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| Are we losing our semi design industry to China also? |
6/16/2011 |
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The semiconductor industry has effectively migrated to China – along with talented Chinese engineers armed with U.S.-earned Ph.D’s and the hands-on business experience gained as prize recruits in Silicon Valley companies.
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| Gartner forcasts on semi-equipments |
6/16/2011 |
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Worldwide semiconductor capital equipment spending is on track to rise 10.2 percent to reach $44.8 billion in 2011, before declining in 2012, according to the latest forecast from Gartner Inc.
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| LulzSec hacks into CIA |
6/16/2011 |
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LulzSec got the public’s attention by hacking Sony’s servers, capturing hundreds of thousands of personal user records, which is — by their own admission — their biggest attack.
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| Samsung sells first Chromebook computer |
6/16/2011 |
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"The idea that this doesn't matter - that you're always connected and always online - isn't quite true yet. The idea is very good but it's a little premature."
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| ZTE caught on using unlicensed EDA software |
6/15/2011 |
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A U.S. federal court ruled Monday (June 13) that China’s ZTE Corp. is liable for its employees using an unauthorized key code to access and use software marketed by high-frequency EDA vendor AWR Corp.
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| Rambus derived method to save memory power |
6/15/2011 |
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Rambus Labs, uses a calibrated feed-forward architecture to achieve extremely fast turn-on and turn-off, simplifying the system design and significantly reducing the overall system power requirements, according to Rambus.
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| Google clears huddle to get Nortel IP |
6/15/2011 |
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Back in April, the company stated that "One of a company's best defenses against this kind of litigation is (ironically) to have a formidable patent portfolio, as this helps maintain your freedom to develop new products and services," in reference to patent lawsuits.
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| Apple guru to become J. C. Penny CEO |
6/15/2011 |
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Johnson, SVP of retail at Apple for the past 11 years, will take over on Nov. 1 from Mike Ullman, who is steeping down by moving up to the office of vice chairman.
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| Nanya get mixed results |
6/14/2011 |
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Inotera Memories Inc. posts a 14.7% revenue increase from a month earlier and Nanya Technology Corp. suffering an 11.6% contraction.
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| AMD to ship low power/high graphic laptop engine |
6/14/2011 |
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These chips go head-head-to-head with Intel’s popular Sandy Bridge combo chips, but they have much more graphics computing power than the Intel devices that launched earlier this year. If they catch hold, AMD could capture more of the multibillion-dollar market for mainstream laptop chips.
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| Apple to unlock iPhone 4 for bigger market |
6/14/2011 |
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Traveling to foreign countries is where the advantage of having a carrier-unlocked iPhone 4 really shines. All you have to do when you land at your destination is pick-up a micro-SIM card from a local carrier, load it up with some prepaid minutes and you are good to go.
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| Media Tablet to drive DRAM demand up |
6/13/2011 |
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DRAM demand for media tablets will rise by a factor of nine in 2011 compared to 2010, thanks to booming iPad sales and the arrival of competing products.
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| New break through on MRAM technology |
6/13/2011 |
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Use of this new CAM enables the development of electronics that start instantly and consume zero electricity while in standby mode. The circuit has a write current of 200-microamps in 90-nm process technology.
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| Android Apps support gaining ground |
6/13/2011 |
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A new survey of attendees at Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference found that nearly half of iOS developers attending the conference support Android, while just 7 percent write applications for the Mac.
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| Inotera to produce server-use DRAM chips |
6/10/2011 |
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Inotera Memories started manufacturing DRAM chips used in servers in May 2011, ahead of the originally scheduled second half of the year, according to company president Charles Kao.
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| TSMC May revenues up 5.4% on year |
6/10/2011 |
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced consolidated revenues for May 2011 of NT$36.71 billion (US$1.28 billion), up 5.4% on year.
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| TI reduces quarterly guideline |
6/9/2011 |
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Shortfall is entirely attributed to lower-than-expected demand from Nokia, which itself said late last month that it expects sales to be substantially below its previously guided range.
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| Nokia CEO: "Nokia is not for sale" |
6/9/2011 |
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Nokia is struggling to compete in the high-end handset market, where it has been losing market share to nimbler competitors such as Apple Inc. (AAPL) and devices based on Google Inc.'s (GOOG) Android operating system. Its failure to keep pace with the fast-moving market saw it abandon its Symbian platform for smartphones in February.
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| Semi contents in automobile grew 15% |
6/8/2011 |
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IC Insights has raised its forecast for average semiconductor content per automobile to $350 in 2011, a 15% increase from the $305 average in 2010.
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