06/2011
EE Times
SAN JOSE, Calif. – During the TSMC 2011 Technology Symposium here, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (TSMC) rolled out what could be the industry’s first manufacturing process optimized for chips used in smartphones and tablets.
The technology is a new member of its 28-nm process offerings. Called 28HPM or high-performance mobile, the process is [...]
03/09/2011
EE Times
SAN JOSE, Calif. – Rumors are running rampant that Apple Inc. and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (TSMC) are expanding their foundry ties-a possible blow for Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
With little or no fanfare, Apple and TSMC have recently entered into a foundry relationship, sources said. As reported, TSMC will make the A5 [...]
02/22/2011
EE Times Europe
LONDON – Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (TSMC) is fighting back against rival Globalfoundries Inc. and winning key contracts from Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) for its 40-nm and 28-nm manufacturing process technologies, according to a Taiwan Economic News report.
AMD plans to use TSMC to build its 28-nm Southern Islands chip in the [...]
01/27/2011
Thomson Reuters – Taipei Bureau
IDG News Service – TSMC, the world’s biggest semiconductor foundry, said on Thursday it expects to expand capacity 20 percent this year as demand for PCs and mobile devices rises.
The company announced capital expenditures of US$7.8 billion in 2011 to support that expansion in manufacturing capacity. Today the company produces [...]
09/21/2010
IDG News Service – TAIPEI BUREAU
IDG News Service – Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) may be showing off its vision for the future of chip manufacturing technologies beyond 20 nanometers when it unveils its latest research into FinFET transistors at a chip industry event later this year.
Many existing products are built with planar transistors [...]
12/04/2009
EE Times Europe
LONDON — South Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. plans to double its production of chips for others, so-called foundry production, every year until it rivals market leader Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd., according to a Chosun Ilbo report that referenced an un-named company spokesman as its source.
Global foundry chip production was worth about [...]
