TSMC refutes ‘lagging’ reports, insists 10nm on track
Intel, Samsung and TSMC have been vying to be first with 10nm SoCs and capture profits from foundry customers such…
Samsung’s plans to ship 10nm SoCs in full sail
The 10LPE process uses triple-patterning lithography to deliver up to a 30% area shrink, 27% higher performance or 40% lower…
Samsung losing foundry share in 2016
Samsung’s slowdown is in part due to expectations TSMC is grabbing most of the business making Apple A-series processors in…
Apple motivates interest in fan-out packaging
2016 is a turning point for the fan-out market since Apple and TSMC changed the game, possibly creating a trend…
Synopsys develops interface, foundation IP for TSMC’s 7nm
TSMC also certifies the complete suite of Synopsys' digital, signoff and custom implementation tools for the 7nm node.
TSMC pure-play foundry market share drops in 2016
Tower Semiconductor and SMIC will benefit the most from a 9% jump in the size of the pure-play foundry market…
MediaTek struggles amidst rising chip demand
Chip maker MediaTek says it has underestimated the supply of chips it would need from its foundry partners.
TSMC punts on extreme ultraviolet at 5nm
The company has been using 7nm as a development vehicle for EUV, achieving what it called good integration of EUV…
Foundries’ sales show chip market slowdown’s not yet over
TSMC's sales in April 2016 were NT$66.84 billion (about $1.99 billion) down 8.5 per cent on April 2015, while UMC's…