Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company has made public what many in the industry have known for some time: Don’t expect 450mm until 2018. In an article in the Taiwan Times, TSMC’s technology roadmap is discussed, which now includes 10nm transistors on 450mm in 2018 (hi

In a talk at the International Electronics Forum being held in Dresden this week, Dr. Jack Sun, CTO of TSMC had stated that he expected 450mm had been delayed until 2015 from the original target date of 2012 due to the credit crunch. “The device manufacturers and governments al

Josephine Lien, Taipei; Jessie Shen, DIGITIMES [Wednesday 10 February 2010] Eighteen-inch wafers will replace 12-inch as the mainstream in 2015, according to Joo-Tai Moon, senior vice president of Samsung Electronics. Moon made the remarks during the SEMICON Korea trade show held Febr