Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. said that it has cumulatively produced and shipped more than one million 8-inch equivalent wafers with circuits made using 0.13-micron processing.

The company added that this placed it in "the forefront" of foundry production at this manufacturing node.

In addition, TSMC claimed that no other dedicated foundries are shipping 0.13-micron wafers employing low-k dielectric material. "TSMC is the only dedicated foundry to provide 0.13-micron low-k production, accounting for 100 percent of the foundry segment's low-k output at that node," the company said in a statement.

The 0.13-micron technology node represents 25 percent of TSMC's revenues for the second quarter of 2004 and contributed nearly US$500 million revenue, the company said.

TSMC's 0.13-micron technology is in production at Fab 6, which runs 8-inch wafers, and Fab 12, which runs 12-inch wafers. Both fabs are now fully loaded. To support continued demand, TSMC is now ramping 0.13-micron production in Fab 14, the company's second 12-inch fab

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