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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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| "Green" is the buzz word for new handset |
9/17/2009 |
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They suggest network operators and handset vendors should increase their promotion of handset take-back initiatives, and increase take-back targets. And they add that "eco-applications offer potential for the mobile industry to reduce CO2 emissions above and beyond its own direct and indirect emissions by exerting a positive influence on consumer behavior."
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| Google emphasis on bandwidth with low power |
9/17/2009 |
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New networking systems should target delivering ten times more bandwidth with no more than four times more power consumption. In addition, vendors need to understand separate optimizations needed for networking within and between large data centers.
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| ARM 9 in hot competition with Atom |
9/17/2009 |
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The launch of a dual-core Cortex A9 processor hard-macro called Osprey, ready for manufacture by TSMC in a 40-nm general-purpose process, with plenty of comparisons to the current generation of Intel Atom processor, signposts ARM's aspirations — to take Intel on in its traditional performance domain.
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| Taiwan Memory Company's future in doubt |
9/16/2009 |
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Apart from Yiin's departure, TMC has failed in its attempt to seek investment from MediaTek and China Development Financial Holdings (CDFH), a Taiwan-based company engaged in provision of financial and investment services, the DRAM makers claimed.
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| DDR2 face shortage: prices up |
9/16/2009 |
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Spot prices for 1Gb DDR2 are expected to hit US$1.8 soon, and climb further to approach US$2 at the end of 2009, according to DRAM module houses. The growth momentum reflects increased demand from PC OEMs for the fourth quarter, as well as an increase in end-market seasonal demand.
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| Intel market share up |
9/16/2009 |
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Intel in the June quarter accounted for 80.6% of global MPU revenue, up 1.4 points from 79.1% during the same period in 2008, and a 1.5% increase from Q1 (see chart below). Market researchers at iSuppli said in a recent report that the gain gave Intel the largest share of global MPU revenue since it claimed 82.4% of revenue in Q3 2005.
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