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Wednesday 24 December 2008
Global Unichip to provide SSD controller solutions in 2009
IC design service provider Global Unichip has started developing solid-state drive (SSD) controller solutions based on ARM platform designs with Taiwan-based AboUnion Technology....
Wednesday 24 December 2008
TSMC sees few orders from OmniVision in December as handset market grows weak
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has received few orders from imaging sensor supplier OmniVision in December, which is a sign of the client's pessimistic outlook...
Wednesday 17 December 2008
Altera starts shipping 40nm FPGAs
Altera has announced silicon availability of 40nm field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) for communications, broadcast, test, medical and military applications. The Stratix IV series,...
Wednesday 17 December 2008
TSMC selects Berkeley Design Automation for analog and mixed-signal IP verification
EDA software provider Berkeley Design Automation has announced that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has selected the company's Analog FastSPICE circuit simulator...
Wednesday 10 December 2008
TSMC posts 36% revenues drop in November
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) generated revenues of about NT$19.3 billion (US$585 million) in November, down 32% sequentially and 36% from 2007, the company announced...
Tuesday 9 December 2008
UMC downgrades 4Q forecast
United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) announced today on a company filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) that the foundry has revised downward its fourth quarter 2008 guidance...
Monday 8 December 2008
VIS revises guidance, estimates 4Q08 losses
In line with TSMC's recent guidance cut, Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) has announced revised financial estimates for fourth quarter 2008 as a result of falling wafer...
Monday 8 December 2008
Samsung vying for Xilinx 40nm FPGA orders
Samsung Electronics is attempting to snatch outsourcing orders for 40nm FPGAs (field-programmable gate arrays) from Xilinx by offering lower prices than competitors', according to...
Thursday 4 December 2008
TSMC asks employees to take more unpaid leave to help cut costs
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has asked its employees to take more unpaid leave to help the company reduce its operating costs as part of its efforts to curtail...
Wednesday 3 December 2008
Foundries face heavy market capitalization erosion after TSMC guidance cut
The continuing global economic woes have hit the Taiwan foundry industry badly. With leading foundry player Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) having downgraded its...
Wednesday 3 December 2008
Toshiba informs TSMC and UMC of delay in MEMS project, sources claim
Toshiba has told Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) that it will delay a plan to produce MEMS microphones at either of...
Tuesday 2 December 2008
TSMC downgrades 4Q sales forecast by 8-9%, but no layoffs planned
Amid a global economic downturn that has lead to declining semiconductor sales, leading global pure-play foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced that...
Monday 1 December 2008
TSMC MEMS deployment on schedule despite economic downturn
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is said to be further enhancing the company's development of micro-electro mechanical systems (MEMS) business, with new equipment...
Friday 28 November 2008
TSMC and UMC to carry out cost-reduction plans, report says
Today's Chinese-language cnYES.com cited Xinhua Finance (XFN)-ASIA as reporting that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics Corporation...
Thursday 27 November 2008
eMemory enters volume production for 0.13-micron OTP memory
Intellectual property (IP) solutions provider eMemory Technology has announced that the company's Neobit one-time-programmable (OTP) memory, co-developed with Taiwan Semiconductor...