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'Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Limited' (Traditional Chinese: 台灣積體電路製造股份有限公司, abbrev. TSMC) is the world's largest dedicated independent semiconductor foundry, with its headquarters and main operations located in the Hsinchu Science Park in Hsinchu, Taiwan. TSMC's market capitalization as of 24 August 2007 is US$52.13 billion.
Although TSMC offers a variety of wafer product-lines (high-voltage, mixed-signal, analog), TSMC is best known for its 'logic' product-line. Various fabless high-tech companies such as ATI, Broadcom, Conexant, Marvell, NVIDIA, and VIA are customers of TSMC.
At least one semiconductor company, LSI Logic, re-sells TSMC wafers through its ASIC design services and design IP-portfolio.
★ One six-inch (150 mm) wafer fab in full operation (Fab 2)
★ Five eight-inch (200 mm) wafer fabs in full operation (Fabs 3, 5, 6, 7, 8)
★ Two 12-inch (300 mm) wafer fabs in production (Fabs 12, 14)
★ TSMC (Shanghai)
★ WaferTech, TSMC's wholly owned subsidiary eight-inch (200 mm) fab in Camas, Washington, USA
★ A joint venture with NXP Semiconductor(SSMC) which has also brought increased capacity since the end of 2002
According to Taipei Times TSMC is also planning to build another fab.
'WaferTech' is a pure-play semiconductor foundry located in Camas, Washington, U.S.A. It is the largest pure-play foundry in the United States. The facility employs 1100 workers.
WaferTech was established in June 1996 as a joint-venture with TSMC, Altera, Analog Devices, and ISSI as key partners. The four companies along with minor individual investors invested US$1.2 billion dollars into this venture, which was at the time the single largest startup investment in the state of Washington. The company started production in July 1998 in its 8 inch (200 mm) semiconductor fabrication plant. Its first product was a 0.35 micrometre part for Altera.
TSMC bought out the joint venture partners in 2000 and acquired full control, and currently operates it as a fully-owned subsidiary.[1]
WaferTech is based in Camas, Washington, 20 miles (30 km) outside of Portland, Oregon. The WaferTech campus contains a 1 million square foot (90,000 m²) complex housed on 260 acres (1 km²). The main fabrication facility consists of a 130,000 square feet (12,000 m²) 8 inch (200 mm) wafer fabrication plant.
★ Very-large-scale integration
★ List of companies in Taiwan
1. Company News; Chip maker is buying out three WaferTech partners ''The New York Times'', 2000-12-15.
★ Microchip in Five Steps ''The Columbian'', 2007-02-12.
★ Altera Invests Additional $37.5M Into WaferTech ''Electronic News'', 1998-12-07.
★ McGrath, Dylan. WaferTech Ramps Ahead of Schedule ''Electronic News'' 1998-07-13.
★ Criticism of Power Consumption
★ FWEE, Foundation for Water & Energy Education – Position of Power ''The Columbian'', 2006-11-05. Discusses employment figures for WaferTech.
★ WaferTech
★ TSMC
★ TSMC stock chart
'Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Limited' (Traditional Chinese: 台灣積體電路製造股份有限公司, abbrev. TSMC) is the world's largest dedicated independent semiconductor foundry, with its headquarters and main operations located in the Hsinchu Science Park in Hsinchu, Taiwan. TSMC's market capitalization as of 24 August 2007 is US$52.13 billion.
Although TSMC offers a variety of wafer product-lines (high-voltage, mixed-signal, analog), TSMC is best known for its 'logic' product-line. Various fabless high-tech companies such as ATI, Broadcom, Conexant, Marvell, NVIDIA, and VIA are customers of TSMC.
At least one semiconductor company, LSI Logic, re-sells TSMC wafers through its ASIC design services and design IP-portfolio.
| Contents |
| Facilities |
| WaferTech |
| Company Information |
| History |
| WaferTech facilities in Washington state |
| See also |
| References |
| External links |
Facilities
★ One six-inch (150 mm) wafer fab in full operation (Fab 2)
★ Five eight-inch (200 mm) wafer fabs in full operation (Fabs 3, 5, 6, 7, 8)
★ Two 12-inch (300 mm) wafer fabs in production (Fabs 12, 14)
★ TSMC (Shanghai)
★ WaferTech, TSMC's wholly owned subsidiary eight-inch (200 mm) fab in Camas, Washington, USA
★ A joint venture with NXP Semiconductor(SSMC) which has also brought increased capacity since the end of 2002
According to Taipei Times TSMC is also planning to build another fab.
WaferTech
Company Information
'WaferTech' is a pure-play semiconductor foundry located in Camas, Washington, U.S.A. It is the largest pure-play foundry in the United States. The facility employs 1100 workers.
History
WaferTech was established in June 1996 as a joint-venture with TSMC, Altera, Analog Devices, and ISSI as key partners. The four companies along with minor individual investors invested US$1.2 billion dollars into this venture, which was at the time the single largest startup investment in the state of Washington. The company started production in July 1998 in its 8 inch (200 mm) semiconductor fabrication plant. Its first product was a 0.35 micrometre part for Altera.
TSMC bought out the joint venture partners in 2000 and acquired full control, and currently operates it as a fully-owned subsidiary.[1]
WaferTech facilities in Washington state
WaferTech is based in Camas, Washington, 20 miles (30 km) outside of Portland, Oregon. The WaferTech campus contains a 1 million square foot (90,000 m²) complex housed on 260 acres (1 km²). The main fabrication facility consists of a 130,000 square feet (12,000 m²) 8 inch (200 mm) wafer fabrication plant.
See also
★ Very-large-scale integration
★ List of companies in Taiwan
References
1. Company News; Chip maker is buying out three WaferTech partners ''The New York Times'', 2000-12-15.
★ Microchip in Five Steps ''The Columbian'', 2007-02-12.
★ Altera Invests Additional $37.5M Into WaferTech ''Electronic News'', 1998-12-07.
★ McGrath, Dylan. WaferTech Ramps Ahead of Schedule ''Electronic News'' 1998-07-13.
★ Criticism of Power Consumption
★ FWEE, Foundation for Water & Energy Education – Position of Power ''The Columbian'', 2006-11-05. Discusses employment figures for WaferTech.
External links
★ WaferTech
★ TSMC
★ TSMC stock chart
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