Foundries News

• Silterra and Goyatek Form Design Alliance (Wednesday Sep. 28, 2005)
  Companies to Jointly Support Fabless Semiconductor Customers
  
  
• UMC Targets Low-Power SoC Designs with Industry's Most Comprehensive Low-Power Reference Design Package (Tuesday Sep. 27, 2005)
  Test Chip, Libraries, Technology Files and RTL-to-GDSII Reference Flow Demonstrate Predictable Path to Silicon Success with Shortened Time to Market
  
  
• UMC sees SoC driving 90 nm's growth (Monday Sep. 26, 2005)
  By the end of this quarter, foundry United Microelectronics Corp. predicts, 90-nanometer technology will account for about 15 percent of its revenue
  
  
• SMIC Announces Unaudited Interim Results for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2005 and Updated Guidance for 2005 Third Quarter (Friday Sep. 23, 2005)
  Sales increased by 29.5% from US$407.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2004 to US$528.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2005
  
  
• Common Platform Partners Extend Collaboration to Integrate Design for Manufacturing (Wednesday Sep. 21, 2005)
  Common Platform partners, EDA vendors to align on information and expertise sharing, focus on manufacturability to target customer-enabled DFM solutions
  
  
• TSMC in volume production of 90nm graphics chips for ATI (Tuesday Sep. 20, 2005)
  ATI Technologies have announced that TSMC is in volume production of multiple 90 nanometer (nm) products for ATI, including the Radeon® X1800, Radeon® X1600 and Radeon® X1300 series chips, and has shipped large quantities of production wafers to ATI
  
  
• TSMC promises MEMS platform in '06 (Monday Sep. 19, 2005)
  After three years of research and development, foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. believes 2006 will be the year it begins to see results from its efforts to merge IC process technology with microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)
  
  
• TSMC Monthly Sales Report - August 2005 (Thursday Sep. 08, 2005)
  TSMC announced that net sales for August 2005 totaled NT$23,182 million, and that revenues for January through August 2005 were NT$158,199 million
  
  
• Chartered Offers Advanced Market-Specific Solutions for Performance-Driven Consumer and Wireless Products (Tuesday Sep. 06, 2005)
  Leading foundry begins prototyping ultra-low leakage high-voltage, SiGe BiCMOS and OTP solutions
  
  
• Chartered Updates Guidance for Third Quarter (Monday Sep. 05, 2005)
  Today, in its scheduled mid-quarter update, Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing updated its third-quarter 2005 guidance, which was originally provided on July 22, 2005
  
  
• UMC and Integrand Partner to Bring Advanced Capabilities to 0.13 Micron RFCMOS Designers (Wednesday Aug. 31, 2005)
  New GUI and enhanced virtual inductor library target smaller process geometry, offer greater speed and accuracy during model development
  
  
• Tower Semiconductor Strengthens its Management Team and Implements Changes to Its Organizational Structure (Monday Aug. 29, 2005)
  Changes Emphasize Focus on Customers and Their Time-to-Market
  
  
• UMC Achieves Record Milestone of Over 100,000 90nm Wafer Shipments (Monday Aug. 22, 2005)
  Accomplishment marks highest wafer volume shipped by any foundry for 90nm products
  
  
• AMI Semiconductor Announces Plans to Consolidate European Fabrication Facilities (Wednesday Aug. 17, 2005)
  The Company intends to close its four-inch wafer fabrication facility in Oudenaarde, Belgium, and plans to consolidate operations into its existing six-inch wafer fabrication facility, also located in Oudenaarde, Belgium
  
  
• Chartered raises $300 million through private placement (Wednesday Aug. 17, 2005)
  Chartered raises $300 million through private placement
  
  
• Standstill in sight for 2005 foundry revenues (Wednesday Aug. 10, 2005)
  Pure-play foundry sales are forecast to total $16.92 billion for 2005, an increase of just 1 percent of the revenues achieved last year, according to just published figures from market research group IC Insights
  
  
• TSMC Monthly Sales Report - July 2005 (Tuesday Aug. 09, 2005)
  TSMC today announced that net sales for July 2005 totaled NT$20,847 million, and that revenues for January through July 2005 were NT$135,017 million
  
  
• IBM announces next generation silicon germanium technology (Friday Aug. 05, 2005)
  Cost effective, power efficient technology drives innovative new wireless applications and devices
  
  
• Atmel Advances Wafer Fabrication Plans Through Alliance with 1st Silicon (Tuesday Aug. 02, 2005)
  Production of Atmel's 0.18 micron serial flash is now ramping at 1st Silicon's state-of-the-art fab
  
  
• Tower Semiconductor Announces Second Quarter and Six Months 2005 Results (Tuesday Aug. 02, 2005)
  Fab2 Tape-Outs During Q2 at Record High
  
  
• SMIC pushes out 90-nm, blames loss on rivals (Friday Jul. 29, 2005)
  During a conference call on Thursday (July 28), China’s Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC) disclosed that it would begin generating sales for its new 90-nm process by the fourth quarter of this year — which is several months later than
  
  
• SMIC reports 2005 second quarter results (Friday Jul. 29, 2005)
  Sales increased 12.3% in the second quarter of 2005 to $279.5 million from $248.8 million in the prior quarter.
  
  
• Foundry wafer prices to fall through 2005 (Thursday Jul. 28, 2005)
  The silicon foundry industry remains embroiled in a subtle but damaging price war for select products and processes. This in turn will cause foundry wafer prices to drop for the remainder of 2005, according to a report from Semico Research Corp
  
  
• TSMC Reports 5% Sequential Increase in Second Quarter Revenue with EPS of NT$0.74 (Tuesday Jul. 26, 2005)
  The 5.1% increase in second quarter revenue mainly resulted from a 14.5% increase in wafer shipments and a 5.4% decline in average wafer selling price (ASP).
  
  
• SMIC close to moving out of the red (Monday Jul. 25, 2005)
  When it reports on Thursday (July 28), Chinese silicon foundry provider Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC) is projected to meet expectations for Q2, with a possibility of moving out of the red in Q3, according to an analyst.
  
  
• Tower Semiconductor Signs Definitive Agreement for Up to $60 Million in Funding (Monday Jul. 25, 2005)
  Under this agreement, Tower's banks will provide the company with up to approximately $30 million of additional funding, with Tower agreeing to raise a matching amount
  
  
• New 300-mm fab positions Chartered for future growth (Monday Jul. 25, 2005)
  Industry observers are predicting better times ahead for Chartered Semiconductor despite the foundry's posting a net loss July 22 for the third straight quarter.
  
  
• Chartered ships 300-mm wafers, posts another loss (Thursday Jul. 21, 2005)
  Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Pte. Ltd. on Thursday (July 21) said that it has begun processing wafers from its initial 300-mm wafer fab — a month sooner than previously expected. But the troubled Singaporean foundry provider is still spilling red
  
  
• UMC and Virage Logic Collaborate to Enable Optimal IP Development for UMC's 65nm Process Technology (Thursday Jul. 21, 2005)
  Cooperation Will Help Enhance the Adoption of UMC's Next-Generation 65nm Process Technology and Accelerate the Availability of Silicon IP
  
  
• Tower tips turnaround strategy (Friday Jul. 15, 2005)
  Moving towards its turnaround strategy, Israel's Tower Semiconductor Ltd. plans to reorganize its operations, focus on several key markets and boost its overall fab efficiency