Industry News (2012/11)

Qualcomm becomes the 13th company to join NFC Forum board

Published:2012/11/28 21:16:00 Author:Ecco

According to mobile communications company Qualcomm Inc., the company was previously a principal member of NFC Forum, the non-profit industry association. And now it has upgraded is membership of the NFC Forum to the sponsor level, which includes a seat on the board of directors. Qualcomm is the 13th company to join NFC Forum after Broadcom, NEC, Nokia, NXP, Renesas, Samsung, Sony, STMicroelectronics and V...   (View)

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TSMC increases building work for FinFET fab

Published:2012/11/28 0:34:00 Author:Ecco

According to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd., the company has held a groundbreaking ceremony for a fab module at its Fab 14 gigafab at the South Taiwan Science Park in Tainan, Taiwan. And its first fab will mass produce 16-nm FinFET circuits in 2014. It is reported that building work for phase six of the Fab 14 gigafab is not due to start until 2013 as part of a $17 billion capacity expansion sc...   (View)

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TI plans to cut 1,700 jobs in OMAP shift

Published:2012/11/19 20:48:00 Author:Ecco

According to the announcement pushed by Texas Instruments Inc. in Wednesday (Nov. 14), it would cut about 1,700 jobs worldwide as part of a previously disclosed plan to re-target R&D for its OMAP product line at the embedded systems market, away from smartphones and tablets. Executives from TI (Dallas) said in September that the company would shift its R&D investment on the OMAP applications process...   (View)

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Qualcomm becomes the leading supplier of application processor

Published:2012/11/10 0:16:00 Author:Ecco

According to market researcher IC Insights, San Diego-based Qualcomm is expected to increase its sales by 30 percent in 2012. Qualcomm’s annual chips sales are expected to reach about $12.8 billion in annual chip sales, moving it three spots in the researchers’ rankings to No. 4. Qualcomm’s standing as the leading supplier of application processors for mobile devices. In fact, it is fabless – has improved i...   (View)

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