TSMC to manufacture Cupria™ for wireline networks
PORTLAND, OR -- December 18, 2006 -- Rim Semiconductor Company (OTCBB: RSMI), an innovator in video-over-copper technology, announced that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Inc. (TSMC) will manufacture its new Cupria™ 5001 transport processor. Rim Semi’s Cupria™ 5001 will be produced at TSMC’s Hsinchu Science Park location in Taiwan. TSMC is the world’s largest semiconductor foundry operating ten fabrication plants globally, five at this location, and also has substantial external capacity commitments at its joint venture fab, SSMC.