Kumayambiriro kwa February chaka chino, Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) GlobalFoundries ili ndi malo a Singapore Fab 3E omwe amakonza zowotcha za silicon 200mm ndi zinthu za MEMS. Kenako Pali mphekesera zambiri zokhuza chidwi ndi zinthu zina za GlobalFoundries kuchokera kwa opanga aku China kapena kampani yaku South Korea Samsung, koma oimira omalizawo adakana chilichonse.
Poganizira izi, woimira a Morgan Stanley adafunsa CEO CC Wei pamsonkhano wopeza ndalama za TSMC kotala kuti kampaniyo ikufuna kupeza mabizinesi atsopano kunja kwa Taiwan. Yankho lochokera kwa mutu wa TSMC linali lonyozeka kwambiri: "Palibe mapulani otere pano." Wei nthawi yomweyo anawonjezera kuti ngati mtundu wina wa malonda ukuwonekera m'chizimezime zomwe zikugwirizana ndi ndondomeko ya TSMC, ndiye kuti munthu akhoza kuganiza zogula katundu ndi kutenga makampani ena, koma palibe ndondomeko yotereyi posachedwa.
TSMC ikadali yogawana nawo VIS, chifukwa chake idatenga nawo gawo mosalunjika pakugula kampani yaku Singapore GlobalFoundries, yomwe idalandira kuchokera ku Chartered Semiconductor mu 2009. Chaka chatha, GlobalFoundries idakakamizika kuvomereza kuti ikusiya chitukuko chaukadaulo wa 7nm. "Mpikisano wa zida zankhondo" udakhala wokwera mtengo kwambiri kwa mnzake wamkulu wa AMD, ndipo atagulitsa Fab 3E ku VIS, zokambirana zokhuza kuthekera kopititsa patsogolo kasamalidwe kazinthu za GlobalFoundries zidakhala pafupipafupi.
Komabe, kwa TSMC mabizinesi otsala a GlobalFoundries si chakudya chokoma konse. Wopanga makontrakitala waku Taiwan akuyika ndalama zake pomanga mabizinesi atsopano, omwe azitha kupanga 5-nm ngakhale 3-nm muzaka khumi zikubwerazi. Kupanganso za munthu wina nthawi zambiri kumakhala kovuta kwambiri kuposa kumanga nokha kuyambira pachiyambi. Pakuwona izi, zokonda za TSMC zimathandizidwa bwino ndi "chitukuko chachilengedwe" pomanga okha mabizinesi atsopano.
Source: 3dnews.ru