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| Sun qualified SSD from Intel, STEC |
3/12/2009 |
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Sun Microsystems Inc. has expanded its efforts with solid-state drive (SSD) technology for use within its own systems. For its systems, the company has qualified SSDs from both Intel Corp. and STEC Inc.
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| Samsung Elec appoints new CEO/President |
3/11/2009 |
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South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. announced that Wan Hoon (W. H.) Hong has been appointed chief executive and president of Samsung Semiconductor Inc.
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| NAND memory continues to rebound in price |
3/11/2009 |
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The NAND rally continues. Vendors continue to increase their component prices, while SanDisk Corp. separately raised its flash card tags, according to an analyst.
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| National Semo to layoff 1,725 amid lower sales |
3/11/2009 |
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National Semiconductor Corp. said Wednesday (March 11) it plans to close two facilites and cut 1,725 jobs, or 26 percent of its workforce, after reporting that revenue declined more than 30 percent for the quarter ended March 1.
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| Chips on garment |
3/10/2009 |
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Chips with a thickness of below 60 microns could enable manufacturers to design garment with integrated electronic circuits for applications such as health and comfort monitoring.
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| TSMC sees improving sales ahead |
3/10/2009 |
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Despite a slump in monthly sales, silicon foundry giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (TSMC) has raised its forecast.
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| Hynix reportedly agree paying Rambus $400 million to settle case |
3/10/2009 |
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Memory technology licensor Rambus Inc. has said that it has agreed in principle to terms for a compulsory license with Hynix Semiconductor for SDR SDRAM and DDR SDRAM memory products and that Hynix will pay $349 million in damages plus interest of approximately $48 million as a final settlement in a legal case filed by Hynix in 2000.
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| Chartered to raise $300 million |
3/9/2009 |
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Singaporean foundry Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd. has announced plans to raise about $300 million by way of a 27-for-10 rights offering to existing shareholders.
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| Atom invades the embedded world |
3/6/2009 |
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"Meeting the needs of embedded environments and new market segments will play a large role in delivering the connectivity and functionality necessary as the number of devices connecting to the embedded Internet is expected to grow to an estimated 15 billion devices by 2015,"
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| Transcend announced support to Taiwan DRAM consolidation |
3/6/2009 |
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The government-led consolidation project will help stabilize DRAM chip prices, which is a good sign for memory module makers, said Su. In a breakdown of capacity by geography, Taiwan Memory will be able to bring a more than 50% share of the global DRAM chip sector, outperforming Samsung Electronics of South Korea.
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| Battle between Atom and Arm |
3/6/2009 |
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Atom will continue to dominate the netbook sector for the next few years. ARM-based netbooks with processors from Qualcomm, Freescale, Texas Instruments and others will ship this year but command no more than 10-20 percent of the market for the next few years. Snapdragon, first introduced in 2006, is a platform which combines a processor core, digital signal processing and 3G connectivity and promises low power consumption for day-long battery life.
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| Job index seen improvement |
3/5/2009 |
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Professional, scientific and technical services registered a rise in worker demand due to seasonal demand for accountants and related professionals. Manufacturing also saw a rise in February suggesting that employers may have initiated a hiring cycle in advance of busier production in the spring.
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| Taiwan government to merge 6 DRAM manufacturers |
3/5/2009 |
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Taiwanese authorities have said they want to aid the industry but not individual firms, which critics say are uncompetitive and too reliant on overseas companies to supply crucial advanced core technology.
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| iSupply: Smartphones to grow regardless of down economy |
3/5/2009 |
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Tina Teng, a senior analyst for wireless communications at iSuppli (El Segundo, Calif.) said shipments could grow by 11 percent if wireless network operators cut fees for data services and offer aggressive subsidies to reduce consumer smartphone prices.
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| Solar Panels in good supply |
3/5/2009 |
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That is good news for solar customers, analysts say, as the cost of the renewable energy source approaches that of power generated from dirtier sources such as natural gas and coal.
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| Rambus share jumped on new ruling |
3/4/2009 |
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Shares of Rambus Inc. rose sharply Wednesday morning after a federal court judge in San Francisco upheld an earlier jury decision in favor of the company in a patent infringement case involving Hynix Semiconductor.
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| FPGA Vendors see market optimism |
3/4/2009 |
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Both Altera Corp and Xilinx Inc have narrowed their March quarter estimates, now each guiding for lower sales losses than previously expected.
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| Barrett suggest to keep up with technology investment |
3/4/2009 |
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"There are three gauges nations can tune to compete: Investing in good education produces smart people; investing in research and development produces smart ideas; and creating the right environment in which smart people can develop smart ideas. These steps would stimulate economic growth, jobs and new opportunities, including future collaborations among private industry, government and academia,"
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| Global Foundries: the spinoff of AMD fab. |
3/4/2009 |
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''We're beginning our business,'' said Doug Grose, chief executive of GlobalFoundries, in an interview. ''We see this as a game changer. There is a need to have an alternative (foundry) that is not set in Asia.''
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| Top 20 IC suppliers announced |
3/3/2009 |
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Qualcomm Inc. jumped from No. 13 to No. 8 in the world in semiconductor revenue while rival fabless chip vendor Broadcom Corp. leapt six positions to rank 17, according to a list of the top 20 chip vendors published Monday (March 2) by market research firm IC Insights.
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| The great DRAM merge pending capacity allocation |
3/3/2009 |
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Although Japan's Elpida Memory and Micron Technology of the US are eagerly looking to work with the Taiwan government's planned state-run memory company (Taiwan Memory) in light of the substantial equity investments on offer, the amount of production capacity that will be made available to each party has recently emerged as a greater issue that needs to be resolved.
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| TSMC to fab Atom MPU and chipsets |
3/3/2009 |
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"We view the collaboration as a strategic positive for Intel (potentially enabling expanded Atom revenues) although there were few details on time line, margin implications, and node."
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