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| TI having a good time |
7/25/2006 |
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Semiconductor supplier Texas Instruments Inc. posted second quarter sales of $3.7 billion, up 11 percent sequentially and 24 percent from a year ago. Earnings from continuing operations were $2.4 million or 47 cents per share, up 42 percent sequentially and 34 percent from a year ago.
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| Rumor that M-system for sale |
7/25/2006 |
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Israel-based personal storage company Msystems said it would not comment on recent rumors the company is for sale.
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| IBM, Freescale joined Chinese in Power architecture |
7/24/2006 |
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Two of those new members notably are from research organizations in China, where the two companies hope Power will fare well—particularly when it is coupled with Linux and other open-source software. One is the Ministry of Information Industry’s Software and Integrated Circuit Promotion Center, whose stated goal is to expand the market beyond China’s borders.
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| Test cost keeping NAND profits down |
7/24/2006 |
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"The ASPs for NAND have fallen by 50 percent since the beginning of the year," said Tim Moriarty, vice president of sales and marketing for San Jose-based Nextest Inc., a high-flying supplier of ATE. "Unfortunately, the test times are getting longer."
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| Battlle of the Quad-Core heats up |
7/24/2006 |
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The server and enthusiast gaming are two markets that can take advantage of quad-core because software available is already multithreaded, Intel president and CEO Paul Otellini said. On the desktop side, both AMD and Intel noted lower ASPs for desktop processors during the second quarter. In some cases, executives said, AMD walked away from business when price points became so low the deal was deemed unprofitable.
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| Flexible OTP memory goes high voltage |
7/24/2006 |
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The company is targeting high-growth markets, such as LCD driver ICs, analog ICs and power management ICs, where the IP can be used for circuit trimming and performance tuning.
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| Philips Semiconductor to to sold to equity investors |
7/24/2006 |
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Three of the biggest private equity firms are in the final stage of bidding for the semiconductor division of Philips Electronics NV according to a report in the Wall Street Journal . The bids are said to value the chip unit at more than 8 billion euros ($10.2 billion).
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| AMD to aquire ATI for $5.4B |
7/24/2006 |
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"AMD has been shopping around for some time for a chip set and, to some extent, a graphics business. So this makes sense," said a senior executive at a Taiwan chip set company familiar with the deal.
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| Hard drives shipment up, iSuppli said |
7/20/2006 |
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Seagate Technology in the first quarter bolstered its lead in the hard-disk-drive (HDD) market, amid stronger-than-expected demand throughout the industry, according to iSuppli.
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| Chartered sales doubles |
7/20/2006 |
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Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing announced Q2 revenues of $364.8 million, a whopping 88 percent over $194 million in Q2 2005.
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| Google net income doubles |
7/20/2006 |
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Google Inc. beat analysts predictions by doubling its second-quarter profit as it leverages its dominance of Internet advertising and search.
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| Good days ahead for ATE sales |
7/20/2006 |
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Teradyne shattered Wall Street's estimates with earning of $0.25 a share on sales of $372.26 million for the quarter.
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| Intel guidance disappoints |
7/20/2006 |
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Intel Corp. reported that profits tumbled 57 percent in the second quarter on falling sales and rising expenses as its market share has been eating away by rival Advanced Micro Devices.
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| Apple earnings beat estimates |
7/20/2006 |
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Apple Computer reported that net earnings jumped 48 percent in the latest quarter, topping forecasts on Wall Street.
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| Sony to sell HD Camcorders |
7/19/2006 |
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Sony Corp. is to launch two models of high-definition camcorders that record images onto DVD discs and hard disk drives (HDDs), the first camcorder maker to offer such products, the company said on Wednesday.
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| Qimonda IPO to raise 1 billion euros |
7/19/2006 |
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Infineon Technologies AG aims to raise about 1 billion euros (about $1.25 billion) through an IPO of its memory unit, Qimonda AG, according to local reports.
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| Analyst improves near-term DRAM market outlook |
7/18/2006 |
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iSuppli Corp. has upgraded its assessment of near-term DRAM market conditions for suppliers to "neutral," up from the "negative" rating it has maintained since April. The upgrade is credited to "improving pricing and demand," the firm said today.
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| Hynix makes 80-nm DRAM |
7/18/2006 |
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South Korea's Hynix Semiconductor said Tuesday it has begun volume production of 80-nm technology-based 512 megabit DDR2 DRAM chips.
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| Judge cut award payment in Rambus suit |
7/18/2006 |
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A U.S. judge tossed out a $307 million patent infringement award to Rambus Inc. in its suit against Hynix Semiconductor Inc., according to Reuters.
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| Analyst cut rating on 3 chip stocks |
7/18/2006 |
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A Wall Street analyst downgraded Texas Instruments and two other stocks from the equivalent of a buy rating to hold, citing growing weakness in demand for cell phones.
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| HP develops tiny wireless chip |
7/17/2006 |
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Hewlett Packard Co. has developed a miniature wireless data chip the company said could broaden access to digital content in the physical world.
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