GlobalFoundries completes IBM sale
GlobalFoundaries now a significant force
GlobalFoundries has signed off on the purchase of IBM's chip business making it one of chip industries key players and actually filling its bank acount.
Cirrus Logic makes seriously logical return to TSMC
Needs of the many
Cirrus Logic has shifted its orders back to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) after a high provide move to Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS).
Applied Materials and Tokyo Electron call off merger
Anti-trust
The largest manufacturers of the machinery used to make semiconductors, Applied Materials and Tokyo Electron of Japan, have dumped a merger plans.
TSMC will have 10nm fab by middle of next year
Breaking ground in June
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will break ground for a new fab at its 12-inch wafer plant in central Taiwan in June.
Powerchip builds Chinese fab
12 inch wafers
Powerchip is to set up a joint-venture fab in the capital city of China's Anhui Province with the Hefei city government the big idea is to build 12-inch wafers and provide foundry services mainly for driver ICs.