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| Micron to setup research lab at Utah University |
11/2/2007 |
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Micron announced that its non-profit arm, the Micron Technology Foundation, has pledged to donate $1 million over the next four years to create the Micron Research Center at the Utah State University College of Engineering
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| Nextest reports profit amid stronger sales |
11/2/2007 |
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ATE vendor Nextest Systems Corp. said revenue for the quarter ended Sept. 29 was $23 million, up 67 percent from the June 2007 quarter revenue of $13.8 million but down 14 percent from the September 2006 quarter revenue of $26.9 million.
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| Cisco next expansion in China |
11/2/2007 |
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Cisco announced a multi-year, $16 billion series of initiatives to expand in China with investments in manufacturing, venture capital and education efforts.
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| UMC Q3 report beats estimates |
11/1/2007 |
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UMC reported that its Q3 revenue increased 11.4 percent year-over-year and 23.6 percent sequentially to $952 million (31 billion New Taiwanese dollars) while net income rose 7.5 percent year-over-year and 88 percent sequentially to $283 million (9.23 billion NT).
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| Rambus narrows loss |
11/1/2007 |
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Rambus Inc posted a smaller quarterly loss than a year earlier as legal costs fell sharply.
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| SMIC's loss widen |
10/31/2007 |
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SMIC has reported a net loss of US$25.6 million for the third quarter ended September 31 due to severe price declines in the DRAM market.
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| $200 laptop shipped to Libya |
10/31/2007 |
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Intel and Microsoft are supplying Libya's government with 150,000 rugged laptop computers that cost $200 to build and are designed to meet the needs of children in developing countries.
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| 2-Gbit DDR3 chip by Micron |
10/30/2007 |
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Micron today announced what the company claims is the industry's first 2-Gbit double data rate (DDR) 3 component, which, the company said, is now the highest density DDR3 component available on the market.
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| Matsuhita earnings rise |
10/30/2007 |
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Matsushita Electric Industrial posted a 3 percent gain in quarterly operating profit on strong sales of digital cameras and flat TVs, but kept unchanged an annual outlook that falls short of market expectations.
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| SanDisk sues competitors on patent infringement |
10/29/2007 |
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SanDisk Corp. has filed three patent infringement complaints against 25 companies that manufacture, sell and import USB flash drives, CompactFlash cards, multimedia cards, MP3/media players and other removable flash storage products.
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| Toshiba quarterly earnings increase |
10/29/2007 |
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Toshiba posted a 38 percent rise in quarterly operating profit on Monday, thanks to sales of its flash memory chips and thermal power plants, and it raised its full-year outlook closer to market estimates.
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| Nokia raise market shares in handset |
10/29/2007 |
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Nokia shipped 111.7 million units or nearly four in 10 handsets shipped worldwide, a 10.8% increase from the 100.8 million units sold in the second quarter, a market research firm said.
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| Global chip sales rose 5.9 percent |
10/29/2007 |
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Global chip sales rose 5.9 percent in September as demand for cell phones and personal computers increased, the Semiconductor Industry Association said.
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| Applied Material named new CTO |
10/26/2007 |
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Stork is a recognized leader in the semiconductor industry and will lead the roadmap for Applied’s silicon technology equipment, oversee integrated technology development across the silicon products,
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| SanDisk named 25 companies on infringement suit |
10/26/2007 |
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The Milpitas, Calif.-based company on Wednesday announced the filing of three patent infringement actions against 25 companies that manufacture, sell and import USB flash drives, compact flash cards, multimedia cards, MP3/media players and/or other removable flash storage products.
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| Balloon at 22miles high telescopes the Sun |
10/26/2007 |
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Placing a telescope at that attitude places it above turbulence, dust, clouds—all the things that satellites are launched above, but at a cost of thousands of dollars compared to millions for a satellite launch.
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| Apple to encourage 3rd party iPhone applications |
10/26/2007 |
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Videos guide developers through basic design and interface issues, then progress to content management, compatibility issues and optimization strategies. Code libraries and example applications are also provided.
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| Spansion expands into partnership with SMIC |
10/25/2007 |
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Spansion has been investing in China for over 10 years, since Spansion's former parent company established the Suzhou final manufacturing facility. Spansion has also added local design centers in Suzhou and Beijing, and sales and marketing offices in Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen. Through the new foundry agreement with SMIC, Spansion will have wafer manufacturing capabilities in China.
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