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TSMC takes on rivals with Grand Alliance strategy, says Chang [Global Data Point](Global Data Point Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) chairman and CEO Morris Chang, at a July 18 investors conference, talked about the importance of the foundry's close ties with customers and ecosystem partners, and described how TSMC has formed a "Grand Alliance" with EDA, IP, software IP, systems software and design services providers. TSMC has been competitive against fellow pure-play foundries, said Chang. In the face of rising competition from IDMs, TSMC with its ability to deliver cutting-edge technologies and advanced manufacturing capacity is also able to outshine the rivals, Chang indicated. With the industry moving towards sub-20nm technologies, Chang believes that TSMC will become more capable of fending off rivals like Samsung Electronics and Intel. "Now in this new era of competition, the competition is not between foundries. It is not between foundries and IDMs. It is between 'Grand Alliances' and IDMs," Chang pointed out. Chang named ARM, Imagination, Cadence and Mentor as some of TSMC's IP and EDA partners. TSMC's so-called "Grand Alliance" seems like an expansion of its Open Innovation Platform (OIP), which was announced in 2008. TSMC's OIP is a business strategy aiming to provide integrated services from design to manufacturing to testing and packaging. According to TSMC, the platform is to bring together the thinking of customers and partners under the common goal of shortening design time, minimizing time-to-volume and speeding time-to-market. In addition, Chang noted that TSMC's 28nm process technology is on track to triple in wafer sales in 2013. TSMC made 29% of its NT$155.89 billion (US$5.18 billion) revenues from selling 28nm chips in the second quarter of 2013. Chang also reiterated TSMC's plans that 20nm technology will begin volume production in early 2014, followed by volume production of 16nm FinFETs within one year. (c) 2013 Global Data Point. All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |