TSMC 5nm in 2019's First Half + Toshiba Selling Flash Memory Fabs

choi

Both news reports appear in today's Nikkei Asian Review, Feb 23, 2017 (Feb 24 in Japan).

(1) Cheng Ting-Fang, TSMC Says It Will Be First to Make 5-Nano Chips in 1H 2019.
http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/ ... no-chips-in-1H-2019

(2) Foxconn May Seek Majority Stake in Toshiba's Memory Ops; Western Digital, Micron Technology, SK Hynix also seen as potential bidders.
http://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight ... oshiba-s-memory-ops

Compare
Chia-Han Lee and Vicky Chou, TSMC Reportedly to Join Bid for Stake in Toshiba Memory Business. Taipei: DigiTimes, Feb 22, 2017
http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20170222PD205.html

, which is based on a Japanese-language report in Nikkei, which is locked behind a paywall.

東芝の半導体入札、評価２兆円が条件　売却４月以降. 日本経済新聞 電子版, Feb 22, 2017.
http://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXLZO13204100S7A220C1EA2000/