IDG News Service - Following Intel's lead, contract chip maker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), is investing A!838 million (US$1 billion) in Netherlands tools maker ASML to speed up the development of faster and more ...
Tags: Intel, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, ASML, Smaller Chips
Taipei, Dec. 21, 2012 (CENS)--Although North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted a book-to-bill (B/B) ratio of 0.79 for November, which stayed below 1 for a seventh month but representing an improvement from ...
Tags: Semiconductor Equipment, Manufacturing Processing Machinery
Taipei, Dec. 21, 2012 (CENS)--Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) is farming out chip-testing work to STATS ChipPAC Taiwan Co., Ltd. as its in-house testing capacity has been inundated by flooding orders for 28nm process foundry ...
Tags: STATS ChipPAC, Manufacturing Processing Machinery, TSMC
Taipei, Sept. 28, 2012 (CENS)--VIS Inc. has reportedly requested Dialog Semiconductor and Cirrus Logic, Apple's long-term suppliers of power management ICs and audio ICs, to distribute some foundry contracts to Vanguard International ...
Tags: Taiwan, TSMC, semiconductor, VIS
Taipei, Sept. 11, 2012 (CENS)--Silicon foundry giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) yesterday announced its consolidated net sales hit a new high of NT$49.4 billion (US$1.64 billion at US$1:NT$30) in August, and its ...
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The iPhone 5 smartphone has the A6 CPU, which industry experts say is the first in a line of many upcoming Apple custom processors that will better balance performance with battery life in iPhones and iPads. The custom-designed A6 core is ...
Tags: iPhone 5, smartphone, A6 CPU, Apple
GCL-Poly Energy Holdings, the largest China-based maker of polysilicon and solar-grade crystalline silicon wafers, reportedly plans to take over a 20% stake in Taiwan-based crystalline silicon solar cell maker Motech Industries from Taiwan ...
The merger of Taiwan-based solar firms Neo Solar Power (NSP) and DelSolar (a subsidiary of Delta Electronics) has been seen as beneficial and a necessary trend for the industry, as NSP gains strong financial support and Delta finds a way to ...
Tags: solar merger, Neo Solar Power, Solar makers, Solar market
The Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) yesterday approved United Microelectronics Corp.’s application to acquire a 51.85% stake in mainland Chinese chipmaker HeJian Technology (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. for US$175 million. With the ...
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The Japanese semiconductor industry is on a downward spiral as rival companies in Taiwan, South Korea and the U.S. made gains in chip, memory and integrated circuit sales, research firm IC Insights said in a study. The sales of ...
Tags: Japanese, semiconductor industry, downward spiral, Q2
Taipei, Dec. 17, 2012 (CENS)--The Cabinet-level National Science Council (NSC) plans to put forth “grand national sci-tech plan” by the end of this year, which calls for the switch of the dominating units of national sci-tech ...
Intel will take a stake in semiconductor tools company ASML and invest in its research and development efforts,to advance manufacturing technologies that will help Intel produce smaller and more power-efficient chips,the chip maker ...
Tags: Intel, Tools Maker ASML, chip manufacturing
For 2013, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) sets capital expenditure at US$9 billion, R&D capital at US$1.6 billion and revenue increase rate at 15-20% year on year, according to corporate chairman and chief executive officer ...
Tags: TSMC, Goals for 2013
When the Chinese energy giant Hanergy decided last week to buy Miasole,a Silicon Valley-based thin-film solar company,at less than a tenth the amount venture capitalists had invested in the firm,it could have been making a savvy move.Though ...
Taipei, Oct.11, 2012 (CENS)--Taiwan's 1,004 listed manufacturers spent some NT$148.9 billion (US$4.96 billion) in R&D in the first half, up 0.7% year on year (YoY), with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) leading with NT$18.4 ...
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