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News about Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.

• China's chip investments potentially more good than bad for TSMC

  TSMC is hoping it has more to gain than lose from China's investments into its local semiconductor industry

• TSMC benefits from demand for high-tech smartphone chips

  Smartphone demand has been higher than expected, TSMC reported

• TSMC Q4 profit up 8 percent; aims to beat Intel, Samsung with new chips

  The contract chip maker expects double digit profit and revenue growth in 2014

• IBM to license Power chips to keep them relevant

  IBM has decided to license the Power chip architecture to customers, who can then build chips based on the design.

• Chipmaker TSMC reports Q2 profit up 24 percent

  Revenue was also up 21.6 percent year over year

• TSMC aims to tighten mobile chip manufacturing race with Intel

  TSMC is moving to the 16-nanometer process a year ahead of schedule