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| Spansion complaint against Samsung under investigation |
12/19/2008 |
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The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has agreed to investigate a complaint by flash memory specialist Spansion Inc. against some flash memory chips made by South Korean giant Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
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| The trio develop "smallest" functional SRAM cell |
12/18/2008 |
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Toshiba, IBM and AMD have developed what they says is the smallest functional SRAM cell that makes use of FinFETs. The trio outlined details of the cell at this week's International Electron Devices Meeting in San Francisco.
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| Infineon rejects rescue proposal from state of Saxony |
12/17/2008 |
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Infineon Technologies has declined to participate in the federal state of Saxony's rescue plans for Qimonda AG, but has left the door open for further negotiations regarding the future of its memory spin-off, in which it holds a majority stake.
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| SST cut revenue projection |
12/17/2008 |
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Silicon Storage Technology lowered its revenue projection for its fourth quarter and said it would cut 120 jobs, about 17 percent of its work force.
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| Gartner cut 2009 worldwide semi sales |
12/16/2008 |
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Global chip sales are expected to fall to $219.2 billion next year, a decline of 16.3 percent from what is likely to be achieved in 2008, according to market research group Gartner Inc.
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| Toshiba cut NAND production amid sluggish demand |
12/16/2008 |
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Toshiba Corp. said it has decided to cut NAND production by up to 30 percent at four of its major facilities in Japan starting early in 2009 in response to sluggish demand and as a sharp cutback in sales led to a buildup in inventories worldwide.
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| Qimonda got loan, to cut jobs |
12/16/2008 |
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The State of Saxony has agreed to loan 150 million euros (about $200 million) to struggling DRAM maker Qimonda AG if parent company Infineon Technologies AG puts up an equal amount of money, according to a Bloomberg report.
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| Acer crowned top mini-notebook seller |
12/15/2008 |
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Acer outdueled Asus in the third quarter to become the world's No. 1 seller of mini-notebook PCs, according to DisplaySearch and Gartner.
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| Top 10 chip companies by Gartner |
12/15/2008 |
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In the projected chip rankings for 2008, Intel Corp. is expected to hold the No. 1 position for the 17th consecutive year, according to Gartner Inc.
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| Global bluetooth sales keep rising |
12/15/2008 |
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The worldwide Bluetooth semiconductor revenue market is expected to be about $1.9 billion in 2008 and about $2.2 billion in 2009, according to IDC.
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| Appleton brags about Micron's condition |
12/12/2008 |
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Appleton and other Micron executives said the Boise memory-chip maker's cash flow, cash holdings and debt are all better than those of its overseas competitors. Micron is the only U.S. maker of dynamic random-access memory.
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| NASA show 487 TFlops super computer |
12/12/2008 |
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Pleiades uses more than 12,000 Intel quad-core Xeon chips linked on dual 20 Gbit/second Infiniband interconnects to deliver 487 TFlops of Linpack performance. NASA hopes to expand the installation within two years to hit performance of more than a petaflops.
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| Intel and Ericsson to work on secured laptop computer |
12/12/2008 |
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The modules will integrate Intel's Anti-Theft PC Protection technology within the Centrino 2 mobile platform that will disable the PC and protect stored data. They will also include a global positioning system for locating the laptop.
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| Microtune introduces automobile tuner chip |
12/12/2008 |
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"It is engineered specifically to meet the complex, rigorous technical, operating and qualification requirements of our automotive customers, providing an advanced electronics solution as the industry strives to deliver competitive entertainment value and options to ever-more demanding consumers."
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| Apple production cut reached bottom? |
12/11/2008 |
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According to supply chain checks by FBR, the magnitude of recent Apple production cuts to its iPhone and iPod lines is lessening and order patterns among component suppliers may begin to stabilize somewhat.
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| Chip equipment purchase to fall in 2009 |
12/11/2008 |
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Capital spending by chip makers on semiconductor manufacturing equipment will decline to $35.2 billion in 2009, down 17.6 percent from 2008, iSuppli said. This will mark the lowest level of spending since 2003
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| HP to offer Sonata long life battery |
12/11/2008 |
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The Sonata promises to deliver 1,000 charge/discharge cycles without degrading cell performance, about three times the lifetime of current batteries. In addition, it can achieve an 80 percent charge in as little as 30 minutes without degrading the battery's life.
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| Can local government save Qimonda? |
12/10/2008 |
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Qimonda AG hopes to soon strike a deal to research chip technology with the German state of Saxony, where its main chip factories are located, a company representative said.
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