Broadcom Chooses TSMC, Chartered as Its 65-nm Process Suppliers.

(From Taiwan Economic News)

Taipei, Dec. 1, 2005 (CENS)--Broadcom Corp., a world leading supplier of communications-related chips, has decided to contract Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) and Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd. to make its next-generation chips with 65-nm process. Broadcom's managing director for Asia, Rick Hodgman, stated that 65-nm process commands higher value and efficiency than does 90-nm, and that his company will use the better process to make its chips for next-generation telecommunications gears. TSMC and Chartered, the world's No. 1 and third-largest pure silicon-foundry suppliers, respectively, will start producing the …