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| Global chip shipment grows 8.2% in September |
11/2/2009 |
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The three-month average of global sales of semiconductors rose to $20.64 billion in September, up 8.2 percent from an upwardly revised $19.07 billion in August, and down 10.1 percent from September 2008, according to the European Semiconductor Industry Association (ESIA).
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| Samsung profit triples |
11/2/2009 |
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Samsung posted a profit of about $3.14 billion for the third quarter, thanks to gains in its chip business, and the success of its mobile phone division.
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| Samsung, Toshiba, Micron dominate NAND flash market |
11/2/2009 |
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The top three vendors of branded NAND flash memory increased their market share in the third quarter compared with the previous quarter, according to DRAMexchange Technology Inc., a Taiwan-based market analysis company. Samsung and Toshiba increased their clear market dominance while Micron's increased market share allowed it to overtake Hynix and jump into third position.
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| Maxim post profit in 2nd Quarter |
10/30/2009 |
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Maxim posted a sequential double-digit increase in sales for the second consecutive quarter in the period ended Sept. 26,2009.
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| Asus launched new USB 3.0 Motherboard |
10/30/2009 |
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Asus has unveil a new Asus Xtreme Design P7P55D-E Premium motherboard with on-board support for SuperSpeed USB 3.0 , with up to 10 times the data-transfer rate of its predecessor.
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| SMIC continue to widen revenue loss |
10/29/2009 |
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SMIC saw revenues drop on year in third-quarter 2009, with the quarter's net loss widening from a loss of US$33.38 million in third-quarter 2008
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| UMC reports profit for 3rd Quarter 2009 |
10/29/2009 |
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United Microelectronics (UMC) has reported its highest quarterly net profit in two years, swinging to a profit of NT$6.09 billion (US$190 million) in the third quarter of 2009
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| TSMC to invest in 12-inch Fab expansion |
10/28/2009 |
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TSMC is expected to invest up to US$6 billion in the fifth- and fourth-phase capacity expansion at its 12-inch Fab 12 and Fab 14, respectively, with equipment installation slated to kick off in the second half of 2010.
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| Teradyne post 3rd Quarter profit |
10/28/2009 |
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Automated test equipment vendor Teradyne Inc. posted a profit $6.7 million on revenue of $262 million for the third quarter.
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| Acer launch 3-D Notebook |
10/27/2009 |
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Acer America has announced its Aspire 5738DG notebook with 3D viewing technology that features advanced display capabilities, a high-definition graphics engine, an Intel Core 2 Duo processor and Dolby surround sound.
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| Asustek unveil Nvidia Tesla workstation |
10/26/2009 |
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Asustek Computer unveiled a workstation (ESC1000) in Taiwan developed in cooperation with Nvidia and Taiwan's National Chiao Tung University (NCTU).
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| The Chinese chip market will grow by 17.8% in 2010 |
10/25/2009 |
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China's semiconductor market is projected to decline by 6.7 percent to $68 billion in 2009, mainly due to falling exports, but is expected to rebound in 2010, according to market research firm iSuppli Corp.
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| Nanya plans to raise prices 20 percent next month |
10/23/2009 |
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Nanya Technology Corp., Taiwan's biggest computer-memory chipmaker, plans to raise prices 20 percent next month because of rising demand, Vice President Pai Pei-Lin said. The company increased prices by 20 percent this month from September, after boosting them 35 percent in the third quarter from the preceding three months, Pai said. Taoyuan-based Nanya yesterday reported its smallest loss in eight quarters.
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| MEMC will acquire SunEdison for $200 in cash and stock |
10/23/2009 |
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Silicon wafer supplier MEMC Electronic Materials Inc. will acquire SunEdison LLC, described as North America's largest solar energy services provider, for at least $200 million in cash and stock, the company said Thursday .
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| Researcher says DRAM rebound to continue in 2010 |
10/23/2009 |
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The DRAM industry is likely to continue to rebound in 2010, according to market research firm iSuppli Corp., which said sequential growth in DRAM revenue and pricing during the second and third quarters was the strongest the industry has seen in at least five years.
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| Freescale and E Ink reach Ip agreement for eBook silicon |
10/21/2009 |
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Electronic-paper pioneer E Ink and SoC giant Freescale Semiconductor this morning announced an intellectual-property agreement that will allow Freescale to
integrate E Ink¡¯s Vizplex display controller IP onto Freescale¡¯s ARM-based microcontroller SoCs. The two companies both claim market leadership in their respective portions displays and system chips of the eBook market, so the agreement could influence the future direction of hardware architectures for the
devices.
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