Foundries News

• Infineon and TSMC Extend Technology and Production Partnership Agreement; Will Jointly Develop 65nm Embedded Flash Process Technology For Automotive and Chip Card Applications (Thursday Nov. 05, 2009)
  Infineon and TSMC today announced that they are extending their development and production partnership to a 65nanometer (nm) embedded flash (eFlash) process technology targeting next generation automotive, chip card and security applications.
  
  
• ATIC's Acquisition Bid Approved by Chartered Shareholders (Wednesday Nov. 04, 2009)
  Advanced Technology Investment Company and Chartered announced that Chartered shareholders today voted in favor of ATIC's offer to acquire Chartered.
  
  
• Tower and Jazz Semiconductor Announce Major Achievements in First Year of Merger (Tuesday Nov. 03, 2009)
  Tower Semiconductor and Jazz Semiconductor today announced major milestones achieved in the first year of the merger as well as the re-branding as TowerJazz through its “One Company, Twice as Strong” campaign.
  
  
• Ruiz to Step Down as GLOBALFOUNDRIES Chairman (Monday Nov. 02, 2009)
  Hector Ruiz, chairman of the GLOBALFOUNDRIES board of directors, will take a voluntary leave of absence effective immediately before resigning from the company in January, the company’s board announced today.
  
  
• TSMC Reports Third Quarter EPS of NT$1.18 (Thursday Oct. 29, 2009)
  TSMC today announced consolidated revenue of NT$89.94 billion, net income of NT$30.55 billion, and diluted earnings per share of NT$1.18 (US$0.18 per ADS unit) for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009. Year-over-year, third quarter revenue decreased 3.3% while net income decreased 0.1% and diluted EPS increased 0.3%.
  
  
• SMIC and Cadence Announce the Availability of 65-Nanometer Low power Reference Flow 4.0 (Thursday Oct. 29, 2009)
  Cadence today announced that it has delivered a comprehensive low-power design flow for engineers targeting the 65-nanometer process at SMIC.
  
  
• CMOSIS Ramps First Off-the-Shelf High Resolution Sensor using Tower Semiconductor's Specialty 0.18-micron CMOS Image Sensor Technology (Tuesday Oct. 20, 2009)
  CMOSIS and Tower Semiconductor today announced CMOSIS has ramped its first off-the-shelf high resolution sensor (CMV2000) using Tower’s advanced 0.18-micron CMOS image sensor (CIS) technology.
  
  
• SMIC Extends 45nm Offerings to 40nm and 55nm (Thursday Oct. 15, 2009)
  SMIC today announced that it will extend its 45-nanometer bulk complementary metal–oxide semiconductor (CMOS) technologies to 40nm and 55nm geometries.
  
  
• NASA Selects Jazz Semiconductor and ADSANTEC for Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) Mission (Thursday Oct. 15, 2009)
  Jazz Semiconductor and ADSANTEC today announced their SERDES solution has been selected by NASA for its Lunar Atmosphere Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) mission.
  
  
• M+W Zander Named General Contractor for the GLOBALFOUNDRIES Fab 2 (Wednesday Oct. 14, 2009)
  The Approximately 550 Million Euro Contract Is in Place for Development of World's Most Advanced Semiconductor Wafer Fabrication Facility
  
  
• Tower Semiconductor Selected as Preferred Foundry by C&S Technology in Korea for Power Automotive Devices (Wednesday Oct. 14, 2009)
  Tower Semiconductor selected by C&S Technology in Korea as its preferred foundry to manufacture its power automotive devices.
  
  
• TSMC September 2009 Sales Report (Friday Oct. 09, 2009)
  TSMC today announced its net sales for September 2009: on an unconsolidated basis, net sales were approximately NT$28.02 billion, a decrease of 3.0 percent from August 2009 and a decrease of 0.8 percent from September 2008.
  
  
• UMC Fab 12i Migrates to 45/40nm Manufacturing (Thursday Oct. 08, 2009)
  UMC today announced that its Singapore-based Fab 12i has begun an aggressive expansion project to increase capacity and enable the 300mm fab for 45/40nm production.
  
  
• Tower and Jazz Semiconductor Announce Deep-Silicon-Via™ Technology for Cellular and WiFi SiGe Power Amplifiers and Front-End Modules (Tuesday Sep. 29, 2009)
  Foundry leader in providing cell phone front-end silicon components enhances its SiGe platform to reduce power consumption and cost of PAs
  
  
• AppliedMicro-TSMC Collaboration Brings Power Architecture Microprocessors to TSMC Technology Platforms (Friday Sep. 25, 2009)
  AMCC and TSMC today announced a collaboration enabling AppliedMicro’s Power Architecture® microprocessors to be manufactured on TSMC’s industry-leading technology platform first at 90nm then moving to 65nm and 40nm soon after.
  
  
• IBM Announces Industry's Densest, Fastest On-Chip Dynamic Memory in 32-Nanometer, Silicon-on-Insulator Technology (Friday Sep. 18, 2009)
  IBM has successfully developed a prototype of the semiconductor industry's smallest, densest and fastest on-chip dynamic memory device in next-generation, 32-nanometer, silicon-on-insulator (SOI) technology that can offer improved speed, power savings and reliability for products ranging from servers to consumer electronics.
  
