Leaker of TSMC Secrets Joins SMIC as Co-CEO
Liang Mong-song, a former employee at TSMC who leaked process technology to Samsung several years ago, has joined China's SMIC…
SMIC taps bonding tech for image sensor manufacturing
The low temperature hybrid wafer bonding allows wafers to be bonded with fine pitch 3D electrical interconnect without requiring bond…
Crossbar ReRAM chases terabyte non-volatile memory
The ReRAM is showing advantages over flash memory, including read latencies of 20 nanoseconds and write latencies of 12 nanoseconds.
Are China’s chipmakers poaching Taiwan’s execs?
Recruiting Taiwan’s veterans will help China’s chip industry accelerate their R&D upgrading, process technology and yield improvements.
SMIC builds South China’s first 12-inch fab
The new fab, which has a total designed capacity of 40,000 wafers per month, is aimed at meeting demand for…
China’s SMIC buys Italian chip foundry
The deal marks SMIC’s first expansion of manufacturing beyond China and will also move the company into the global electronics…