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LTE (4G) is coming to the next-generation Apple smartphone, sources say

Both old and new problems come together to throw a wrench in their plans

Intends to outdo UMC and then somehow supplant TSMC too

Japan’s Renesas Electronics agrees to provide advanced technologies to TSMC

These will most likely be low-voltage 32 nm designs

An IC designer will need to sell over 100 million 20nm chips to get in the profitable zone

The company really wants to stop being an underdog in the tablet market

AMD, Qualcomm and Nvidia are the customers to blame for this

The company doesn’t think sales supply will resolve all that soon

Although wafer shipments have grown 1% compared to last quarter

It would probably lose Nvidia as a client otherwise

The foundry invests a huge amount of money one whole year ahead of schedule

The 100% increase in one quarter is impressive but it’s not the whole story

TSMC should manage to gradually increase its chip production

The company is already gushing about the efficiency benefits

The two collaborated very closely when they created the GK GPUs

The foundry is pushing for the finFET transistor concept