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| Xilinx working with foundries on 40nm FPGA supply. |
7/17/2009 |
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Xilinx is reportedly working closely with United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) and Samsung Electronics, to ensure smooth supply of its recently-announced Virtex-6 and Spartan-6 FPGAs (field-programmable gate arrays) built on 40/45nm process technology, according to industry sources.
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| Intel to unveil new product roadmap at IDF SFO |
7/17/2009 |
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Intel is expected to unveil its new product roadmap as well as new technology innovations at the upcoming IDF to be held in San Francisco from September 22-24, according to market sources.
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| Notebook to outsell Desktop in 2009 |
7/16/2009 |
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Notebook computers will outsell desktops for the first year ever in 2009 as overall PC unit shipments decline for the first time since 2001, according to market research firm iSuppli Corp.
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| Global Semiconductor Sale up 5% |
7/16/2009 |
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Global semiconductor sales for June are estimated to come in at a month-on-month increase of 4.5 percent against that achieved in May
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| AT & T to sell Sony Cyber-shot Camera Phone |
7/15/2009 |
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Sony Ericsson said AT&T Inc will sell its latest Cyber-shot camera phone, giving the venture of Sony and Ericsson a chance to boost its weak U.S. market position.
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| Mosaid filed suit against IBM |
7/14/2009 |
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Mosaid Technologies Inc filed suit against IBM Corp. in a U.S. federal court alleging infringement of six Mosaid patents.
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| Intel updates CPU launch schedule |
7/13/2009 |
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Intel has updated its launch schedule for notebook-based Clarksfield CPUs, new CPUs for ultra-thin notebooks, desktop-based Lynnfield CPUs and several server CPUs
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| TSMC sales improves |
7/10/2009 |
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On a unconsolidated basis, net sales at foundry chip supplier Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. for June 2009 were approximately NT$25.78 billion (about $780 million) down 9.6 percent on the same month a year before.
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| MetaRAM is closing down amid tough market environment |
7/9/2009 |
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MetaRAM Inc., is shutting its doors, according to a report from VentureWire. San Jose-based MetaRAM was working on a chip set that could double or quadruple the capacity on a dual in-line memory module without moving to more expensive DRAM chips.
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| Emulex rejects Broadcom bids |
7/9/2009 |
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After making several offers to buy Emulex Corp., Broadcom Corp. said it would cease all efforts to acquire the networking company.
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| Rising NAND flash prices may hurt SSD sales |
7/9/2009 |
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NAND flash prices continue to rise. And the surge in prices for NAND-flash memory has diminished the market for solid-state drive (SSD) storage technology for notebook PCs in 2009, according to iSuppli Corp.
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| Google to release its own OS by 2010 |
7/8/2009 |
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The Web search giant said the new operating system will be a "natural extension" of its Chrome Web browser and will bear the same name. The new OS is not expected to appear on any devices until the latter half of 2010.
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| Foundry business set to jump in Q2 |
7/8/2009 |
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Global revenue for pure-play foundries is expected to jump in Q2 after disastrous performance in Q1 impacted the top 10 foundries, according to a report from iSuppli Corp.
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| Sony enters Netbook market race |
7/7/2009 |
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Sony Corp. said on Tuesday it plans to launch a new Vaio laptop that will sell for around 60,000 yen ($629) in Japan in August, making an entry into the fast-growing netbook market.
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| Taiwan to invest billion in green tech |
7/7/2009 |
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Over the next five years, the Taiwan government will invest a total of NT$45 billion ($1.4 billion) to boost the island's cleantech or green energy industry.
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