Hardware news tagged Semiconductor

Thursday, January 24, 2013


University Professor Develops Cheaper and Greener Way to Produce Silicon. {keywords}
[11:59 pm]

New Silicon Production Method Could Slash Chip Prices

 

Monday, January 21, 2013


TSMC: Demand for 20nm Chips Will Be Higher Than Demand for 28nm Chips Nowadays. {keywords}
[11:10 pm]

TSMC Foresees Rapid Ramp of 20nm Capacities in 2013 and 2014

TSMC’s Sales of 28nm Chips in Fourth Quarter Totaled Nearly $1 Billion. {keywords}
[9:30 am]

28nm Chips Now Represent Nearly a Quarter of TSMC’s Wafer Revenue

 

Friday, January 18, 2013


Intel Demonstrates Industry’s First Fully Patterned 450mm Wafer: Photos. {keywords}
[5:44 pm]

Intel Shows Off First Fruit of Broad Industry 450mm Collaboration

Intel to Start Building First Dedicated 450mm Fab This Year. {keywords}
[4:58 pm]

Intel Reserves $2 Billion on Start of 450mm Fab Construction

Intel on Track to Start Making 14nm “Broadwell” Chips in 2013. {keywords}
[3:40 pm]

Intel Begins Transition to 14nm Manufacturing Process This Year

 

Wednesday, January 16, 2013


TSMC, GlobalFoundries and Samsung Lead Chip Foundry Rankings in 2012. {keywords}
[9:56 pm]

GlobalFoundries and Samsung Leave UMC Behind, TSMC Still Leads Contract Semiconductor Market

 

Tuesday, January 15, 2013


GlobalFoundries Touts $10 Billion Fab 8 Module 2. {keywords}
[11:56 pm]

GlobalFoundries Looks Forward Second Module of Fab 8

 

Tuesday, January 8, 2013


GlobalFoundries to Build $2 Billion R&D Facility in New York. {keywords}
[11:11 pm]

GlobalFoundries to Establish Massive R&D Center Near Fab 8

 

Thursday, January 3, 2013


TSMC to Start Trial Chip Production for Apple in Q1 2013 – Report. {keywords}
[8:26 pm]

TSMC to Make Apple A6X Chip Using 28nm Process Tech This Quarter

 

Thursday, December 27, 2012


Environmentalists Worried About TSMC’s 450mm Fab in Central Taiwan. {keywords}
[6:28 pm]

Locals Protest Building of TSMC’s First 450mm Fab in 2014

 

Thursday, December 20, 2012


Samsung Tapes Out First 14nm FinFET Test Chips. {keywords}
[8:06 pm]

Samsung Reaches 14nm FinFET Process Technology Development Milestone

TSMC Confirms Plans to Build a Semiconductor Fab in the U.S. {keywords}
[1:25 pm]

TSMC Set to Expand Global Presence to Satisfy Different Clients

 

Monday, December 17, 2012


Intel’s Custom Foundry Business Will Become Strong with 450mm Arrival – Analyst. {keywords}
[12:00 am]

Market Observer Reveals Intel’s Average CPU and Wafer Prices to Support Custom Foundry Biz’s Viability

 

Saturday, December 15, 2012


TSMC to Boost Capital Expenditures in 2013 to Record $9 Billion. {keywords}
[11:33 am]

World’s Largest Foundry Ups CapEx from $8.3 to $9 Billion per Year

 

Friday, December 14, 2012


STMicroelectronics to Exit ST-Ericsson SoC Business. {keywords}
[3:14 pm]

STM Unveils New Strategy

 

Thursday, December 13, 2012


Samsung on Track to Produce 28nm Chips at Austin Facility in 2013. {keywords}
[11:50 pm]

Samsung Set to Continue to Invest into Expansion of Austin, Texas Factory

AMD: We Would Like to Use Process Technologies for Longer Periods of Time. {keywords}
[5:02 pm]

AMD Unsure About Transition Timeframe to 20nm Node

 

Tuesday, December 11, 2012


Globalfoundries: Europe Does Not Do Enough to Stimulate Chip Manufacturing . {keywords}
[11:30 pm]

Globalfoundries Calls Europe to Support Chip Manufacturing

 

Monday, December 10, 2012


IBM Announces Silicon Nanophotonics Breakthrough. {keywords}
[6:05 pm]

IBM Finds Way to Build Silicon Nanophotonics into Chips

Chief Executive of AMD: We Are Not Interested in Low-Volume Customers. {keywords}
[12:00 am]

AMD Interested Only in High-Volume Design Wins

Intel: Transition to 450mm Will Terminate Half of Semiconductor Market Players. {keywords}
[12:00 am]

Numerous Transitions Incoming This Decade Will Reduce the Number of Semiconductor Companies - Paul Otellini