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| ARM extends momentum into 2010 |
2/3/2010 |
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Eagle is aimed at smartphone, mobile computing, digital television and communications infrastructure applications. More broadly described as application processors ARM has categorized this as a 3 billion unit per year market.
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| Claims against iPAD start to surface |
2/2/2010 |
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A Chinese company that sells a tablet PC like Apple's newly announced iPad may sue the U.S. company over the similar design between the devices, it said Monday. Japanese electronics company Fujitsu has also said it owns the rights to the name "iPad," raising another possible legal challenge for the Apple device.
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| Samsung roll-out 1.35V/30nm DDR3 |
2/2/2010 |
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A 4-Gigabyte (GB), 30-nm module when used in a new-generation notebook will consume only three watts per hour, which is just three percent of the total power usage of a notebook.
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| PCM vs NAND in SSD |
2/2/2010 |
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even at approximately 5 percent bandwidth utilization you can easily get to 10,000s of gigabytes per day. This is a far cry from MP3 players. A technology that may have been perfect for an MP3 player is going to impose significant limitations in an enterprise-class server.
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| Altera to provide 28nm partial reconfigurable |
2/2/2010 |
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According to Altera, the partial reconfiguration capability on its 28-nm chips will enable customers to load new functionality into portions of the FPGA without interrupting normal operation. Users will benefit from reduced cost and power consumption by implementing only active logic.
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| Intel/Micron announced 25nm flash |
2/1/2010 |
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Intel said its 25nm lithography process is not only the smallest for NAND flash memory technology but it's also the overall smallest semiconductor technology in existence. That means its manufacturing process will lend itself to advances in the more general area of consumer electronics and computing applications.
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| Atmel puts its smartcard division on sale |
2/1/2010 |
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"The proposed sale of the wafer fabrication business in Rousset remains on track, and we continue to discuss the potential sale of the SMS business segment with interested parties. As part of our review, we have also determined that shareholders' interests are best served by Atmel retaining the CSP and aerospace business segments."
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| Handset and PC to drive growth in 2010 |
2/1/2010 |
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"In 2010, unit sales of personal computers and cell phones — which account for approximately 60 percent of total semiconductor consumption — will grow in the low-to-mid teens, providing a solid platform for chip sales. Consumer electronics are expected to grow in the mid-single digits," Scalise added. "We are also seeing the effects of recovery in the enterprise sector and we believe this trend will continue," Scalise noted.
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| DirectTV considers WiFi home networking |
2/1/2010 |
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Broadcom, Cisco Systems, Samsung and Verizon are among DirecTV's partners in the RVU Alliance which develops and maintains a protocol for sharing user interface data and video over a home network.
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| ISSI to produce DDR2 1066 for industrial applications |
1/29/2010 |
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"We continue to expand our DRAM product line to include a variety of interfaces, densities, organizations, and temperature ranges targeted for Automotive, Networking, Telecom, and Digital Consumer Applications."
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| DRAM prices dropped slightly |
1/29/2010 |
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Major Taiwan-based memory module houses are expected to see their revenues stay flat sequentially in January 2010, but revenues for all of the first quarter may decrease slightly on quarter mainly due to fewer working days in February.
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| PC Market bounced |
1/29/2010 |
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"What's interesting there is that consumers were there to buy systems based on them and that OEMs were investing in them for future builds. At the same time, the sequential rise in server processors indicates that server OEMs are starting to see corporations come off the sidelines."
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| Samsung revenue and capex grew |
1/29/2010 |
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Samsung said it expects chip sales to grow 10 to 20 percent in 2010, driven by an improved business environment and increased PC sales.
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| Backend service landed GDDR5 contract |
1/28/2010 |
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Winbond is set to kick off volume production of 1Gb GDDR5 using Elpida's designs starting in March. Walton appears the only supplier to provide Winbond with backend services for GDDR chips,
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| TI made profit focusing analog |
1/28/2010 |
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Net income of $655 million was accompanied by revenue of just more than $3 billion, up 21% year over year and 4% sequentially, and EPS (earnings per share) of $0.52, up 550% year over year and up 24% sequentially.
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| iPAD name is owned by European electronic company |
1/28/2010 |
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A search on the Trade Marks and Designs Registration Office of the European Union (OAMI) website proves that STMicroelectronics filed on Sept. 1 2000 the IPAD trade mark. The application number is 001843937.
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| IM Flash moves ahead equipping Singapore fab. |
1/28/2010 |
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''We believe that Micron is interested in increasing its market share position in NAND and is currently ordering tools for its Singapore fab,'' said Daniel Amir, an analyst with Lazard Capital Markets, in a report.
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| Large density Nand prices dropped |
1/27/2010 |
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Around 70-80% of 2-bit per cell chips used in entry-level flash drives and memory cards would be replaced by 3-bit per cell ones in 2010, as major NAND flash producers have stepped into mass production of 3- or even 4-bit per cell chips for better production efficiency.
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| Chip market on the up cycle |
1/27/2010 |
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Penn is convinced that the prolonged lack of capital spending on manufacturing capacity is going to produce shortages and that after a difficult decade average selling prices for chips are at last turning round. This together with the world's almost insatiable demand for electronic equipment which drives units upwards at about 10 percent per year on average is producing an "almost perfect recovery storm,"
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| 3D-TV goes into production |
1/27/2010 |
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Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. Tuesday (Jan. 26) claimed to be the first company to commence mass production of panels for 3-D LED TVs and 3-D LCD TVs.
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| Taiwan Nanya has its worry on DRAM profit |
1/26/2010 |
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While everyone had predicted that the price of DDR2 would drop, they thought the loss of revenue would be made up by the shift to 50nm process technology and DDR3. However Nanya told Digitimes that it can't see how the new process will offer any significant contribution to its profitability until the second quarter.
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| SMIC totally out of DRAM business |
1/26/2010 |
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SMIC supplies one third of China's overall demand for SDRAM used in consumer electronics and home appliance applications such as refrigerators, digital TVs and portable media players. Its exit has pushed up spot market prices for 128Mb (16Mb×8) and 256Mb (32Mb×8) SDRAM chips.
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| Digital media takes quantum leap with Apple |
1/26/2010 |
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''To be sure, reading has now joined other forms of media (e.g., listening to music, watching videos) that have faced seismic shifts in distribution over the Internet, with far-reaching implications for traditional business models,''
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| Silicon MEM enables gyro on smartphone |
1/26/2010 |
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Today seven out of 10 games for the iPhone use the built-in MEMS accelerometer as a smart controller that allows users to tilt, shake and otherwise use motion to control games. It is expected in the future nearly every application-specific phone will use a MEMS gyroscope, in conjunction with an accelerometer, to make the user-interface to the applications fun and easy to use.
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