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To: FJB who wrote (50762)	1/13/2011 9:04:17 PM
From: FJB	3 Recommendations of 95572

TSMC vaults into top 10 in R&D spending eetimes.com Dylan McGrath 1/13/2011 8:11 PM EST SAN FRANCISCO—Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. became the first pure play foundry to move into the top 10 among semiconductor R&D spending in 2010, according to market research firm IC Insights Inc. TSMC's R&D spending rose by 44 percent to reach $945 million last year, moving the company from 19th among chip manufacturers to 10th, IC Insights said. The jump in R&D spending by TSMC is the latest result of the success of the fabless-foundry model and the increase in IDMs migrating to fab-lite models, IC Insights noted. While IDMs and fabless suppliers typically spend about 15 to 20 percent of their revenues on R&D, foundries invest only about 5 to 10 percent of their revenues in R&D, according to the market research firm. IC Insights expects TSMC's R&D spending to grow by another 20 percent in 2011, putting it at more than $1.1 billion.

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