- Mon Dec 27 1999 Hitachi, UMC to launch joint wafer venture
The companies say they have agreed to launch a joint venture to manufacture 300mm wafers for Hitachi's products and UMC's foundry customers.
- Thu Feb 15 2001 Chartered to pour $3.5 billion into plant
Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, which manufacturers chips on behalf of companies that do not have their own plants, will spend $3.5 billion on a plant in Singapore designed to process 300-millimeter wafers. The 300-millimeter wafers are significantly larger than current 200-millimeter wafers and thus allow manufacturers to produce more chips at a lower cost. The plant is expected to open in 2002. Chartered is the world's third largest-foundry, or contract manufacturer, for chips.
CNET Singapore staff reported from Singapore.
- Thu Mar 27 2003 Infineon expands chip business in China
The German chipmaker plans to increase production of computer memory in China by helping a local foundry develop a fabrication facility that can produce 300-milimeter wafers.
- Wed Feb 7 2001 Intel invests in German chip manufacturer
The chip giant takes a 25 percent stake in Communicant Semiconductor Technologies, which will begin shipping semiconductors in 2003.
- Sun Aug 6 2000 Transmeta running test chips in possible production expansion
The processor start-up is producing experimental samples of its Crusoe processor at chip foundries in what could be the first stages of a larger manufacturing strategy for the company.
- Fri Sep 25 1998 IBM forced out of Intel chip market
IBM will have to discontinue its line of 6X86 MX processors as a result of the termination of its foundry agreement with National Semi.
- Thu Jan 27 2000 Chip report is good news for PC industry
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. reports that net income more than doubled in the past quarter and will continue to rise, an omen that the semiconductor business will continue to thrive.
- Thu Dec 30 1999 TSMC picks up remainder of Acer's chip operations
In preparation for the coming semiconductor boom, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company snaps up the remainder of Acer's chip making operations.
- Thu May 1 2008 Report: TSMC to boost MEMS business (think iPhone, Wii)
TSMC, the largest contract chip manufacturer in the world, will crank up its MEMS foundry business. These tiny devices are used in Apple's iPhone and the Nintendo Wii.
- Mon Jan 31 2005 $175 million settles suit between Asian chipmakers
Taiwan wins a round in its semiconductor-manufacturing war with China, but the war is far from over.
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