TSMC allowed to build a factory, designed for 450-mm plates

According to Reuters, the company TSMC, the world's premier contract manufacturer of semiconductor products, has confirmed the intention to build a factory designed for wafer diameter of 450 mm. On Monday it was announced that Taiwan's government has approved a request TSMC to build the company in the central part of the island. The total amount of the investment is estimated at 8-10 billion dollars.

 

The maximum diameter of the wafers used in the industry today, is 300 mm. Factories of the next generation will be calculated on a plate diameter of 450 mm. Transfer to a plate of larger diameter will reduce the cost of production, but he involves substantial costs and require solving many technical problems.

According to TSMC, the transition to the use of 450-millimeter wafers will take about five years. Other companies are also planning to launch production using 450-millimeter wafers. In particular, TSMC believe that such plans have a Samsung. As for Intel, the manufacturer intends to allocate up to $ 8 billion to expand business in Arizona and Oregon in the construction of a new factory that can process 450-millimeter wafer. Source: Reuters

Video of WWDC 2012 Conference is available for download in HD-quality

Video of the special event Apple, dedicated to the presentation of operating systems  iOS6  and OS X Mountain Lion , and a newgeneration of laptops MacBook Pro and MacBook Air , is available for download. This event opened the annual conference for Worldwide Developers Conference 2012.

 

The leading twenty-third on account of the conference WWDC, and the first after the death of Steve Jobs, Tim Cook has, CEO Apple. Video recording is available for free download and view on their computers or television consoles, Apple TV.

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On the eve of Apple  has published links  to view the video of the event. At WWDC 2012, we saw something not seen from Cupertino for a long time - namely, sense of humor! The lights went out, and instead of the traditional appearance on the stage the head of the company appeared on the screen an intelligent assistant Siri.

When Cook arrived on the scene, the audience was already warmed up. But the general lingered on the scene a short time - a couple of minutes showed a video in which the company paid tribute to the application developers around the world.

Then executives Apple, replacing each other on stage, talked about pricing MacBook Air and MacBookPro, the benefits of Retina Display in a notebook, features OS X Mountain Lion, and the incredible number of new features in iOS 6, and even showed a racing game.

In conclusion, the scene reappeared Tim Cook, smiling broadly. He spoke with more passion than the previous two events, where he also served as CEO Apple - Presentation of the new iPhone 4S and the iPad.

Finally, Cook said: "In fact, I can not think of a better cause, for something worth getting up out of bed every morning."