Recession hits smart-phone makers in the chips

(AP) -- The seemingly recession-proof smart phone is suffering from a side effect of the rough economy: Manufacturers simply can't build enough of the gadgets because chip-makers that rolled back production last year are ...

Software for efficient computing in the age of nanoscale devices

As semiconductor manufacturers build ever smaller components, circuits and chips at the nano scale become less reliable and more expensive to produce. The variability in their behavior from device to device and over their ...

Taiwan's TSMC to invest over $9 billion in plant

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the world's largest contract microchip maker, said Friday it would invest more than nine billion US dollars building a new plant on the island.

Computer chip sales up in January: SIA

Worldwide semiconductor sales rose 47.2 percent in January over a year ago and were 0.3 percent higher than the previous month, the Semiconductor Industry Association reported Monday.

Taiwan Semiconductor profits soar

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co said Thursday net profits in the three months to December more than doubled from a year earlier due to strong demand for computer application chips.

Taiwan lets chip firms invest in China: report

Taiwan will allow its chip makers to invest in their counterparts in China in response to growing calls from the island's business community for closer high-tech ties, local media said Monday.

China chip maker to pay $200 mln to settle TSMC claims

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) said Tuesday China's top chip maker will pay it 200 million US dollars cash after they settled a long-running dispute over alleged theft of trade secrets.

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