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| Applied acquired thin film company for solar panel technology |
5/5/2006 |
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This acquisition will complement Applied Materials' thin film manufacturing technology capabilities and provide it with an opportunity to expand into growing new markets, like in solar cells, flexible electronics and energy-efficient glass.
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| SEC investigates Jabil on option fault |
5/5/2006 |
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U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is conducting an informal investigation of Jabil, among others. An article published in the Wall Street Journal on March 18 called into question option practices of a number companies including Jabil for the period of 1995 through 2002.
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| Nanya to sample DDR3 soon |
5/4/2006 |
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This week at SemiTech Taipei, Nanya is showcasing a 240-pin 1GB DDR3 unbuffered DIMM designed to utilize 512-Mbit (128×4) DDR3-1066 chips and provide a maximum bandwidth of about 8.5GB/s (PC3-8500).
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| ProMos: condition to improve on DDR2 ramping |
5/4/2006 |
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While already hinting that it would suffer sharp losses in the first quarter, ProMOS Technologies officially announced that the company anticipates its cost structure will improve this quarter on a growing proportion of DDR2 and 90nm production.
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| RoHS examption confuse the industry |
5/4/2006 |
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“Perhaps as many as 90 percent of customers are telling us that they do not need lead-free processes because their products are exempt.”
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| LeCroy offers 18GHz scope |
5/4/2006 |
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LeCroy claims that the SDA 18000 achieves its bandwidth without the software bandwidth enhancements that its competitors use.
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| Dell pulling in relationship with AMD |
5/4/2006 |
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The move reignites industry speculation that Dell, a longtime supporter of Intel technology in its servers, might be close to using AMD technology.
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| Windows Vista expected further delay |
5/4/2006 |
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"Microsoft's track record is clear," Gartner said in a research note. "It consistently misses target dates for major operating system releases. We don't expect broad availability of Windows Vista until at least 2Q '07."
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| Intel files motion to dismiss antitrust suit |
5/4/2006 |
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AMD originally filed the antitrust suit last June. It alleges that Intel bullied customers to secure a monopoly in the x86 processor market. The complaint identifies 38 companies that AMD claims have been victims of Intel's illegal business practices.
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| Qimonda name to appear at channels |
5/4/2006 |
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The customers who have ordered Infineon products up to now can go on ordering them as usual. The item numbers and the ordering procedure did not change up to now.
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| Rambus case not final |
5/3/2006 |
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``The jury's verdict is just one phase of a long legal process,'' ``In the next phase, the court will focus on Rambus' anti-competitive practices. Even if the result of that stage is not satisfying for us, we can still appeal to the higher court and no one knows how long it will take for the final result to come.''
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| Web advertising major revenue source |
5/3/2006 |
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In a press conference, Microsoft emphasized that the window products will be replaced by advertisement in the future. Advertising will become the major revenue resource.
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| 802.11n failed on letter ballot |
5/3/2006 |
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"While we are extremely keen to see a fully ratified standard as soon as possible, we believe performance, ease of use and interoperability are absolutely critical and the standard must support these requirements."
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| Intel bets growth on emerging market |
5/3/2006 |
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"The five-year objectives of the World Ahead Program are to extend broadband PC access to the world’s next billion users while training 10 million more teachers on the use of technology in education and with the possibility of reaching another 1 billion students,"
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| Rambus knocking doors in Taiwan |
5/3/2006 |
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Although Rambus has been in talks with Taiwan’s major memory makers for some time, they believe “last week's verdict gives them some incentive to negotiate a little more seriously.”
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| Acer becomes the highest growth PC seller |
5/2/2006 |
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According to Gartner, acerfs PC sales volume worldwide was grew 45.5% from 2005 with the highest growth in the world ranked as the 4th highest when Dell was 10.2%, HP 22.3%, Lenovo 10.5%, and Fujitsu Siemens 6.6%.
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| nvIDIA engaged UMC for G7 chip |
5/2/2006 |
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According to the industry, UMC will send the sample of nVIDIAfs G7 graphic-chip to certificate in May and will have volume production in the second half of this year.
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| Flextronics balance sheet improved through divesture |
5/2/2006 |
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"Overall, we feel fiscal 2006 was very successful for the company as we executed on our plan to divest non-core assets and focus our efforts and resources on the reacceleration of the significant growth opportunities in our core EMS business."
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| Semi Executives: Equipment market bullish for the next 3 years |
5/2/2006 |
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Many analysts believe the momentum will continue in the second period and into the second half. But in the short-to-long term, there are also some troubling warning signs. Visibility remains low for many vendors, especially in the backend of the market.
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| MEM company continue to receive venture funding |
5/2/2006 |
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Professor Charles Smith, has developed micromechanical memory elements, miniature relays, that it claims can be integrated into CMOS, or any other process technology. Cavendish been working with the Institut fur Mikroelektronik Stuttgart, in Germany, to build prototype memories and picked up $6.5 million in venture capital funding in 2001
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| Micron lost DRAM share due to Nand ramping |
5/1/2006 |
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That should be good news for Infineon Technologies AG (IFX), which has capitalized on the weak performance of its rivals to take the number-two position in global DRAM sales for the first time with sales of $1.16 billion in the first three months of this year, up 49%.
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| Mobile convergence leads semi expansion |
5/1/2006 |
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"Very strong sales of cell phones were a major contributor to the year-on-year increase in microchip sales," said SIA President George Scalise, in a statement. "Cell phone unit sales increased by 31 percent from the first quarter of 2005 and ran substantially ahead of expectations."
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| Semi inspection tool market to grow 75% |
5/1/2006 |
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The semiconductor inspection and metrology market is expected to grow 75 percent over the next three years and record sales of $6.6 billion in 2008, driven by the need for more refined inspection tools as the sector moves towards smaller dimensions on devices.
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