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TSMC issues bond to raise $1.2 Billion |
8/10/2011 |
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) announced on August 9 that its board has approved the issuance of up to US$1.21 billion in unsecured straight corporate bonds in the domestic market to secure long-term, low fixed-cost funding.
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SMIC hires new CEO |
8/8/2011 |
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) has announced the appointment of Tzu-Yin Chiu as CEO.
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Elpida reports loss in fiscal 1Q11 |
8/8/2011 |
Elpida Memory has reported net losses of JPY7.9 billion (US$102 million) on revenues of JPY95.7 billion for its fiscal first quarter ended ended June 30, 2011.
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HP cut TouchPad tablet prices |
8/8/2011 |
HP cut prices of its 16GB and 32GB TouchPad tablets sold in the US by US$100 to US$399 and US$499, respectively.
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UMC predict 3Q11 revenue decline |
8/5/2011 |
United Microelectronics (UMC) expects revenues to decrease sequentially in the third quarter of 2011, affected by fewer wafer shipments.
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Foxconn to ship 17 million LCD TVs in 2011 |
8/4/2011 |
Foxconn Electronics is expected to ship 17 million LCD TVs in 2011 thanks to orders from Sony and a number of brand vendors in China, including Suning and Gome.
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Asus to reduce Eee PC orders |
8/4/2011 |
Asustek Computer, seeing better-than-expected Eee Pad Transformer tablet PC sales and dropping Eee PC demand, is gradually reducing its Eee PC orders.
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Elpida sample 25nm 2Gb DDR3 chip |
8/2/2011 |
Elpida Memory has announced that it began sample shipments of 2Gb DDR3 DRAM chips built using 25nm process technology at the end of July.
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SIS to phase out chipset business |
8/2/2011 |
Silicon Integrated System (SiS) is set to phase out its PC business by the end of 2011 and will turn its business focus fully to chipsets for consumer electronics in the future
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Toshiba has new faster eMMC Flash |
7/29/2011 |
The new range of eMMC chips also support the latest eMMC standard from JEDEC which is version 4.41 which support multiple storage partitions making eMMC a more attractive solution for mobile devices where some data needs to be secure.
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