TSMC Signs Manufacturing Agreement With U.S. Semiconductor Company
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company has signed a manufacturing agreement with the U.S. semiconductor company Integrated Device Technology to take over the latter's chip factory in Oregon. Under...
View ArticleTaiwan's UMC Revenue Up 11% In August 2009
Taiwan-based wafer foundry United Microelectronics Corporation has announced that its revenue in August 2009 increased by 11% from NTD8.17 billion in the same period of last year to NTD9.06 billion....
View ArticleTSMC Reports Revenue Decline Of 6.8% In August 2009
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company has published its net sales for August 2009 and states that on an unconsolidated basis, its net sales decreased by 6.8% over the previous year to NTD28.89...
View ArticleSMIC CEO Resigns
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation, one of the largest semiconductor foundries in mainland China, has announced that its CEO, Dr. Richard Chang, has resigned to pursue other personal...
View ArticleIntel To Invest In Two Chinese Companies
Intel Capital, Intel's investment unit, has announced that it has invested USD25 million in seven companies, including two in China, to cultivate new technologies. Intel revealed the investment targets...
View ArticleMediaTek, Qualcomm Sign Patent License Agreement For Wireless Technologies
Taiwan-headquartered fabless semiconductor company MediaTek Inc. and the U.S. wireless communication technology developer Qualcomm have signed a patent cross-licensing agreement. The patent...
View ArticleLatest Intel: Lenovo Chooses AMD Chips
According to reports in foreign media, Chinese PC maker Lenovo has launched its new ThinkPad Edge series based on AMD's microprocessor and it is reportedly the first time for Lenovo to adopt AMD's...
View ArticleCMMB Mobile TV Gains New Semiconductor Solution
Newport Media has commenced mass production of its complete 65nm complementary metal-oxide semiconductor single-chip solution for the China Multimedia Mobile Broadcasting digital television standard....
View ArticleToshiba And Fujitsu Form Assembly, Test JV In China
Toshiba's subsidiary Toshiba Semiconductor (Wuxi) Company Ltd. has signed an agreement with Nantong Fujitsu Microelectronics Company Ltd. on establishing a JV in China. The two companies signed a...
View ArticleIBM Unveils Power7 Processor In China
The international technology giant IBM has unveiled its new-generation Power processor, Power7, in China, aiming to expand the application fields of its Power processor brand. Compared with its Power6...
View ArticleSemiconductor Revenue Climbs For SMIC In Shanghai
Shanghai-based Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation announced its consolidated results of operations for the three months ended June 30, 2010, and stated its quarter-over-quarter...
View ArticleNew Office For Chipmaker In China
France-based 4G chipmaker Sequans has opened a new office in Shanghai. Sequans said it established the local presence to better serve its Chinese customers and to more readily respond to the company's...
View ArticleUMC Receives Honor In Taiwan
Semiconductor foundry firm UMC has received the Industrial Technology Advancement Award in the category of Outstanding Enterprise Innovation Award from Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs. The...
View ArticleSMIC Appoints New Acting CEO After Exec Departs
Following the abrupt resignation of its CEO last week, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation has now named a new leader for the company. Zhang Wenyi has been appointed SMIC's chairman,...
View ArticleChina's SMIC Lost CNY88.1 Million During Third Quarter
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation, a leading semiconductor foundry in mainland China, has announced its financial report for the third quarter of 2011, stating that it made net loss...
View ArticleBroadcom Appoints New Greater China President
American semiconductor company Broadcom has announced the appointment of Li Tingwei as its new senior vice president of sales for China, Taiwan and Hong Kong and president of Greater China. With the...
View ArticleTSMC Appoints New Co-CEO
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited has approved plans to appoint Mark Liu and C.C. Wei as new presidents and co-CEOs of the company. An email statement sent by TSMC to media reportedly...
View ArticleHon Hai Signs Five New Big Data Projects In Guizhou
Hon Hai Precision Industry, parent company of Foxconn, announced that they have signed five major agreements with Guizhou to enhance investments in the province. Of the five agreements, three were...
View ArticleShunned By Other Countries, Chinese Tech Firm Makes British Investment
Huawei Technologies recently made an investment in XMOS, a British fabless semiconductor company and leader in intelligent multicore microcontrollers. This marks the Chinese telecom device maker's...
View ArticleIntel To Invest In Two Chinese Companies
Intel Capital, Intel's investment unit, has announced that it has invested USD25 million in seven companies, including two in China, to cultivate new technologies. Intel revealed the investment targets...
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