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Tag: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company

Apple’s secret new iPhone just made this 86-year-old a billionaire

Thursday, July 13, 2017 1:28 pmThursday, July 13, 20178 Comments

The chairman of the world’s largest contract chipmaker has become a billionaire thanks to expected demand…

TSMC has begun 10nm Apple A11 chip production for iPhone 8 series

Thursday, May 11, 2017 9:02 amThursday, May 11, 20173 Comments

TSMC has begun 10nm chip production for Apple’s next-generation iPhone 8 series…

6 things you need to know about Apple’s A11 processor

Monday, March 27, 2017 10:18 pm29 Comments

TSMC will begin churning out Apple’s next generation A11-series processor…

TSMC to begin volume production of Apple’s A11 chips in April

Monday, March 27, 2017 10:28 amMonday, March 27, 20174 Comments

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will begin volume production of Apple’s A11 chips…

Apple’s iPhone 8 build plans changes TSMC’s schedule

Friday, March 3, 2017 12:01 pmFriday, March 3, 20172 Comments

We are reducing our June quarter earnings-per-share estimate for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing…

TSMC to ramp production of Apple’s next-gen A11 processor in April

Saturday, December 17, 2016 11:15 am12 Comments

Analysts with BlueFin Research Partners say that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company…

TSMC has never been so dominant as Apple orders boost profit

Tuesday, November 8, 2016 10:28 amTuesday, November 8, 20167 Comments

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. is on a roll…

Pegatron chairman: iPhone 7 demand beating forecasts

Saturday, September 24, 2016 2:42 pm27 Comments

The head of a key iPhone assembler in Taiwan has hinted at better than expected demand…

The real reasons Apple’s iPhone 7/Plus ended up with an Intel chip inside

Tuesday, September 13, 2016 12:02 pmTuesday, September 13, 201618 Comments

By October 2015, Intel had at least a 1,000 people working on this failure-not-an-option project…

Will Apple use an Intel foundry to stamp future Apple A-series chips?

Wednesday, August 24, 2016 8:59 am15 Comments

At microprocessor giant Intel’s developer forum earlier this month, the company disclosed…

Taiwan firms enter supply chain for ‘iPhone 8’

Wednesday, August 17, 2016 4:26 pmWednesday, August 17, 2016No Comments

In addition to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Chipbond Technology and MJC Probe…

Apple dumps Samsung for TSMC to stamp Apple S2 chips for Apple Watch 2; launch coming soon

Wednesday, August 10, 2016 4:45 pmWednesday, August 10, 20168 Comments

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will replace Samsung as the sole supplier of chips…

Post-Brexit, predators go hunting British corporate prey

Monday, July 18, 2016 5:33 pmMonday, July 18, 201623 Comments

Japan’s SoftBank has pledged to double ARM’s UK workforce and could emerge as a good owner, but…

ARM says did not consult with Apple, other customers before Softbank deal

Monday, July 18, 2016 4:55 pmMonday, July 18, 20166 Comments

Britain’s ARM said it did not consult its partners such as Apple that use its technology…

Apple hurts Samsung with exclusive choice of TSMC to stamp A-series chips

Monday, July 18, 2016 4:26 pmMonday, July 18, 20166 Comments

Apple has chosen Taiwan-based contract chip manufacturer Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. to produce…

TSMC reportedly nabs exclusive orders for Apple’s A10 and A11 chips

Monday, July 18, 2016 11:24 amMonday, July 18, 20163 Comments

The Taiwan-based foundry will continue to be the sole supplier of Apple’s next-generation A11 processor…

Apple will spring back thanks to strong solid balance sheet and new products

Friday, May 13, 2016 11:25 amFriday, May 13, 20169 Comments

Now is not the time to give up on Apple…

Credit Suisse: Buy on the weakness in Apple shares

Thursday, May 12, 2016 5:32 pmThursday, May 12, 20165 Comments

Credit Suisse urged investors to buy the weakness in Apple shares…

Apple falls anew after iPhone 7 report; loses most valuable crown to Alphabet

Thursday, May 12, 2016 2:28 pmThursday, May 12, 201626 Comments

Apple stock tumbled to its lowest level in nearly two years on Thursday…

Alphabet’s market cap tops Apple’s

Thursday, May 12, 2016 11:52 amThursday, May 12, 201624 Comments

Alphabet’s market cap overtook Apple’s on Thursday morning…

Nikkei proclaims ‘iPhone 7’ Dead On Arrival; bemoans Apple’s ‘lack of innovation’

