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| Triple investigation LG Philips on anti-trust |
12/12/2006 |
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Korean Fair Trade Commission visited LG Philips offices in Seoul, Korea. In addition, the Japanese Fair Trade Commission issued a notice to the company's offices in Tokyo, Japan, and the United States Department of Justice issued a subpoena to offices in San Jose.
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| Semi equipment to be strong on Q2 |
12/12/2006 |
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"Checks with the major DRAM memory manufacturers in Taiwan suggest that Q2 2007 orders have the potential to be strong provided that the manufacturers follow through with their aggressive ramp plans for 2007,"
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| ITC upheld that Qualcomm infringed on Broadcom IP |
12/12/2006 |
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In October, Bullock found that the patent had been infringed and confirmed the validity of all three patents cited in Broadcom filings. On Dec. 8, the full commission rejected Qualcomm's challenges.
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| 3G is not moving as TI wants |
12/12/2006 |
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TI (Dallas) said it expects semiconductor revenue to be between $3.28 billion and $3.42 billion, down from previous guidance of $3.39 billion to $3.66 billion.
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| HP settles phone tap case for $14.5M |
12/11/2006 |
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HP noted that there was no finding of liability against it as part of the settlement, which includes an injunction and agreement that the California Attorney General will not pursue civil claims against HP or against its current and former directors, officers and employees.
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| Intel ready to part its NOR business? |
12/11/2006 |
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An un-named private equity institution is at an advanced stage of preparing to acquire Intel's and STMicroelectronics' NOR flash businesses. Due diligence process is already at an advanced stage and an announcement may be made "in the near future."
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| New material found for non-volatile memory |
12/11/2006 |
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IBM, Macronix and Qimonda claimed that they have developed a phase-change memory prototype that boasts switching speeds at more than 500 times faster than traditional flash-memory technologies. It is also said to use less than one-half the power to write data into a cell.
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| UTAC sets up low-end Thai chip packaging plant |
12/7/2006 |
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United Test and Assembly Center Ltd. will pump more than $100 million into its Thailand operations over the next three years as it shifts more low-end packaging activities to the country.
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| IBM to build chips for Radio Telescope |
12/7/2006 |
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IBM said it will collaborate with the Dutch astronomical research institute Astron to produce analog and mixed-signal custom processor chips for use in a future interferometric radio astronomy project.
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| AMD launch new 65nm CPU |
12/5/2006 |
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AMD rolls out its first 65-nm x86 CPUs , the new Athlon 64 X2 cuts die size in half and power by a third of the existing 130-nm desktop processors.
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| Micron open chip plant in China |
12/4/2006 |
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Micron Technology Inc's new US$250 million chip plant is expected to start operation in the first quarter next year in Shanghai.
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| Hynix develop 512Mbit Mobile DRAM |
12/4/2006 |
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Hynix Semiconductor announced it has developed 512Mbit mobile DRAM in 200MHz frequency, the so-called fastest and smallest mobile DRAM.
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| AMD gets subpoena over graphic business |
12/1/2006 |
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AMD has received a subpoena from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) over potential antitrust violations related to graphics processors and cards.
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