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| Samsung and IMEC to collaborate on green radio |
5/19/2009 |
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South Korean chipmaker Samsung Electronics and Belgian research organization IMEC have signed a MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) to establish collaboration on green radio research.
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| China's top OEMs to rise. |
5/19/2009 |
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Revenues for wireless infrastructure systems fell off a cliff in the first quarter of 2009 despite record sales of base stations
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| Top 20 IC supplier ranking changed |
5/18/2009 |
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In the midst of a global downturn and financial crisis, 17 of the top 20 semiconductor companies changed positions in the first quarter
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| SMIC announces 65-nm IP portfolio |
5/18/2009 |
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Chinese silicon foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC) announced the availability Friday (May 15) of a set of 65-nanometer low leakage process IPs, including the preliminary version release of six memory compliers.
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| HP recalls 70,000 Laptop batteries |
5/15/2009 |
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Hewlett-Packard is voluntarily recalling 70,000 lithium-ion batteries that shipped with several models of its HP and Compaq laptops.
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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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