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| Mitchubishi still in DRAM dilemma after years |
5/23/2006 |
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The move hints that the DRAM price-fixing scandal could extend beyond the companies that have already been implicated. Earlier this month, Samsung Electronics, Hynix Semiconductor Inc. and Infineon Technologies AG agreed to pay fines totaling $160 million to settle a class-action suit
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| Strong semi sales seen in Europe |
5/22/2006 |
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The value of chip sales through distributors reached 1.38 billion Euros in the quarter, which is the highest sales number since 2001.
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| Mosel Vitelic no longer a memory company |
5/22/2006 |
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Mosel Vitelic (Hsinchu, Taiwan) has a DRAM-making subsidiary, ProMOS Technologies Inc. (Hsinchu, Taiwan) but Mosel Vitelic itself is set to end production of DRAMs in the first half of this year. Solar cell production is expected to be ramped up and become Mosel Vitelic’s main business
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| Silicon microphone moves into portable PC |
5/22/2006 |
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Yole Development (Lyon, France) claims that the silicon microphone market reached nearly 100 million units last year and will grow to 800 million units by 2010.
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| Intel announce "FlexGo" PC for emerging markets |
5/22/2006 |
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Under the program, called "FlexGo," a PC running Windows XP with a 17-inch monitor that normally sells for $600 would be sold for between $250 and $350, with 10 hours of usage time included. Pre-paid cards available at stores would buy additional time for about 75 cents per hour.
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| Mosel to get out of DRAM business |
5/19/2006 |
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Mosel Vitelic has decided to stop DRAM production by the end of the first half of this year and gear up for the development of the solar cell market, according to company chairman ML Chen.
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| On Semi alliance with Kingvon of China |
5/19/2006 |
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Power semiconductor supplier ON Semiconductor reported that it has established a joint power laboratory with Kingvon Group, China’s largest set-top box (STB) manufacturer located in Sichuan Province, western China.
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| Symantec file suit against Microsoft |
5/19/2006 |
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Symantec Corp. sued Microsoft Corp. accusing it of misappropriating trade secrets to develop its own competing features and products, including the next version of Windows.
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| AMD previews quad-core chip |
5/18/2006 |
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AMD says its new chip design, quad-core processor, will boost performance without increasing power consumption.
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| Samsung to introduces Hybrid hard drive |
5/18/2006 |
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Samsung Electronics will exhibit a commercial prototype of a Hybrid Hard Disk (HHD), a next-generation hard drive for notebooks and PCs that integrates NAND flash memory with rotating magnetic storage.
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| Yahoo affirms low-end growth rate |
5/18/2006 |
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Yahoo Inc. Chief Financial Officer Sue Decker said Wednesday the company can at least meet the low end of its current 2006 revenue growth forecast.
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| Samsung said chips sales to be brisk |
5/17/2006 |
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Samsung Electronics expects stronger demand for computer memory chips in the second half of this year and sees NAND flash memory chip prices strengthening.
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| Flash to reach $27 billion by 2008 |
5/17/2006 |
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The flash card market is expected to grow to more than $27 billion by 2008, according to market analyst Semico Research Corp.
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| HP meets earnings target |
5/17/2006 |
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Hewlett-Packard Co. posted a profit of $1.5 billion, or 51 cents per share on sales of $22.6 billion in its second fiscal 2006 quarter ended April 30, compared with earnings of $1.0 billion, or 33 cents per share on sales of $21.6 billion in the year-ago quarter.
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| Wafer shipments slowing down |
5/16/2006 |
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Total silicon wafer shipments were 1,884 million square inches in the first quarter of 2006, an increase of 3 percent from 1,826 million square inches shipped during the previous quarter, according to the SEMI Silicon Manufacturers Group (SMG).
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| Creative fights back with lawsuit |
5/16/2006 |
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Creative Technology Ltd. filed suit against Apple Computer Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California for allegedly infringing a Creative patent governing the user interface in portable media players, including those used in Apple’s iPod, iPod Nano and iPod Mini.
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| AMD introduces energy saving chips |
5/16/2006 |
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AMD has begun to market a line of energy-efficient desktop processors that consume a maximum of 35 to 65 watts. Current AMD desktop chips can consume a maximum 89 watts or more.
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| Gate, Otellini optimistic on PC growth |
5/16/2006 |
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Bill Gates and Paul Otellini, two titans of the PC industry, said reports of the demise of personal computer are premature as PCs find new functions in the growing market for digital devices, including cell phones and music players.
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| Chip inventories on the rise in 2nd half |
5/15/2006 |
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Chip inventories continue to surge and point towards a possible and dreaded ¡§correction¡¨ in the semiconductor industry for the second half of 2006, warned an analyst.
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| Xilink sampels 65nm Virtex-5 FPGA |
5/15/2006 |
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Xilinx has started general sampling of its 65nm FPGA family Virtex-5 and expects to be in volume production of the first version of Virtex-5 at the beginning of next year.
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