- Technology & Gadgets
- By Sebastian Pop
- March 14th, 2013
Huge Drop in Chip Market Led by Intel in Q4 2012
There wasn't much of a recourse really, all things considered
- Technology Blog
- By Sebastian Pop
- February 9th, 2013
TSMC Sales Up in January 2013
They were up almost 30% on month and 37% year-over-year
- Technology Blog
- By Sebastian Pop
- February 5th, 2013
Chip Sales Neared Record Levels in 2012
It was the third-largest yearly total ever actually, according to SIA
- Technology & Gadgets
- By Sebastian Pop
- December 28th, 2012
TSMC Factory Plans Raising Environmental Concerns
The 450mm Fab in Central Taiwan not getting a warm welcome
- Technology Blog
- By Sebastian Pop
- December 19th, 2012
Global Chip Revenues Deflate in 2012, Analysts Find
CPUs, DRAM chips and NAND Flash memory chips fall short of hopes
- Apple
- By Constantin Murariu
- July 27th, 2012
iPhone 5 Could Face Delay
Apple’s troubles might have something in common with Qualcomm’s 28nm issues
- Technology Blog
- By Sebastian Pop
- July 21st, 2012
TSMC Foresees Weak Sales in Q3/Q4 2012
Although its financial results were good, the optimism isn't overly high
- Technology & Gadgets
- By Sebastian Pop
- July 5th, 2012
TSMC Will Not Buy Renesas 12-Inch Fab
As the latter slowly backs out of the semiconductor market, it is looking for buyers
- Technology Blog
- By Constantin Murariu
- July 1st, 2012
IBM Designates UMC to Make Its 20nm FinFET Chips
The greatest IT R&D company in the world doesn’t want to rely on SOI only
- Technology Blog
- By Constantin Murariu
- June 25th, 2012
Semiconductor Industry in a Prolonged Downturn
Gartner says the worldwide wafer fab equipment spending is 11% lower than last year
- Technology & Gadgets
- By Sebastian Pop
- June 18th, 2012
Researchers Demo Efficient Carbon Nanotubes Without Special Requirements
That is to say, they can be constructed using existing manufacturing processes
- Technology & Gadgets
- By Constantin Murariu
- May 29th, 2012
World’s Fifth Semiconductor Company to Retire from Manufacturing
Japan’s Renesas Electronics agrees to provide advanced technologies to TSMC
- CPU
- By Sebastian Pop
- May 25th, 2012
UMC Builds 14nm Chip Facility, Starts on 28nm Too
The need for more advanced semiconductors isn't going anywhere
- Technology & Gadgets
- By Constantin Murariu
- May 11th, 2012
Semiconductor Industry Still in a Slump
Although wafer shipments have grown 1% compared to last quarter
- Technology & Gadgets
- By Constantin Murariu
- April 30th, 2012
Global Semiconductor Market Grew 3.7% in 2011
It seems it won’t happen again this year, many industry players say
- Technology & Gadgets
- By Constantin Murariu
- April 25th, 2012
Semiconductor Market Will Grow Only 2 or 3 Percent in 2012, TSMC Says
The chip designers will probably eat into each other’s market share.
- Technology & Gadgets
- By Sebastian Pop
- April 24th, 2012
Toshiba Decides to Build New Chip Factory in Thailand
Toshiba Semiconductor Thailand Co., Ltd. will relocate