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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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| 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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