  
• X-FAB Announces Half-Year Results (Thursday Sep. 17, 2009)
  X-FAB today announced sales of USD 84.4 million (EUR 63.3 million) for the first six months of the current fiscal year. This corresponds to a year-on-year decline of approximately 62.7 percent.
  
  
• TSMC August 2009 Sales Report (Thursday Sep. 10, 2009)
  TSMC today announced its net sales for August 2009: on an unconsolidated basis, net sales were approximately NT$28.89 billion, a decrease of 4.6 percent from July 2009 and a decrease of 6.8 percent from August 2008.
  
  
• ATIC Makes Bid to Acquire Chartered (Monday Sep. 07, 2009)
  Advanced Technology Investment Company LLC (ATIC) of Abu Dhabi and Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing (Chartered) of Singapore today announced a definitive agreement whereby ATIC would acquire Chartered, one of the world’s top dedicated semiconductor foundries.
  
  
• Chartered Updates Guidance For Third Quarter (Monday Sep. 07, 2009)
  Today, in a mid-quarter update, Chartered Semiconductor revised its third quarter 2009 guidance, which was originally provided on July 24, 2009.
  
  
• Tower Semiconductor Announces Higher Third Quarter Revenue Guidance (Wednesday Sep. 02, 2009)
  Third Quarter Revenue Guidance Calls for 30% Sequential Growth and 34% Year-over-Year Growth, Representing Company Record Revenue
  
  
• TAEJIN Selects Tower Semiconductor's Power Management Process; Choice Helps TAEJIN Target Multi-Billion Dollar Voltage Regulators Market (Monday Aug. 31, 2009)
  TAEJIN today announced it has selected Tower Semiconductor to manufacture its low power, high efficiency voltage regulator ICs. ower was chosen for its advanced power management platform to enable TAEJIN to quickly address the needs of the multi-billion dollar voltage regulators market which, according to iSuppli is expected to grow from $5 billion in 2009 to approximately $7 billion in 2013.
  
  
• Fujitsu Microelectronics and TSMC to Collaborate on 28nm Process Technology (Thursday Aug. 27, 2009)
  Fujitsu Microelectronics and TSMC today announced that they have agreed to collaborate on 28-nanometer (nm) process technology targeted for foundry production of Fujitsu Microelectronics’ 28nm logic ICs and to jointly develop an enhanced 28nm high-performance process technology by utilizing TSMC’s advanced technology platform.
  
  
• SWID Selects Jazz Semiconductor's 0.35-micron SiGe BiCMOS Process and Models; Achieves First-Time Success for Digital Satellite Tuner (Thursday Aug. 27, 2009)
  Jazz Semiconductor , a Tower Group Company (NASDAQ: TSEM, TASE: TSEM), today announced that Southwest Integrated Circuit Design (SWID), a fabless IC design company, selected its 0.35-micron SiGe BiCMOS process (SBC35) and models to develop their satellite tuner LW10039, a fully integrated RF tuner for DVB-S digital satellite receiver systems.
  
  
• TSMC Achieves 28nm SRAM Yield Breakthrough (Monday Aug. 24, 2009)
  TSMC has become the first foundry not only to achieve 28nm functional 64Mb SRAM yield, but also to achieve it across all three 28nm nodes.
  
  
• TSMC Adds High-K Metal Gate Low Power Process to 28nm Road Map (Monday Aug. 24, 2009)
  TSMC today announced that it is adding a low power process to its 28nm high-k metal gate (HKMG) road map. The new process is expected to enter risk production in the third quarter of 2010.
  
  
• Tower and Jazz Semiconductor Join Forces with SVTC to Expand MEMS Aerospace and Defense Customer BaseTower and Jazz Semiconductor Join Forces with SVTC to Expand MEMS Aerospace and Defense Customer Base (Thursday Aug. 20, 2009)
  Tower Semiconductor, and its fully owned U.S. subsidiary Jazz Semiconductor, today announced they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with SVTC Technologies that will expand Tower and Jazz’s Aerospace and Defense (A&D) MEMS customer base while providing SVTC’s A&D customers with access to select Jazz technology and U.S. manufacturing facilities.
  
  
• Jazz Semiconductor's Optimized SiGe Technology Targeted at Replacing GaAs Components in Growing Millimeter Wave and Cell Phone Markets (Tuesday Aug. 18, 2009)
  Jazz Semiconductor today announced it is targeted at replacing GaAs components in high growth markets such as millimeter wave and front-end components of cellular phones with its enhanced SiGe BiCMOS process, IP and design enablement offerings.
  
  
• Intersil Signs MOU with Tower Semiconductor for Co-Development and Manufacturing of Next-Generation Power Management Platform (Thursday Aug. 13, 2009)
  Intersil and Tower today announced they will work together to develop a new high-performance power management specialty process technology platform.
  
  
• Tower Semiconductor Reports Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results (Wednesday Aug. 12, 2009)
  Tower today announced financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2009. Third Quarter Revenue Guidance Calls for 24 Percent Sequential Growth and 28 Percent Year-over-Year Growth