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Report: TSMC wins key 40-, 28-nm deals
Peter Clarke
2/22/2011 6:30 AM EST
LONDON – Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (TSMC) is fighting back against rival Globalfoundries Inc. and winning key contracts from Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) for its 40- and 28-nm manufacturing process technologies, according to a Taiwan Economic News report.
AMD plans to have TSMC build its 28-nm Southern Islands chip in the second quarter of 2012 and has been pushing 40-nm contracts TSMC's way for the Zacate and Ontario accelerated processing units (APUs), despite reports of low yields on 40-nm at TSMC.
The spin-off of AMD's manufacturing operations formed the core at the birth of Globalfoundries so a significant switch of foundry orders to TSMC would represent a key stroke against its rival.
Demand for the Zacate and Ontario APUs has been high since their introduction in December 2010, Taiwan Economic News said, adding that AMD has been trying to sign up all the additional capacity that TSMC will add to its Fab 12 and Fab 14 factories in 2011. The two chips, which combine CPU and GPU for use in mobile applications, are said to have low power consumption and low prices, making them attractive to computer makers, the report said.
TSMC is expected to be producing 5,000 wafers per month on the 28-nm node and Apple is expected to join Nvidia, Qualcomm and Texas Instruments as users. Apple used Samsung to make its A4 processor for the iPad but is expected to switch to TSMC for the A5 processor on 28-nm, as Samsung becomes a significant shipper of competing smartphones and tablets.
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rfab
2/22/2011 7:30 AM EST
this news is a news?
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rfab
2/22/2011 7:31 AM EST
Jiangshang Yi said that TSMC will skip 22 nm process, direct the development of 20 nanometer manufacturing process, into the third quarter of 2012, a large number of mass production in 2013, progress for the first time beyond the semiconductor leader Intel, TSMC scored in the advanced process development first in the world. --------- No sense of shame to the extreme, risk production in 2012, 2013, to volume production of advanced process development of the so-called 20NM scored first in the world. 2013, all production of the Intel 15NM
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rfab
2/22/2011 7:35 AM EST
Zacate most of the DIE is the GPU, AMD decided early in the TSMC production, Ontario and Zacate always been one thing, and shameless to the extreme
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rfab
2/22/2011 7:36 AM EST
Industry revealed that 28 nanometer graphics chips AMD originally planned to transfer the global wafer orders, and later active collaboration between TSMC and AMD, so AMD adopted "double-OEM" sources. Southern Islands GPU first successful trial production at TSMC, TSMC 28 nm ahead of schedule shows. ...
Shameless guy said each said the industry and do not say who said it
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rfab
2/22/2011 7:38 AM EST
Ontario and is the frequency difference between the two Zacate, TDP 9W one of a 18W, a small part of TW were extremely shameless to rely on false information to super stock.AMD 32nm and 28nm in the list will be the next GF. As for the AMD 40nm of the list, it is because the industry's only TSMC to play the tech node, it can currently only tsmc orders.
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mranderson
2/22/2011 1:54 PM EST
To me, this sounds more like a dual sourcing game to try and keep foundry costs low than a significant shift in orders. 28nm is not ahead of schedule. It is behind schedule by 6 to 9 months. There is not enough data yet to say whether yield is better than the problems that showed up at 40nm. The early data on 28nm suggests performance gains are mediocre, but power and area gains are decent.
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SiliconAsia
2/22/2011 2:28 PM EST
Mr. Anderson, AMD is abandoning it's own foundry ship!! The ship is sinking whether you want to recognize it or not.
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SiliconAsia
2/22/2011 2:35 PM EST
AMD is abandoning it's foundry ship! That's sad. Semi market really needs alternative to TSMC but AMS just can't wait too long before Intel eats them up.
Global management really needs to get their act together selling more than a powerpoint. Their sales execs need to get engaged with customers. Hope they can turn around!!
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docdivakar
2/28/2011 6:21 PM EST
I am a bit surprised about this move by AMD, I thought their support of Global Foundries was unequivocal! But then again, cost rules! As an established top foundry player, TSMC has the leverage to offer attractive prices which may be hard to beat by an upstart like Global.
Global Foundries' tech forum last year was also big on other complementing technologies including 3D with TSV, MEMS, SOI, etc., not to mention a big part in memory market. Time will tell how they will do!
MP Divakar
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