UMC ready for 14nm in the second quarter
UMC is expected to move its 14nm FinFET process to volume production in the second quarter of 2017.
TSMC hopes to woo Qualcomm back with 7nm
It does not appear interested in 10nm
TSMC thinks that it can win back Qualcomm’s chip business with its 7nm process technology, but has all but given up expecting it to return for 10nm.
TSMC’s 7nm tech is on track
For anyone wanting risk next year
TSMC's co-CEO Mark Liu told yesterday's investors meeting that his outfit’s 7nm was well on track and will be ready for risk production in the middle of next year.
TSMC promises to prop up Moores Law
Old Moore’s almanac
TSMC has said it will prop up Moore's Law and will innovate to keep it going.
Intel’s 7nm process delayed until 2022
Changes in job adverts
Intel may have delayed the arrival of its 7 nm processing technology until 2022.
ASML buys HMI
$3.1 billion deal is shake up of the chipmaking gear makers
Chipmaking equipment firm ASML has bought the chip screening company Hermes Microvision (HMI) for $3.1 billion.
Intel not ahead of the foundries
Transistor performance lagging
The naming game for the next generation of chipmaking actually covers up the fact that Intel is probably not ahead of the foundries in terms of transistor performance.
TSMC buys more gear
Expansion in the works
TSMC appears to be planning another huge chip exansion and written cheques to the value of $700 million on semiconductor capital equipment in recent weeks.
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.
UMC slows 28nm expansion
Not worth it yet
UMC is slowing down its move to 28nm production capacity due to a less-optimistic outlook for demand in the second half of 2015.