Qualcomm signs Samsung, UMC for 28-nm chips

Published:2012/7/4 2:56:00 Author:Ecco From:SeekIC

A Taiwan Economic News report indicates that Qualcomm Inc., the mobile processor supplier, has signed up foundry United Microelectronics Corp. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. for 28-nm chips.

According to the report, UMC (Hsinchu, Taiwan) is expected to start supplying Snapdragon S4 processors and 3G/4G baseband chips made using 28-nm process in the fourth quarter of 2012. The company will supply between 3,000 and 5,000 wafers per month, between 20 33 percent of the monthly volume supplied by TSMC. The chips have already been posted a UMC 28-nm CMOS process and passed verification.

UMC said that it has licensed 20-nm CMOS process including FinFETs from IBM Corp last week. And this capability will enhance UMC’s manufacturing process roadmap potentially making it more attractive to established and potential customers.

However, the signment will help Qualcomm (San Diego, Calif.) deal with tight supply situation at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Qualcomm’s main foundry.

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