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TSMC struggles with 28nm

Posted April 6, 2012 - 14:43 by Trent Nouveau

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is reportedly experiencing issues with its 28nm foundry capacity which has fallen "drastically short of demand."  

Report: TSMC ready for new Apple chips

Posted March 30, 2012 - 14:12 by Trent Nouveau

The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is reportedly in the running to fab Apple’s next-gen ARM-based processors, which include the indigenously designed A6 and A7 chips.

Is TSMC having trouble with 28nm?

Posted January 20, 2012 - 15:47 by TG Daily Staff

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) is reportedly experiencing difficulties with its 28nm manufacturing process technologies.

Industry cautious over 28nm discrete GPUs

Posted October 27, 2011 - 10:26 by TG Daily Staff

The graphics industry has reportedly adopted a "conservative attitude" towards next-gen GPUs manufactured on TSMC’s 28nm technology.   

TSMC tapes out 20nm ARM Cortex-A15 processor

Posted October 18, 2011 - 12:11 by TG Daily Staff

TSMC has taped out the first 20nm ARM Cortex-A15 MPCore processor.  

Samsung to supply A6 chips for next-gen iPhone

Posted October 17, 2011 - 12:10 by Trent Nouveau

Samsung is expected to supply Apple with A6 chips for its next-gen iPhone and iPad - despite an ongoing patent war between the two industry heavyweights.

Report: Apple’s A6 processor to debut in 2012

Posted August 12, 2011 - 11:46 by Trent Nouveau

A new report confirms that TSMC has kicked off trial production of Apple's A6 processor. The indigenously designed ARM-based chip is slated to power future iterations of the iPad and iPhone in 2012.   

Report: TSMC taping out Apple A6 chips

Posted July 15, 2011 - 11:49 by Trent Nouveau

The Taiwanese-based TSMC has reportedly kicked off trial production of Apple's next-gen A6 SoC.

Is Apple ditching Samsung for TSMC?

Posted June 27, 2011 - 12:45 by Trent Nouveau

It seems as if Apple may be preparing to ditch Samsung for TSMC, as Cupertino will likely tap the latter company to build its next-gen A6 SoC in 2012.

Tilera wants to take on Intel with TILE-Gx processors

Posted June 21, 2011 - 14:04 by TG Daily Staff

Tilera has announced a new 64-bit processor series for cloud datacenters that offers up to 10x the performance per-watt of Intel's Sandy Bridge chipset.

Chip Wars: Foundries battle for silicon supremacy

Posted January 24, 2011 - 18:50 by Aharon Etengoff

As foundries across the globe battle for silicon supremacy, it seems as if there may only be three remaining sources for high-volume, leading-edge semiconductor manufacturing by the end of 2011.