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Infineon to qualify for government stimulus grand 5/29/2009
Infineon is in the difficult situation to refinance debts to almost € 600 million million) by mid-2010. Recently, the company bought back older debts at a relatively low price and issued a bond, Both measures however will not suffice to close the financial gap for the company.
Chartered denies buy out bid 5/29/2009
The company said in a statement it had "not received such a bid from" Advanced Technology Investment Co., the Abu Dhabi investment company that recently pumped money into GlobalFoundry Co., the manufacturing division spun off by microprocessor and graphics semiconductor vendor Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
Sun introduce Unified Storage System 5/28/2009
The Sun Storage 7310 array includes the ability to cluster high availability applications. The array also uses Sun's Hybrid Storage Pool technology, which allows users to add up to 600GB of SSD storage to the existing 64GB of D RAM cache. In a two-node clustered configuration, the storage system offers up to 124GB of DRAM cache.
New controller promise to slash SSD prices 5/28/2009
It is expected that SSDs will greatly benefit, both performance wise as well as price wise. We've even heard bold predictions that SSD pricing could drop as much as 50% by Xmas.
EPA drive for power efficient TV 5/28/2009
In late April the EPA proposed Tier 2 and Tier 3 specs. While the current requirement (Tier 1) for active power consumption is 208W, Tier 2 would lower that to 115W by May 2010 and to 81W by May 2012. (These are for a typical 42-inch screen size, regardless of technology.)
Hard hited on equipment industry 5/28/2009
In total, Nikon is planning to curtail fixed cost of approximately 8 billion yen ($84.4 million) by cutting 800 out of 2,900 manufacturing jobs in Japan. It is also cutting about 200 out of 1,700 overseas marketing and service jobs.
Qimonda likely to be sold in pieces 5/27/2009
The last deadline for Qimonda will end coming Sunday (May 31st). After this date, the insolvency process will be continued by selling the company in pieces. Currently, insolvency administrator Michael Jaffé still prefers a comprehensive solution for investors intending to take over the entire company including R&D and production manpower as well as IP and other assets.
Court ordered Hynix to post bond on Rambus case 5/27/2009
In a statement, Thomas Lavelle, senior vice president and general counsel at Rambus, said Rambus believes Hynix should have been required to post a bond for the entire amount of the judgment.
Revolutionary touch screen improves Netbook experience 5/27/2009
Previous-generation touchscreens used flexible polymer films that provided resistive feedback to a controller chip to determine finger location, but the screens were prone to scratching with extended use. Projected capacitive touchscreens cover the LCD panel with glass that guards against scratches and also protects the display from environmental contaminants.
Rambus want JEDEC to adopt its technology for DDR4 standard 5/27/2009
Rambus claims that used in concert the five techniques can provide twice the bandwidth of a DDR3 link at nearly half the active power and a fraction of the idle power while still supporting multiple DIMMs per memory channel.
Embedded routine reports piracy usage 5/26/2009
Vendors that build CodeArmor algorithms into an update of their software application receive daily reports from the field about companies are using unlicensed copies. Pirates can crack the licensing and activation protection in an application, but can't hack the anti-piracy tool because it lies dormant until the software is used.
Unity to partner with IM Flash on resistive RAM 5/26/2009
"We want to be a product company not a licensing company, so we will partner with an IDM," Rinerson said. But Rinerson also said that, rather than ask an IDM to run RRAM wafers through an established wafer fab, Unity would expect to raise money to either build or take a share in the production facility.
Crisis in semi equipment can wipe out innovation 5/26/2009
Chip makers may have to help fund--or bail out--their friendly fab automation vendors. If not, look out for the next Chapter 11. And dreams of next-generation, automated fabs could up in smoke.
Handset fonts to become new fashion? 5/25/2009
Now, according to some experts, the next big thing on your handset screen is printed text. But not just any text. A multitude of typeface fonts are said by some to be the new battleground for mobile handset applications.
CEA reports on household spending on consumer electronics 5/25/2009
On average, men continue to spend more on consumer electronics than women, spending $902 annually compared to women, who spent $558. Young adults spent more than any other age group. Consumers ages 18-24 spent $1056 last year on CE devices.
Researcher: Fundamental flaw on basic transistor 5/25/2009
The theory — or the elastic tunnelling model — predicts that as transistors shrink the noise frequency should get higher. But Campbell and his colleagues at NIST, together with scientists from the University of Maryland College Park and Rutgers University, have now shown that even in nanometer sized transistors, the noise frequency remains the same.
Micron looking to diversify from memory 5/25/2009
Microdisplays are small panels paired with LED light sources and optics. They are integrated into projection engines for applications such as stand-alone pico projection devices and embedded projection capability within cellphones or other handheld consumer devices.
Lenovo reports Q4 loss 5/22/2009
Lenovo Group Ltd. posted a second straight quarterly loss, missing analysts' forecasts as restructuring costs weighed, and said it expects an enduring industry slump to bring more pain in the coming year.
Sanyo announced its solar cells refresh record 5/22/2009
Sanyo Electric Co Ltd. has announced that it has broken its own record for energy conversion efficiency in practical size (100 cm2 or more) crystalline silicon-type solar cells
RMI releases a fast superscalar XLP multi-core processor 5/22/2009
At Interop 2009 in Las Vegas this week, RMI Corp unleashed its Superscalar XLP processor, the highest performing in the industry with unmatched system and performance scalability, the company said.
Nokia lead the smartphone market 5/22/2009
Worldwide Smartphone sales surpassed 36.4 million units in the first quarter of 2009, a a 12.7 percent increase from the first quarter of 2008, according to market analysis firm Gartner Inc.
Micron plans to enter the field of solar and LED 5/21/2009
Micron Technology Inc. best known as a struggling DRAM manufacturer, is seeking funds to help it move into LED manufacture and is considering solar panel work
Axcelis cuts 235 jobs 5/21/2009
Semiconductor manufacturing equipment vendor Axcelis Technologies Inc. said Wednesday it has cut about 235 jobs, or 20 percent of its global workforce, since the end of 2008
Thailin may remain unprofitable in the second quarter 5/20/2009
IC testing company Thailin Semiconductor has estimated that revenues for the current quarter will increase at least 20% sequentially thanks to growing demand for LCD controller ICs
AMD expects earnings by year's end 5/20/2009
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. expects its core business to make a net profit by year's end with the personal computer market potentially stronger in the second half, Chief Executive Dirk Meyer said Monday.
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