GPS Tracker + TSMC, GloFo Back-and-Forth

choi

(1) Erik Eckholm, Private Snoops Find GPS Trail Legal to Follow; Tens of thousands use trackers for purposes both benign and ethically questionable. New York Times, Jan 29, 2012 (front page).
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/2 ... errant-spouses.html

(2)
(a) David Manners, ARM on TSMC's 28nm Beats Atom on Intel's Finfet 22nm Process, Says TSMC. ElectronicsWeekly.com, Jan 26, 2012
http://www.electronicsweekly.com ... ocess-says-tsmc.htm

Quote:

"TSMC does not think that having a global fab chain is a good idea. 'We believe our strength is in having the fabs concentrated,' says [TSMC’s President for Europe Maria] Marced, 'that’s the best way of improving the way we manage – the way we operate. Having fabs everywhere is inefficient'

"Although TSMC is particularly aggressive in its approach to 450mm, stating that it will be producing on 450mm in 2014/15, it says it does not want hand-outs to develop the technology.

(b) Peter Clarke, TSMC Returns Fire Over 28-nm Process Issue. EETimes, Jan 26, 2012.
http://www.eetimes.com/electroni ... 8-nm-process-issues

(3) Sylvie Barak, Globalfoundries CEO Says Company Is Back on Track. EETimes, Jan 27, 2012
http://www.eetimes.com/electroni ... y-is-back-on-track-
("the CEO dismissed Globalfoundries’ competition as only having shipped 'a few thousand wafers' with high-k metal gate in 2011, noting that his firm had shipped well over 700, 000")

My comment: The CEO alluded to TSMC.