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Moore's Law says that the number of transistors that can be placed on an integrated circuit, without cost drawbacks, doubles about every two years.
That means that manufacturing process technologies have to be planned well in advance, and this is precisely what United Microelectronics Corp. is doing.
Much lik... |
25 May 2012
03:14 GMT |
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The Bilderberg appointed Barrack Obama is reportedly going to visit GlobalFoundries’ newest factory in Albany, New York. He’s said to applaud the great Abu Dhabi investment in USA’s industry. Since he wasn’t able to get America back on track as many have expected, President Obama is rightfully... |
8 May 2012
04:18 GMT |
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Globalfoundries has just announced that it began installation of special production tools to create 3D-based TSV devices processed on its 20nm technology platform, at its new Fab 8 campus in Saratoga County, N.Y. We’ve already reported that ATIC, the owner of GlobalFoundries, is heavily investing in 3D chip st... |
26 April 2012
12:11 GMT |
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Toshiba was one of the corporations who lost a factory during the Thai floods in 2011, so it has decided to rebuild it in a different area.
The facility belonged to Toshiba's sub-division Toshiba Semiconductor Thailand Co., Ltd. (TST), which was established in 1990.
Once the new fab is built, TST will be able... |
24 April 2012
08:44 GMT |
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Nvidia appears to be a strong believer in the fact that the time for change has come. Just like Intel started manufacturing the failed Pentium 4 processors on 300mm wafers 11 years ago, Nvidia is contemplating a move to 450 mm wafers. Back in the day, Intel was among the first FAB owners to start migrating tow... |
24 April 2012
02:42 GMT |
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We've seen how Intel has started manufacturing processors for other companies besides itself, and now we get to see just what its leadership thinks of the practice. Apparently, Intel is accepting contracts from other companies because it has leftover foundry capacity to use for such things. That means that t... |
19 April 2012
16:41 GMT |
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Though some of it has been said before, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) made an announcement about what it plans to do in 2012 and 2013.
As concerns linger about what may or may not happen with TSMC's chip production, the company decided to issue a new press release.
In it, the foundry make... |
9 December 2011
04:09 GMT |
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There are highs and lows as time passes for the IT industry, and Toshiba is definitely at one of the lows, perhaps not even at the bottom yet, having been constrained to close off three of its factories. Toshiba is reorganizing itself in the wake of troubled marketing performance brought about by what are, for the ... |
1 December 2011
09:37 GMT |
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Intel may have had an aggressive idea for manufacturing capacity advancement at some point, but it might have decided to rethink its plans in the wake of slower customer demand.Though a company may have great designs and vision, they, ultimately, must bow to demand of prospective customers.This is the case with Inte... |
31 August 2011
04:28 GMT |
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While certain companies are busy with restructuring and ending up bereft of their figureheads, others are looking to expand, such as Samsung Austin Semiconductor, which intends to boost its workforce.
One can safely say that the first quarter of 2011 was one that saw many strange things come to pass, and this inc... |
2 April 2011
05:17 GMT |
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So far, most companies reporting what the disaster in Japan meant for them have been optimistic or reserved, but it seems Texas Instruments is one of the unlucky ones whose facilities, or at least one of them, was severely affected.Many things happened because of the disaster that struck Japan last week, and it seem... |
15 March 2011
11:45 GMT |
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Not long ago, Intel revealed that it would be building a new chip facility in Arizona, and it seems that all the new, permanent jobs this will create, among other things, was enough to get US President Barack Obama visiting.The chip industry is always moving forward and, now that the worst of the economic recession ... |
19 February 2011
06:16 GMT |
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Intel may have hit a fairly nasty snag recently, what with all the chipset issues, but it is definitely not daunted by any of it, at least not enough to prevent it from going ahead with all its other plans, like building a new factory.
