It designs chips and has them done out by either TSMC or Globalfoundries, the second largest foundry after TSMC.
Fab 15 will be TSMC's third GigafabTM, or fab with capacity of more than 100, 000 12-inch wafers per month, and will also be TSMC's second GigafabTM equipped for 28nm technology.
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Take a look at Motorola, National Semiconductor, TSMC, Applied Materials, Williams Communications and others in chips and telecom.
Slightly cheaper: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC), Nvidia's contract manufacturer for its Xbox graphics chip.
More advanced process nodes will be introduced as TSMC's technology development continues to advance.
ENGADGET: TSMC begins construction of new $9.3b foundry, wants to sate our constant hunger for chips
Intel can become a contract manufacturer and produce chips for other companies like TSMC.
GlobalFoundries, a foundry similar to TSMC, is making cautious statements of support for now.
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Tight capacity at its manufacturing partner, TSMC, forced it to offer disappointing earnings expectations.
That move edges Intel towards territory long-dominated by chip foundries such as TSMC and Globalfoundries.
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The shares to be issued to Intel, TSMC and Samsung will be non-voting except in exceptional circumstances.
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Investors in Santa Clara-based SiliconBlue include BlueRunVentures, Crosslink Capital, NEA, Apex Venture Partners, TSMC and Atlantic Bridge.
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The groundbreaking ceremony was conducted by TSMC Chairman and CEO Dr. Morris Chang.
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Unlike Intel, AMD outsources the production of its processors to TSMC and GlobalFoundries.
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And TSMC seems to be the most likely fab doing it for them.
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By 2009 another global financial crisis hit, and TSMC barely made money in the first quarter of that year.
Tseng, now TSMC vice chairman, who at the time headed research at ITRI.
The big foundry, TSMC, based in Taiwan, also raised its cap-ex budget, along with the big Korean chip maker, Samsung.
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TSMC, unlike Intel, has benefited from close ties to a number of winners from the wireless boom, including Qualcomm and Broadcom.
From a customer perspective, working with TSMC can be trying at times.
Older industry giants like Philips and AMD turned to TSMC, too.
Since his return Chang has led TSMC to its best performance ever.
Meanwhile, rivals Samsung and TSMC are rumored to be getting ready, with their own investments, to take a seat at this very expensive table.
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Ongoing legal disputes have led some to speculate that Apple could switch to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), making what iFixit finds here noteable.
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There has been a lot of speculation that Apple plans to move some of its production from Samsung to TSMC and possibly Intel.
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Ho also said the second quarter also looks promising for TSMC.
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Asia has some really good listed technology companies, from Samsung Electronics in Korea to TSMC in Taiwan to Venture Manufacturing and Natsteel Electronics in Singapore.
Some semiconductor foundries such as TSMC in Taiwan, are attempting to build lights out factories where sensors will eliminate the need for any employees at all.
Global companies such as Taiwan's TSMC, America's Cisco and National Semiconductor and Germany's BMW are currently building plants in China, hoping to tap this abundant, cheap talent.
The leaders are companies like Apple (chips and systems), Samsung (chips and systems), Google (operating system), Qualcomm (chips), ARM (chip designs), TSMC (foundry), and Globalfoundries (foundry).
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In addition, to meet strong customer demand as we build Fab 15, TSMC will continue to expand capacity at Fab 12 in Hsinchu and Fab 14 in Tainan.
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