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| Intel extends its reach beyond PC |
9/28/2009 |
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The Intel Developer Forum showed that the chip-making giant is overclocking its product development efforts to blitz the smartphone and consumer electronics market.
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| ARM to ship more chips than Intel by 2012, said analyst |
9/28/2009 |
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Intel Corp. will claim 94 percent of the netbook/smartbook market in 2009 but ARM Holdings plc and its processor licensees with take the lead in 2012, according to Robert Castellano of market research company The Information Network.
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| Closed Hynix DRAM plant to produce solar cell |
9/28/2009 |
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A South Korean leather goods manufacturer plans to buy from Hynix Semiconductor the closed DRAM plant here with plans to turn it into the largest solar cell producer in the United States. The move comes at a time when analysts say the solar market has too much capacity and prices are falling for solar panels.
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| Microsoft announces Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3 |
9/26/2009 |
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At the Embedded Systems Conference here on Sept. 23, Kevin Dallas, general manager of Microsoft's Embedded Division, announced a series of new products, including the release to manufacturing of Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3.
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| A-Data purchases PQI shares |
9/24/2009 |
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A-Data Technology has posted a filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) announcing a purchase of new shares worth NT$39.25 million (US$1.2 million) from rival Power Quotient International (PQI) through private placement. Accordingly, A-Data will hold a 0.86% stake in PQI.
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| DDR3 memory shortage will be end |
9/24/2009 |
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Oh-Hyun Kwon, president of the company's semiconductor business said that his outfit has aggressively increased output and as a result, current chip shortages are expected to ease.
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| Intel possbile ship more SoCs than PC CPUs in future |
9/24/2009 |
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Intel Corp. will someday ship more system-on-chip devices than PC processors, said chief executive Paul Otellini in a keynote at the Intel Developer Forum here. To enable the shift, the company rolled out new software efforts to drive its Atom-based chips into handsets and other devices.
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| Nanya Plans to Raise Memory Chip Prices |
9/23/2009 |
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Nanya Technology Corp., Taiwan¡¯s biggest maker of computer-memory chips, said it plans to raise prices by as much as 20 percent in the first half of October because of a shortage.
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| Toshiba using its latest 32nm MLC NAND flash to produce SSD |
9/23/2009 |
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Toshiba America Electrronics Components Inc (TEAC), an independent operating company owned by Toshiba America Inc, a subsidiary of Toshiba Corporation , yesterday announced that it it producing a new generation of solid state drive modules using its latest 32nm MLC NAND flash
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| ProMOS plans to sign R&D pact with TMC |
9/22/2009 |
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ProMOS Technologies may soon sign a deal to work on DRAM manufacturing technology with Taiwan Memory Company (TMC), the government-sponsored entity designed to take over debt-ridden DRAM makers in Taiwan.
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| Dell will rush to buy Perot Systems for $3.6 billion |
9/22/2009 |
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Dell Inc. said it will pay $3.6 billion for Perot Systems Corp. in a bid to boost its IT services offering and make the division more competitive against consulting rivals IBM Corp. and Hewlett-Packard Co.
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| Freescale introduce quad-core processor |
9/21/2009 |
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Freescale Semiconductor is expanding the range of power and performance options available for its QorIQ family of multicore platforms with the introduction of the QorIQ P4040 processor.
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| Converge declares "memory industry recovery" |
9/18/2009 |
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The memory market continues to rebound, with all indicators pointing to a recovery in more than one commodity. In addition to a DRAM recovery, the NOR and NAND flash memory market has been extremely active. The volume of requests for Spansion and Numonyx flash memory has tripled over the last two months.
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| Memory module PCB in short supply |
9/18/2009 |
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Niching indicated the gap between its supply from Simmtech and orders from downstream companies has reached over 10%, and Simmtech is urgently expanding equipment to solve this situation.
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| Semi equipment Book-to-Bill stays positive |
9/18/2009 |
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In fact, the fab tool book-to-bill ratio remains above parity for the second straight month. North American-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted a book-to-bill ratio of 1.03 in August, compared to 1.06 in July, according to SEMI. This follows a trend of book-to-bill ratios below parity.
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| TSMC to buy into new semi-conductor areas |
9/18/2009 |
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TSMC (Hsinchu, Taiwan) is mulling over a plan to acquire Philips Lumiled Lighting Co., a supplier of LEDs, according to media reports in Taiwan. TSMC is also seeking an investment in the solar field.
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| Winbond denies rumor on merger talk |
9/17/2009 |
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Winbond Electronics has clarified that it has not yet been approached about participating in either Taiwan Memory Company (TMC) or the Micron-Nanya camp.
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