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| Panasonic reports $4 Billion Loss |
5/15/2009 |
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Panasonic reported a 378.96 billion yen ($4 billion) loss for the fiscal year ended March — its first loss in seven years.
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| Hitachi suffers record loss |
5/14/2009 |
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Hitachi has reported a record annual loss after demand for its products fell and announced a net loss of 787.3bn yen (US $8.1 Billion).
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| Seagate to cut 1100 jobs |
5/14/2009 |
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Seagate Technology said it plans to cut about 1,100 jobs from its workforce in a move reduce costs.
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| EU fined Intel $1.45 Billion |
5/13/2009 |
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European Union regulators levied a record 1.06 billion-euro ($1.45 billion) fine against Intel and ordered the company to stop using illegal rebates to thwart competitors.
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| Samsung ships 30nm NAND Flash cards |
5/13/2009 |
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Samsung Electronics has announced shipments of its 32GB moviNAND, a new embedded memory card utilizing advanced 30nm-class process technology, have kicked off.
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| Lenovo launch 3G Notebook |
5/13/2009 |
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Lenovo has announced the IdeaPad S10-2 netbook with 3G connectivity and Dolby headphone technology.
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| Elpida suffers narrow losses |
5/13/2009 |
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Elpida Memory has announced net sales for the quarter slid 15.3% sequentially to 46.5 billion yen (US$483.8 million), but net loss narrowed to 60.9 billion yen from 72.3 billion yen for fiscal third-quarter 2008.
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| Kingston pumps more money into Phison |
5/11/2009 |
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Phison which specializes in NAND flash controller designs, has announced that Kingston Technology will invest NT$658 million (US$20.23 million) through private placement.
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| NanYa purchase new Fab Equipments |
5/11/2009 |
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Nanya Technology has announced via filings with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) two purchases of machinery equipment from unspecified equipment makers
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| Cisco's optimistic on business going forward |
5/8/2009 |
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Cisco Systems Inc. this week reported a drop in quarterly profit and sales from a year ago, but the network equipment maker said parts of its business are beginning to turn around.
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| TSMC, UMC see improved sales in April |
5/8/2009 |
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TSMC and UMC, the world's two biggest contract chipmakers, on Friday posted rising sales growth for April on a monthly basis, driven by growing demand for computers and other consumer gadgets.
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| AMD put focus on MPU, graphic integration |
5/8/2009 |
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AMD has reorganized its operating model with the aim of better optimizing its operations to drive performance graphics and MPUs and to also further integrate its x86 processor and graphics technologies.
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| Acer unveils ultra-thin notebook |
5/7/2009 |
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Acer has started selling its first CULV-based ultra-thin notebook – the 13.3-inch Timeline 3810T. The notebook adopts Intel's Core 2 Solo SU3500 CPU and GS45 chipset, along with a 320GB hard drive and Windows Vista Home Basic.
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| Intel bought 4% of ASM |
5/7/2009 |
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Intel Corp’s global investment arm, has purchased 4% of ASM International's (ASMI) total common share capital, leaving 54 million common shares outstanding.
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| ASICs to see sequential growth in 3rd quarter |
5/6/2009 |
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The market for system ICs including application specific ICs (ASICs), application-specific standard products and programmable logic devices is poised to return to sequential growth in the third quarter after watching its revenue fall by nearly one third over the past six months, according to market research firm iSuppli Corp.
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| Semi sales up slightly, visibility remains low |
5/5/2009 |
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Worldwide sales of semiconductors showed a month-over-month increase for the first time in a long time in March, with sales in all geographic regions except Japan showing gains.
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