Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing News

Is there a need for a new silicon foundry company? A quick answer is: No! Most foundries are losing money and the business is tough.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd has rolled out its 28nm process and disclosed it will push out its initial high-k/metal-gate offering until 28nm, putting it slightly behind its rivals in Chartered ...

Semiconductor design company ARM will join IBM, Samsung and Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing in a group aiming to develop mobile-chip technology.

ARM joins with IBM, Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing and Samsung Electronics in a system-on-chip device alliance which will accelerate the move to next generation 32nm and 28nm semiconductor process ...

ARM Teams Up with IBM, Chartered, Samsung to Create System-on-Chip Designs for Next-Gen Mobile Electronics.

A BUNCH OF CHIP firms have banded together in a move that should get mighty Intel a bit hot under the collar.

Seeking to take the lead in the foundry market, Singapore's Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Pte.

It takes about $13 billion in revenues over five years to justify a big investment in next-generation chip manufacturing technology.

Amid a slowdown in the IC industry, Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Pte. Ltd. said that it expects to be at the lower end of its previous sales guidance.

Claire Sung, Hsinchu; Esther Lam, DIGITIMES [Thursday 4 September 2008] Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, highlighted that the company has made significant progress on its cutting-edge process nodes ...

Silicon Validated Power-Regulator and Monitoring Analog-to-Digital Converter Can Help Reduce Design Risk on Common Platform Technology Bangalore, INDIA, and Gilroy, California -- August 8, 2008 - Cosmic ...

Hans Wu, Taipei; Esther Lam, DIGITIMES [Wednesday 18 June 2008] With Intel, Samsung Electronics and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company having recently reached an agreement on 450mm wafer production, ...

By Jennifer Tan

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing warned on Tuesday its second-quarter gross profit would be almost a fifth below its earlier guidance due to higher costs, but kept its net profit forecast thanks to a tax writeback.

In contrast to its bigger Taiwanese rivals TSMC and UMC , Chartered is struggling with rising costs and falling profitability amid sluggish demand.

Analysts say Chartered could benefit from being acquired by a larger rival or merging with a peer to increase scale and broaden its customer base. The company said last month it was open to strategic investors.

Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing warned on Tuesday its second-quarter gross profit would be almost a fifth below its earlier guidance due to higher costs, but kept its net profit forecast thanks to a tax ...

Expanding its offerings, Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Pte. Ltd. has made an investment in Socle Technology Corp., a Taiwan-based design services company.

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. increased its foundry sales fivefold in 2007 to achieve $385 million in revenue and grab tenth spot in IC Insights' ranking of the leading IC foundries for 2007. via EETimes.eu

IBM AND partners reckon they can now outperform the rest of the industry in performance and power consumption, by using high-k/metal gate on silicon manufactured at IBM's 300mm semiconductor fab in East ... via The INQUIRER

“Going forward, it will be material science invention that will improve silicon performance while the collaborative model mitigates the escalating cost of technology and design and improves time to manufacture.”

Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing today announced the extension of its joint development collaboration with IBM to include 22-nanometer bulk complementary metal oxide semiconductor technology. via Design And Reuse

IBM is teaming up with Hitachi to perform research on semiconductors, the companies said Monday. via Triangle Business Journal

“Usually they have bucked the trend. But the downturn, which affected communications chips from fabless companies, resulted in a 25 per cent cut in demand. "But the growth in 2002 will more than make up for last year”

For the foundry industry, the increase in wafer demand translates into 37 per cent growth for finished products in 2002, Itow said, a year after utilisation rates dropped to the low 40 per cent range, or even ... via Electronics Weekly