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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

TSM is in the Technology Industry

Market Cap:$55.9B

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$9.9B

Public
TW

Dow Jones Description

Wafers anyone? Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (NYSE: TSM (ADR) Taiwan) is the first and largest dedicated semiconductor foundry. It deals with integrated circuits, other semiconductor devices, and the manufacture of masks. It makes chips for manufacturers such as Philips and Motorola and fabless chip companies such as Broadcom and NVIDIA. It offers various wafer fabrication and processing services. Founded in 1987 and headquartered in Hsinchu, Taiwan, this NTD266 billion company employs about 20,100 people. In March 2006 the company was named a recipient of Intel Corporation's Preferred Quality Supplier (PQS) award for outstanding performance in providing products and services deemed essential to Intel's success.

Number of Employees 21,496

Contact Information

8 Li Hsin Road 6 Science-Based Industrial Park

Hsinchu 300

www.tsmc.com.tw

(886) 3 563 6688

Peer Companies

NAICS Code Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing: 334413

Company News

Recent Events

TSMC unveils BCD process for LED drivers

12/17/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing to invest $191.65 million in Motech Industries

12/10/09 - New Investment - View Story
TSMC Buys Solar-Cell Stake

12/09/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story
TSMC says November sales rose 52% year-to-year

12/10/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
TSMC buys stake in solar cell provider

12/13/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing To Subscribe Through Private Placement For 75.32 Mln New Motech Shares -...

12/09/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
Chip maker TSMC buys stake in solar cell maker Motech

12/09/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story
TSMC announces launch of Automotive Process Qualification Specification and Service Package

11/30/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
TSMC: Won't Intervene In SMIC Operations Or Join SMIC Board

11/20/09 - Legal Settlement - View Story
Bank of America Downgrades Taiwan Semiconductor TSM to Neutral

11/19/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story
TAIWAN'S CHIP INDUSTRY TYCOON GRATEFUL OVER DISPUTE SETTLEMENT

11/12/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story
Can AMD keep an upper hand on Nvidia in graphics chip war?

11/11/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story
FBR Capital Upgrades Taiwan Semiconductor TSM to Outperform

11/10/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story
TSMC OKs Spending US$2.5 Billion On Advanced Technology Plants

11/10/09 - Mgmt. Change Entering - CTO or CIO - View Story
Chip stocks fall on downgrade, CEOs talk recovery

11/19/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
SMIC to settle lawsuit with TSMC in cash and shares -source

11/10/09 - Security Breach - View Story
Taiwan chip co TSMC settles secrets-theft lawsuit with China's SMIC

11/11/09 - Legal Settlement - View Story
Infineon and TSMC sign new development and production partnership agreement

11/05/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story

News & Analysis

taiwan semiconductor manufacturing co. ltd. and tool - All News and Analysis

Altos' Cell Characterization Tools Used for TSMC's 40nm Libraries

- 2008-06-03

Variety[TM] and Liberate[TM] Characterize Libraries for the Most Advanced TSMC Process

Tags: Cell, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd., tool
Synopsys releases design-to-mask data processing tool for TSMC's advanced process nodes (Electronic News)

- 2007-11-19

To reduce data communication overhead and turnaround time between its Proteus optical proximity correction OPC and CATS mask data preparation MDP software, Mountain View, Calif.-based semiconductor design software supplier Synopsys Inc. http://w To reduce data communication overhead and turnaround time between its Proteus optical proximity...

Tags: data-processing, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd., tool
Mentor DFT Tools Fully Support TSMC's Reference Flow 7.0

- 2006-07-18

WILSONVILLE, Ore. & HSINCHU, Taiwan -- Mentor Graphics Corporation (Nasdaq:MENT) and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (NYSE:TSM) today announced that Mentor Graphics' entire design for test DFT tool suite is included in the TSMC Reference Flow 7.0.

Tags: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd., tool
MoSys Delivers 0.13 Micron 1T-SRAM Memory Compiler; Web-based Tool Compatible with TSMC, Chartered, SMIC and UMC Processes

- 2005-06-13

SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- MoSys, Inc. (NASDAQ: MOSY), the industry's leading provider of high-density system-on-chip SoC embedded memory solutions announced today the availability of its 1T-SRAMR memory compiler for standard 0.13-micron CMOS logic processes. The compiler targets processes from TSMC, Chartered, SMIC and UMC. The MoSys memory compiler is a web-accessible...

Tags: compiler, Micron Technology Inc., Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd., tool, Web
TSMC Verifies Fully Functional 90 Nanometer Chips Using Immersion Lithography Tools; Findings Suggests Immersion is Nearly Ready For Production

- 2004-12-22

HSINCHU, Taiwan & SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (NYSE:TSM)(TSE:2330), said that it used immersion lithography tools to produce fully functional 90nm devices. The finding was presented in a keynote speech at the Cymer Lithography Symposium in Semicon Japan on December 1, predating a similar announcement.

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