HSINCHU, Taiwan, R.O.C.,
March 15, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- TSMC
(TWSE: 2330, NYSE: TSM) and MediaTek (TWSE: 2454) today announced
their commitment to a long-term partnership to continue developing
innovative products for Internet of Things (IoT) and wearable
products with TSMC's industry-leading and most comprehensive
ultra-low power (ULP) technology platform. In this platform, TSMC
offers multiple processes to provide significant power reduction
benefits for IoT and wearable products and a comprehensive design
ecosystem to accelerate time-to-market for customers.
In January, TSMC and MediaTek achieved their first product
milestone on this platform by launching MediaTek's MT2523 chipset
for fitness smart watches. Built on TSMC's 55nm ULP technology,
MT2523 is the world's first system-in-package (SiP) solution to
offer GPS, dual-mode Bluetooth Low Energy, and a MIPI-supported
high-resolution mobile screen.
"We are pleased to continue the success of MT2523 and
collaborate with TSMC in developing market leading IoT/wearable
products using ULP technologies," said JC Hsu, MediaTek's Corporate
Vice President and General Manager of IoT business unit.
"TSMC's offerings of 55-nanometer ultra-low power (55ULP),
40ULP, 28HPC+, and 16FFC are ideally suited for a variety of smart
and power-efficient applications in the IoT and wearable device
markets," said Dr. BJ Woo, TSMC's Vice President, Business
Development. "Collaborating with MediaTek, an innovator with
expertise in bringing the best solution to the end customers,
drives the advancement of TSMC ULP technologies that can enable the
best and most competitive IoT product solutions to the world."
About TSMC
TSMC is the world's largest dedicated semiconductor foundry,
providing the industry's leading process technology and the foundry
segment's largest portfolio of process-proven libraries, IPs,
design tools and reference flows. The Company's owned capacity in
2015 reached above 9 million (12-inch equivalent) wafers, including
capacity from three advanced 12-inch GIGAFABTM
facilities, four eight-inch fabs, one six-inch fab, as well as
TSMC's wholly owned subsidiaries, WaferTech and TSMC China. TSMC is
the first foundry to provide 20nm and 16nm production capabilities.
TSMC's corporate headquarters are in Hsinchu, Taiwan. For more information about TSMC please
visit http://www.tsmc.com.
About MediaTek
Since 1997, MediaTek has been a pioneering fabless semiconductor
company and a market leader in cutting-edge systems-on-chip (SoC)
for mobile devices, wireless networking, HDTV, DVD and Blu-ray. Our
tightly-integrated, innovative chip designs help manufacturers
optimize supply chains, reduce the development time of new
products, and extend a competitive edge in crowded markets. Through
MediaTek Labs, the company is also building a developer hub that
will support device creation, application development, and services
for the Internet of Things era. By building technologies that help
connect individuals to the world around them, MediaTek is enabling
people to expand their horizons and more easily achieve their
goals. We believe anyone can achieve something amazing. And we
believe they can do it every single day. We call this idea Everyday
Genius and it drives everything we do. Visit mediatek.com for
more information.
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