Thursday, May 12, 2016 10:04 amThursday, May 12, 201637 Comments

Taiwan’s tech suppliers will get significantly fewer orders from Apple Inc…

TSMC begins work on 10nm A11 chips for Apple’s 2017 iPhones and iPads

Friday, May 6, 2016 11:34 am3 Comments

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company has recently begun to tape out the design for Apple’s A11 processor…

Apple supplier TSMC sees weakening demand for phones above $500

Thursday, April 14, 2016 9:35 amThursday, April 14, 201610 Comments

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., one of the biggest suppliers of chips to Apple Inc…

Why this Apple A10 chip rumor is likely false

Friday, February 12, 2016 4:36 pm5 Comments

Apple’s chip teams should be able to deliver some very substantial performance and power improvements…

Beleaguered Samsung enters ‘State of Emergency’ as Apple picks TSMC to be sole A10 stamper

Thursday, February 11, 2016 5:35 pm47 Comments

Samsung Electronics has entered a state of emergency system to prevent declination of rate of operation of factories…

TSMC to be sole manufacturer of Apple A10 processor dealing blow to beleaguered Samsung

Wednesday, February 10, 2016 8:34 pm35 Comments

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, better known as TSMC, has reached a deal with Apple to be the sole provider of the A10 processor…

What TSMC has revealed about Apple’s future

Monday, October 19, 2015 4:46 pm6 Comments

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company’s Q3 earnings conference telecast shed much light on its partnership with Apple…

Apple makes ‘last-minute decision’ to use TSMC to stamp out 30% of next-gen ‘A9’ chips

Wednesday, April 15, 2015 11:23 pmWednesday, April 15, 201513 Comments

Apple is said to have called an audible after partner GlobalFoundries continued to experience poor yield rates…

Samsung wins Apple A9 chip fab orders for next iPhone, iPad, sources say

Friday, April 3, 2015 8:30 amFriday, April 3, 201536 Comments

Winning this order from Apple will helpSamsung electronics, the world’s second-largest chipmaker rebound…

Apple inks multi-billion dollar chip fabrication deal with Samsung, sources say

Monday, November 17, 2014 3:55 pmMonday, November 17, 201426 Comments

From 2016, Samsung will supply 80 percent of APs used in Apple devices…

Driven by Apple’s blockbuster iPhone 6/Plus, TSMC notches record net profits

Thursday, October 16, 2014 8:57 am6 Comments

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd…

TSMC lands order for Apple’s A8X processor bound for 12.9-inch iPad, sources say

Wednesday, October 15, 2014 9:55 amWednesday, October 15, 201421 Comments

The SoC of the A8X will be larger than that of A8’s, which could pose…

ARM, TSMC announce plans for 64-bit ARM-based processors on 10FinFET tech

Thursday, October 2, 2014 1:28 pmThursday, October 2, 20147 Comments

ARM and TSMC have announced a new multi-year agreement in order to develop…

Why Apple was absolutely brilliant to delay Touch ID for iPad until 2014

Wednesday, June 25, 2014 11:55 amWednesday, June 25, 201413 Comments

This year’s iPads should pack the key feature called Touch ID…

Samsung, Globalfoundries team up in challenge to TSMC

Thursday, April 17, 2014 10:07 pm17 Comments

Samsung Electronics Co. and Globalfoundries Inc. are teaming up…

The strange thing about Apple’s recent hires

Tuesday, April 15, 2014 5:32 pmTuesday, April 15, 201423 Comments

Over the past three years, Apple has hired at least thirty mid- to senior-level…

Analyst: No Apple custom baseband chips before 2015

Thursday, April 10, 2014 3:01 pmThursday, April 10, 20143 Comments

Apple’s rumored custom iPhone baseband chip probably won’t be ready until 2015…

Bluefin: TSMC pushing forward on 20nm Apple A-series processors for next-gen iPhones, iPads

Wednesday, April 9, 2014 5:37 pm12 Comments

Apple‘s path from Samsung Electronics to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing…

Apple hires two more senior RF engineers from Broadcom amid reports of new in-house baseband team

Wednesday, April 9, 2014 12:01 pmWednesday, April 9, 20147 Comments

At least two high-level baseband hardware engineers have left wireless semiconductor company…

Apple to design its own LTE chips for iPhone 7; to be stamped by Samsung and GlobalFoundries, sources say

Tuesday, April 8, 2014 10:00 amTuesday, April 8, 20144 Comments

Apple reportedly plans to form a R&D team to develop baseband processors…

TSMC capacity booked to the end of 3Q14

Friday, April 4, 2014 1:27 pmFriday, April 4, 20142 Comments

The production capacity of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company…

TSMC ramps volume production of Apple’s 20nm A8 processor

Tuesday, March 11, 2014 9:25 amTuesday, March 11, 20148 Comments

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has confirmed that its 20nm wafers…

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