Saturday, December 31st 2011
Taiwan Foundries Cut Prices
Taiwan foundries are going to be cutting prices by 10 to 15% for wafers built on mature node processes. Since these wafers have lower production costs the foundries are passing on the savings. This move is to boost consumer confidence in building their inventory after a year of shaky ground in the U.S. and European markets. This according to DigiTimes.
Also DigiTimes is reporting despite slow demand for mature process manufacturing, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) continues to see orders heat up for advanced 28nm technology, according to sources at non Taiwan-based chip suppliers.
This news could mean that these same vendors that are getting a cut in overhead thanks to the foundries could pass on the savings to the end customer to boost revenue.
Source:
DigiTimes
Also DigiTimes is reporting despite slow demand for mature process manufacturing, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) continues to see orders heat up for advanced 28nm technology, according to sources at non Taiwan-based chip suppliers.
This news could mean that these same vendors that are getting a cut in overhead thanks to the foundries could pass on the savings to the end customer to boost revenue.
16 Comments on Taiwan Foundries Cut Prices
I love it when wafers drop in price.
I am going to stick with my 570 until at least the 6**/7** series unless games become unplayable on it in the next year which ain't going to happen, when there is a big breakthrough in both games and GPU's that requires me to upgrade I will, fed up of spending £200 a year for incremental improvements, btw that's my choice so I am not saying I am being forced too though just am not going to do it anymore.
Can they produce a Graphic chip using 1 wafer?
And how much money they can make from a wafer with 18 or 30 inches size?
So I think it's like D=450 mm and say S=389 mm² For a AMD 6970
How to figure d=diameter and target IC size [S, mm2]