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• Chips 18 Jan 17:39

  Strong, slow finish for TSMC in 2011

  FinancialTSMC is currently one of the two go-to foundries (the other being Samsung) with enough capacity to cater to fabless designers such as Nvidia, AMD, Xilinx, Altera and Qualcomm.
• Chips 25 Nov 08:13

  TSMC might not be ready for AMD

  Altera, AMD, Nvidia, Qualcomm and Xilinx have all contracted TSMC to manufacture their 28nm products. Broadcom, LSI Logic and STMicroelectronics reportedly are among potential clients for TSMC's 28nm technology.
• Chips 08 Nov 08:41

  TSMC denies having problems with 28-nm

  The outfit is in volume production at 28 nm with Altera, AMD, Nvidia, Qualcomm and Xilinx. It is also trying to test wafers to lure Apple's A6 processor business away from Samsung.
• Business 03 Feb 13:16

  ZTE and Huawei continue world domination with Chinese Gov push

  In November it signed a purchase agreement with five American chipmakers lasting three years and at a cost of $3 billion. Qualcomm, Texas Instruments, Freescale Semiconductor, Altera and Broadcom will all be supplying semiconductors.
• Chips 25 Jan 15:41

  Altera reveals 28nm device portfolio

  Altera has revealed its latest product portfolio of 28 nanometer devices, which employ advances in transceiver technology, product architecture, IP integration and process technology.
• Business 09 Dec 09:22

  Former Microsoft boss targets insecurity outfits

  His third suit claims that three makers of Field-Programmable Gate Array logic chips, Altera, Lattice Semiconductor and Microsemi, infringed upon between three and five patents.
• Chips 06 Dec 09:45

  TSMC readies 28nm production

  TSMC has quite a few clients queueing up for its 28nm process with Xilinx, Altera, Nvidia, AMD and Qualcomm all taking an interest. AMD and Nvidia will base upcoming lines of GPUs on the 28nm process.
• Chips 22 Nov 17:35

  Intel launches first configurable Atom-based Processor

  The configurable series, features an Intel AtomTM  E600 processor - formerly codenamed “Tunnel Creek” - paired with an Altera Arria II GX Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) in a single package which lowers development costs.
• Chips 06 Nov 09:13

  SIA Teabaggers don't think US government is Fab

  John Daane, CEO of Altera and outgoing chairman of the SIA told the audience it was critical Washington be lobbied harder about increasing R&D spending, even in times of crisis, although where exactly he wants that money to come from if not from taxes is all a bit of a mystery to us.
• Business 01 Nov 11:35

  ZTE to continue world domination with US push

  ZTE, which has been rolling out networks with little trouble or worried response globally, including across Europe, has just signed purchase agreements with five American chipmakers lasting three years and at a cost of $3 billion.
• Chips 26 Oct 09:28

  ZTE will buy $3 billion of semiconductor kit

  Under the agreements the company will now buy semiconductor components from Qualcomm, Texas Instruments, Freescale Semiconductor , Altera Corporation and Broadcomover the next three years.
• Chips 20 Aug 08:07

  AMD gives TSMC its marching orders - report

  It is not as if TSMC does not have the technology in place. It has already got contract orders for 28nm products from Altera, Fujitsu, Qualcomm, and Xilinx.
• Hardware 14 Jun 16:39

  Synopsys shows off optimised Lynx Design for 32/28nm technology

  Eugene Chen, director of CAD engineering at Altera Corporation, said: "Due to increasing parasitic effects at advanced process technologies, it is becoming harder to achieve accuracy and faster turnaround time for any leading-edge designs.
• Chips 30 Apr 15:42

  Chip sales in March likely blossomed

  TSMC is already at 100 percent capacity and it's expected that UMC will go from 88 percent in Q1 to the high 90s this quarter. That will affect a number of companies including Xilinx, Altera, Qualcomm and Mediatek.

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