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| Chartered to produce 65nm Xbox 360 CPUs for Microsoft |
4/21/2006 |
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Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing announced that it has signed an agreement with Microsoft to manufacture CPU products using 65nm silicon-on-insulator (SOI) technology for Microsoft’s Xbox 360 game consoles
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| Nokia expands R&D center in China |
4/20/2006 |
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Nokia announced it would strengthen its R&D operations in China, including expanding its Chengdu R&D center for developing mobile network infrastructure products.
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| Nanya optimistic about demand for rest of the year |
4/19/2006 |
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With demand for DRAM growing unexpectedly strong during the traditional low season in the second quarter, Nanya Technology and affiliated memory maker Inotera Memories are optimistic about demand levels for the rest of the year.
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| Inotera reports strong 1Q revenue growth |
4/19/2006 |
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Inotera Memories yesterday reported strong sequential revenue growth for the first quarter, and revealed that its migration to 90nm production will be completed in the third quarter, further boosting the company’s business.
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| Fujitsu ups profit forecast |
4/19/2006 |
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Japanese electronics conglomerate Fujitsu Ltd. has revised its fiscal 2005 full year results said it is on schedule to beat its net profit target for the year ended last month by 36 percent
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| Intel sales looks gloomy |
4/18/2006 |
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Intel, which is expected to report its first-quarter results today and is seeing slower-than-expected growth in the PC sector.
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| Non RoHS parts may be hard to find |
4/14/2006 |
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Those companies that still need components that are not compliant with the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) directive may find those parts have become harder to find and more expensive.
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| Analyse try to explain AMD's guidance reduction |
4/14/2006 |
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“We believe that this means AMD ramped Fab 36 slower than expected and that this will be viewed in one of two ways. Either the ramp has gone slowly as a result of poor execution or management was being conservative in previous guidance by giving a large depreciation number, and after the fab began producing mature yields at a quick pace, demand did not warrant further equipment start-up until later in the year,”
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| Semi Industry hit new height in 2005 |
4/14/2006 |
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Worldwide semiconductor revenue reached a record $235 billion in 2005, surpassing the industry's previous high of $223 billion set in 2000, according to market analyst firm Gartner Inc.
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| Samsung to build 300mm fab in Austin |
4/14/2006 |
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Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. said Thursday (April 13) that it plans to invest $220 million to add a new 300-mm line to its existing fab in Austin, Texas.
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| AMD's Ruiz see slow quarter coming up |
4/13/2006 |
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AMD expects second quarter sales to be flat to slightly down seasonally from the first quarter of 2006, although sales are still projected to be 65 percent higher than second-quarter 2005 results.
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| UK company persues new printable memory |
4/13/2006 |
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The demonstrator has arrays of up to 100 bits and was constructed using a line width of 220-microns. TFE and Xaar achieved a read/write endurance of 100,000 cycles on the demonstrator.
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| Rambus name new CFO |
4/13/2006 |
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Company CEO Harold Hughes, who came to Rambus from Intel in January 2005, named Satish Rishi as senior VP and CFO of the Los Altos, Calif.-based company.
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| EU okays grant for top electronic companies |
4/12/2006 |
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The project is expected to create about 190 additional research posts as well as safeguarding existing jobs at Infineon’s and AMD’s production sites in Dresden. It is aimed at establishing a research platform for nanoelectronic technologies including two research centers where a series of collaboration research projects will be carried out.
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| Micron see good business, raise capex |
4/12/2006 |
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During a conference call to discuss its financial results on Monday (April 10), Micron (Boise, Ida.) disclosed that its total capital expenditures would hit $2.6 billion in fiscal 2006, up from $2 billion from its previous estimate.
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