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| Samsung president plead guilty on price fixing |
12/22/2006 |
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The president of Samsung Semiconductor Inc., a U.S. subsidiary of South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., has agreed to plead guilty, serve 10 months in prison and pay a $250,000 fine in connection with an ongoing U.S. Justice Department investigation into DRAM price fixing in 2001 and 2002, according to a Reuters report.
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| Solectron profit lowers |
12/22/2006 |
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Solectron Corp. posted a lower quarterly net profit as the contract electronics manufacturer booked higher restructuring costs.
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| Micron profit triple |
12/22/2006 |
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Micron Technology Inc. posted a bigger-than-expected quarterly profit Thursday as the company benefited from higher prices for computer memory.
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| Jabil earnings beat forecast |
12/21/2006 |
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Jabil Circuit Inc., an electronics contract manufacturer, said Wednesday its fiscal first-quarter revenue rose 34 percent from a year earlier to $3.2 billion.
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| NAND flash prices continue heading downward |
12/21/2006 |
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DRAMeXchange indicates that demand for NAND flash in China to continue increase through Chinese New Year in mid-February. The research firm, however, noted that some players will minimize their inventory to improve their financial statement.
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| Siemens set new record on network speed |
12/21/2006 |
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Germany's Siemens AG has set a new speed record for electrical processing of data through a fiber-optic cable, it said on Wednesday, opening the possibility of cheaper Internet and data networks.
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| Gartner forecast Capex up to stay flat in 2007 |
12/20/2006 |
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Gartner Inc. predicted that capital equipment spending will be $56.6 billion in 2007, up only 1 percent compare to 2006, but it will rebound and grow by 16.1 percent to $65.7 billion in 2008.
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| Circuit City posted loss |
12/19/2006 |
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No. 2 electronics retailer Circuit City posted a surprise third-quarter loss versus expectations for a profit, saying that its results in the important holiday quarter were hurt by the price war that Wal-Mart ignited, especially in the flat-panel television category.
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| China destination for used semi gears |
12/19/2006 |
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By the year 2009, the China market for used semiconductor equipment will hit $800 million, as more foreign companies decide to move their legacy gear to the country, according to an analyst from Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International.
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| Taiwanese DRAM makers gave bullish outlook |
12/19/2006 |
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PowerChip Semiconductor Corp. of Taiwan and Japan's Elpida Memory Inc. last week announced a joint venture to build what the companies billed as the world's largest memory fab in the Central Taiwan Science Park.
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| Hynix released 60nm DDR2 chips |
12/18/2006 |
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Hynix Semiconductor unveiled high capacity modules based on its 60nm 1Gbit DDR2 DRAM chips. This new memory is aimed for high performance graphic and mobile markets.
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| BenQ closed Beijing R&D center |
12/18/2006 |
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BenQ Corp. will close its cell phone R&D center in Beijing that will result in laying off of about 400 engineers.
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| Super Micro to go public |
12/18/2006 |
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Super Micro has filed initial public offering papers with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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| Mears say it can go to 22nm channel |
12/15/2006 |
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"Our technology can be added to strained silicon, SOI or even bulk CMOS, and the other technologies can fit right alongside ours over the next five or ten years as they become ready for production."
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| Gartner predicts DRAM market to wind down |
12/15/2006 |
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Gartner expects growth to slow significantly to 15 percent in 2007, when DRAM is expected to enter into oversupply conditions during the first half of the year. Gartner does expect the second half of next year to be a period of undersupply, however. The firm projects DRAM revenue to peak in 2008, before beginning to decline in 2009.
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