TSMC Chairman: Semiconductor Industry Growth Higher than Average. cpu semiconductor processor. Despite foreseeing further room for appreciation of the New Taiwan (NT) dollar against the US dollar and a further rise in the price of crude oil, Taiwan Semiconductor...

currently selling for about $2.16 in Taiwan.) But the impact of this environment is now strong enough to drag down the semiconductor industry as a whole, leading the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) to cut its revenue forecast for the current year....

semiconductor industry in 2007,” Ford said. Sony has announced a deal to transfer production of its Cell microprocessor for the Playstation 3 to Toshiba, which means that Toshiba would increase its distance from Texas Instruments as the world’s # 3 semiconductor...

goes to Taiwanese Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, if you look at the output. This manufacturing giant has manufactured semiconductors for all the major players in the industry, including AMD, Intel, Microsoft, Nintendo, Nvidia, Sony, Sun Microsystems and...

tax incentive program for sub 0..   The China government has recently introduced a new tax incentive program for sub 0.25-micron process semiconductor production in the territory. Industry players are optimistic about the new policy, saying that the incentives...

you’re a benchmark industry insider, you’ll hardly find better person to talk to than Oliver Baltuch, currently serving as President of Futuremark Corporation. This engineer earned his spot in the industry while working for National Semiconductor, Vadem,...

Meyer has now one of the toughest jobs in the industry - to lead an extremely vulnerable semiconductor company. It is in all our interest that AMD will come back, get more competitive and drive innovation in the processor industry again. An Intel-only world...

amid an oversupply that will only be worsened by continued increases in capacity, according to industry observers. Losses of Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) are estimated at $132.38 million for December 2007, which are just marginally lower than the...

National Semiconductor Reinvents Itself and Goes Solar . National Semiconductor greentech solar energy. National Semiconductor (NSC), is entering the photovoltaic market and announced a Solar Magic, a technology that promises to make today's solar cells much...