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Infineon Selling IR Newport Manufacturing Site to New Firm Neptune 6

Sep 22, 2017

Infineon Technologies AG of Munich, Germany has signed a definitive agreement for the newly founded private company Neptune 6 Ltd to acquire its subsidiary manufacturing site IR Newport Ltd in Newport, Wales, UK. The deal is expected to ...

Tags: Infineon, Neptune 6

Taiwan Cabinet Plans to Roll out The Taiwanese Version of "Industry 4.0 Plan"

May 29, 2015

The Taiwan Cabinet plans to roll out the Taiwanese version of “Industry 4.0 Plan” this June just shortly after such plan had been publicized on TV to be part of China's official program, with the aim to help the island's ...

Tags: Taiwan Cabinet, Smart Automation Plan

Hiwin Is Upbeat About Robot Shipments

Jun 27, 2014

Hiwin comes with a bright picture for its robot shipments this year. (A Hiwin medical robot shown) Impressed by the sanguine outlook of the robot market, Chairman Eric Chuo of the Hiwin Group recently forecasted its?industrial robot ...

Tags: taiwan, Manufacturing, Processing Machinery, Robot, Machine

TSMC and Imagination Technologies Are Working Together to Develop Reference Design Flows

Mar 25, 2013

TSMC and Imagination Technologies are working together to develop reference design flows and silicon implementations for Imagination’s PowerVR Series6 GPUs on TSMC’s advanced process technologies, including 16nm FinFET process ...

Tags: Graphics Chip, Consumer Electronics, TSMC

GaAs Would Increase Manufacturing Flexibility and Expand Gross Margin

Mar 20, 2013

Radio-frequency component and compound semiconductor company RF Micro Devices Inc of Greensboro, NC, USA has announced a new gallium arsenide (GaAs) sourcing strategy intended to increase manufacturing flexibility, expand gross margin, and ...

Tags: RFMD, flexible GaAs sourcing strategy, semiconductor company

The Foundries Are Doing Solidly Well So Far This Year

Mar 11, 2013

The foundries are doing solidly well so far this year. Both TSMC and UMC are up on last year. No.1 foundry TSMC had February sales of $1.38bn which was 13% down on January but 21.5% up on February 2012. TSMC’s Jan/Feb sales total ...

Tags: TSMC, UMC, February sales

TSMC Is Farming out Chip-Testing Work to Stats Chippac Taiwan Co.

Dec 25, 2012

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

SMC Yesterday Announced Its Consolidated Net Sales Hit a New High of NT$49.4 Billion

Dec 24, 2012

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 ...

Tags: Taiwan, TSMC, semiconductor, net sales

TSMC Had Consolidated Sales Revenue of NT$43.3 Billion

Dec 12, 2012

Taipei,Oct.11,2012(CENS)--Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.(TSMC)had consolidated sales revenue of NT$43.3 billion(US$1.44 billion at US$1:NT$30)in September,slipping an unexpected 12.4% from August and hitting a five-month low ...

Tags: Taipei, TSMC, semiconductor

Globalfoundries and UMC Might Form Partnership Against No.1 Silicon Foundry

Dec 10, 2012

Taipei, Dec. 6, 2012 (CENS)--Industry executives pointed out that GlobalFoundries and United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC) might form partnership against No.1 silicon foundry, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), in the formula of ...

Tags: GlobalFoundries, United Microelectronics Corp, partnership

Industry Executives Have Regarded an Nvidia Executive's Statement in a Recent Interview

Dec 7, 2012

Taipei, Dec. 5, 2012 (CENS)--Industry executives have regarded an Nvidia executive's statement in a recent interview with a South Korean newspaper as the company's inclination to contract Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) as its ...

Tags: Samsung, TSMC, semiconductor, 20nm process, silicon foundry, tablet PCs

TSMC Chairman and CEO Pointed out That 2012 Is a Good Year for The Company

Dec 5, 2012

Taipei, Dec. 4, 2012 (CENS)--In a recent interview with Forbes Magazine, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Morris Chang pointed out that 2012 is a good year for the company, but the ...

Tags: TSMC, semiconductor, returned to the helm, net profit jumped

UMC Will See Wafer Shipment Slip 7-9% in The Fourth Quarter From The Third Quarter

Nov 28, 2012

Taipei, Nov. 1, 2012 (CENS)-- United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC) will see wafer shipment slip 7-9% in the fourth quarter from the third quarter, revenue drop 5-7%, capacity utilization rate fall to 75-79% from last quarter’s 84% and ...

Tags: United Microelectronics Corp., silicon foundry industry

The October 2012 B/B Ratio Hit a 12-Month Low of 0.75

Nov 28, 2012

The October 2012 book-to-bill (B/B) ratio of North American semiconductor-equipment industry hit a 12-month low of 0.75, with the three-month average of worldwide bookings amounting to US$743.2 million in October and the three-month average ...

Tags: Semiconductor, B/B Ratio

The Production Value of Global The Semiconductor Industry Would Rise 4.8%

Nov 28, 2012

Taipei, Oct. 22, 2012 (CENS)--Taiwan-based market research agency Market Intelligence Center (MIC) recently forecast that the production value of global the semiconductor industry would rise 4.8% year on year in 2013, a strong recovery ...

Tags: semiconductor, MIC, Market Intelligence Center, semiconductor industry

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