TSMC returns fire over 28-nm process issues

Peter Clarke, EETimes
1/26/2012 10:22 AM EST

LONDON – Foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. has hit back at analysts who have said it has yield problems with its 28-nm CMOS manufacturing processes.

Maria Marced, president of TSMC Europe, repeated what has been said before by herself and other TSMC executives before; that defect density reduction is on track for the 28-nm node and ahead of where TSMC was with 40/45-nm process technology at an equivalent stage in its roll out.

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