification requirements for a wide range...
Wednesday 26 May 2010
Double booking concern no longer an issue, says Motech chairman
With no cancellation for third-quarter orders thus far, Motech Industries chairman Simon Tsuo believes previous concerns for double booking is no longer an issue, adding that the...
Thursday 20 May 2010
MediaTek shipments for TD-SCDMA handsets to soar, says paper
MediaTek is expected to see its shipments of 3G TD-SCDMA chipsets top two million units a month around the end of the third quarter, compared to about one million shipped monthly...
Tuesday 18 May 2010
AMD chipsets in tight supply
Supply for AMD chipsets is running tight as the company has agreed to allow foundry partner Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) to allocate part of the 55nm capacity...
Friday 14 May 2010
TSMC revises budget for expansion
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has made a slight change to its recently-announced US$1.65 billion capital spending program. The foundry corrected the figure for...
Thursday 13 May 2010
Pixcir to increase wafer start orders to TSMC, UMC and HHNEC, says paper
China-based TFT-LCD driver IC and capacitive touch controller supplier Pixcir Microelectronics will increase its wafer start orders to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC),...
Thursday 13 May 2010
AMD said to use bulk 40nm at TSMC for Fusion chips
AMD reportedly plans to outsource wafer starts for its Fusion CPUs with integrated graphics to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) using bulk 40nm process technology,...
Wednesday 12 May 2010
TSMC board approves US$1.65 billion for capacity expansion
The board of directors of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has approved plans to allocate US$1.65 billion, including US$210 million for construction of a new chip...
Tuesday 11 May 2010
TSMC likely to lift 2010 capex, says paper
The board of directors of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will approve a budget for the construction its third 12-inch fab at the Central Taiwan Science Park (CTSP)...