End-users keeping track of everything happening on the IT market will obviousl... |
19 February 2011
05:14 GMT |
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It appears that TSMC has reached the point where it must expand its wafer capacity in order to cope with growing demand for chips and with the (supposedly) upcoming spike in semiconductor orders.End-users keeping track of what is happening on the IT market will probably be aware of the fact that chip sales are expec... |
18 February 2011
08:30 GMT |
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It seems that TSMC is quite bent on expanding its production capacity besides just advancing its existing nodes, as a recent report has revealed that the outfit decided to spend quite a bit of money on some acquisitions.2011 will be a year of unusual happenings on the semiconductor markets, as DRAM and NAND, along w... |
15 January 2011
06:17 GMT |
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As a leading supplier of semiconductors, TSMC has always found the need to expand, but it must also be careful what kind of facilities it builds if it is to stay in business, which is why it has not yet decided on what to do with its next fab.For those end-users that do not know, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing C... |
20 December 2010
10:58 GMT |
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Since Intel is quite bent on making its own chips, it plans to build a new manufacturing facility and a recent report states that the Santa Clara, California-based company plans to be one of, if not the first to deliver 450mm wafers.Currently, there are only three known companies in the entire IT industry that want ... |
10 December 2010
04:56 GMT |
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About three months ago, TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company) announced its plans to start building a new 300mm wafer factory in the third quarter. Said quarter is now in progress and, sure enough, the chip manufacturer was good on its word and kicked off construction. The factory will bear the name of F... |
16 July 2010
06:42 GMT |
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After more than a year of troubles related to the 40nm manufacturing process technology, and with AMD and NVIDIA predictably dissatisfied, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company has decided to take more serious measures meant to resolve this issue once and for all. Recently, around the same time when its announce... |
15 May 2010
06:52 GMT |
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With Globalfoundries on an acquisition spree, analysts have been keeping an eye out to determine which semiconductor fabs have a higher chance of falling under its watchful gaze. Said fabs would need to already possess sufficiently advanced technologies and to belong to certain companies whose business needs are no l... |
7 May 2010
06:27 GMT |
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On March 4, as most people around the world that watch the news know, southern Taiwan was hit by an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4. Quakes are rather common in this region but, this time around, damages and injuries were quite limited. Still, even though the actual damage is small, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufactur... |
6 March 2010
05:09 GMT |
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End-users may have already gotten used to hearing about strikes, walkouts, protests and/or awkward price listing errors which have been plaguing companies like HP, Dell or Fujitsu. Still, in the case of Advanced Micro Devices, the company won't be interrupting its operation because of any sort of inconvenience.... |
19 December 2009
03:43 GMT |
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X-FAB UK is a semiconductor manufacturing plant that represents less than five percent of the total capacity of X-FAB Silicon Foundries Group. The latter was interested in strategically aligning its facilities in order to achieve further growth as a business and this meant either closing or selling the wafer manufact... |
1 December 2009
06:07 GMT |
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Although not yet perfected, MIT researchers used polysilicon-made waveguides and the same manufacturing facilities as semiconductor manufacturer Texas Instruments (TI) in order to create a chip that incorporated a large number of functional optical components. The MIT researchers' view is that, if they somehow m... |
26 November 2009
09:01 GMT |
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Currently unable to quickly respond to short lead-time orders from customers, Aptina imaging seems to be interested in transforming Micron's Japanese semiconductor manufacturing plant into a producer of CMOS image sensors. Aptina CEO David Orton stressed the fact that the cause for this current inability was in ... |
21 November 2009
07:21 GMT |
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World's second largest manufacturer of x86 processors has had a rough year, with failed launches and product delays all along its roadmap. Lack of sales, accumulated with loss of profit, has pushed the company on the edge of bankruptcy. The company needs to rethink its policy in order to survive and deliver the ... |
25 February 2008
09:18 GMT |
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Chartered Semiconductor has just announced having signed an agreement with Hitachi regarding the buyout of its 8-inch fab in Singapore for $233 million. The purchase is meant to expand Chartered's production capacity for eight-inch wafer semiconductors.The agreement between Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing ... |
15 February 2008
08:16 GMT |
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Advanced Micro Devices' chairman and CEO Hector Ruiz plans a trip to Albany, New York in the next month, to discuss the details about another new chip plant. The announcement was made during an Albany-Colonie Regional Chamber of Commerce luncheon, by Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno, who also claimed that He... |
18 January 2008
09:55 GMT |
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Contrary to expert opinions about the DRAM markets being oversaturated, Formosa Advanced Technologies executives announced their decision of opening a third DRAM plant. The action comes as a response to the demands of the company's partners Nanya Technology and Inotera Memories.The memory industry environment ha... |
23 November 2007
05:58 GMT |
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