LG Nuclun 2 SoC pushed to 2016
Will add an Intel LTE-A modem
LG has been trying to make and launch a decent inhouse SoC. The first attempt was a limited success and now the company plans a successor – the LG Nuclun 2 to launch in 2016.
TSMC says no to chip growth
Life gets more disappointing
Chipmaker TSMC says that chip growth this year will be nothing.
Samsung cutting prices on 14nm FinFET
Begun the price wars have
It is starting to look like a price war is brewing at the higher end of chip production, with Samsung already negotiating price cuts.
TSMC releases low-power 16nm FinFET
More compact process
TSMC has quietly rolled out a compact, low-power version of its 16nm FinFET fabrication process.
Foundry market growing
Six percent growth in a flat market
The overall semiconductor market is going to be flat or slightly down this year, but the foundry market is forecast to grow 6.1 per cent.
Apple denies that Samsung A9 uses more power
TSMC and Samsung chips have the same battery life
Reports have been coming in claiming that some iPhone 6S handsets have longer battery life than others, depending on which version of the A9 processor it's running.
iPhone 6S SoC split between fabs
More Samsung in Plus and TSMC in 6S
The iPhone 6S and the Plus are made up from an equal overall part of the processors from TSMC and Samsung factories.
iPhone 6S has A9 from TSMC or Samsung
16nm FinFET or 14nm Samsung
There has been a lot of talk whether the Apple's A9 SoC comes from Samsung or TSMC and it turns out that Apple uses both.
AMD gives TSMC Zen
What is the sound of 16nm FinFET clapping
Amid rumours of Globalfoundries' slow 14nm FinFET yield, it appears that AMD has taken its Zen project to TSMC.
Weak third quarter for IC foundries
Even TSMC
Taiwan's top-three IC foundries are seeing a weak third quarter with their combined revenues set to decrease and 3.7 per cent on year.