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People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (TSMC) reached an out-of-court settlement valued at $290.2 million with the Chinese mainland's biggest computer chip maker after a courtroom victory in a case concerning allegations of theft of trade secrets, patent infringement and breach of contract over a prior settlement between the two companies. As part of the settlement, Semiconductor Manufacturing...
EE Times (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
... part of the plan, IDT will shut down its fab in Oregon and will transfer the production to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (TSMC). Revenue for the fiscal second quarter of 2010 was $139.5 million, compared with $200.5 million reported in the same period one year ago. GAAP net income for the fiscal second quarter of 2010 was $60.5 million or $0.36 per diluted share, versus GAAP...
EE Times (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
... CEOs, based on public documents from the most recent years available. 2) On Tuesday (Nov. 10), Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. lost a big patent suit, its chief executive, and, in some respects, its independence. What's next? Clearly, change is in the wind at silicon foundry vendor SMIC (Shanghai). Going forward, SMIC's newly-hired CEO must take swift action and restore customer...
Stock Market Analysis (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
... Announces Letter of Intent With Golden Gate Petroleum Other Potential Stock Gainers: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (TSM) Medidata Solutions, Inc. (MDSO) Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (ANF) EMCORE Corporation (EMKR) General Maritime Corp. (GMR) Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (GT) J. C. Penney Company, Inc. (JCP) Pre Market Stock Losers - 11/13/09 Image Entertainment, Inc. (DISK)...
VentureBeat (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
... But it turns out that AMD didn’t have the greatest help from its supplier, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., which has had trouble making 40-nanometer chips for the past year. A 40-nm chip has circuits that are 40-nanometers apart, and it can be made more inexpensively than the same design in an older 65-nanometer manufacturing process. A 40-nm also consumes less power and can...
The Industry Standard (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
The acquisition of Chartered Semiconductor by Advanced Technology Investment Co. (ATIC) and its planned integration with GlobalFoundries will help the contract chip maker win more customers, GlobalFoundries CEO Doug Grose said Wednesday. "This enhances our ability to then service a much broader and deeper range of customers" Grose said during a presentation at Advanced Micro Devices' 2009...
EE Times (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
SAN FRANCISCO—One day after its president and CEO stepped down, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC)'s chief operating officer also resigned, according to Mike Clendenin, principal analyst at RedTech Advisors. Marco Mora, SMIC's COO since 2003 and a SMIC executive since 2000, was among several executives hand-picked by SMIC founder Richard Chang when he started the company...
The Industry Standard (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
... But it turns out that AMD didn’t have the greatest help from its supplier, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., which has had trouble making 40-nanometer chips for the past year. A 40-nm chip has circuits that are 40-nanometers apart, and it can be made more inexpensively than the same design in an older 65-nanometer manufacturing process. A 40-nm also consumes less power and can...
Simple Thoughts - Java and Web Blog (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
SMIC CEO resigns as chip maker faces $200M penalty NEW YORK — The CEO of Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. is stepping down after the company agreed to pay $200 million to settle a legal dispute with rival Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Last week, a California jury decided in favor of Taiwan Semiconductor, which had accused SMIC in [...]
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
NEW YORK -- The CEO of Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. is stepping down after the company agreed to pay $200 million to settle a legal dispute with rival Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.
EE Times (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (TSMC) has reached an out-of-court settlement with China's Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC).
Physorg (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
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.
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
The CEO of Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. is stepping down after the company agreed to pay $200 million to settle a legal dispute with rival Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
The CEO of Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. is stepping down after the company agreed to pay $200 million to settle a legal dispute with rival Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.
Business Week (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
At the depth of the global economic crisis, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. () was in trouble. With factories operating at just a fraction of capacity, Morris Chang—TSMC's silver-haired founder—laid off hundreds of staffers, ordered the remaining workers to take unpaid leave, and took other cost-cutting steps such as dimming the lights in hallways. "It was terrible," Chang says in his...
