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| Q1 IC inventory below forecast |
3/27/2006 |
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Semiconductor inventories in the electronics supply chain are remaining below target levels in the first quarter, causing a series of new order activity, according to iSuppli Corp.
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| SMIC ranked 3rd in 2005 foundry sales |
3/27/2006 |
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SMIC topped Singapore¡¦s Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Pte. Ltd. for third place in the worldwide silicon foundry rankings in 2005, according to the rankings from Gartner Dataquest Inc.
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| IDC said Vista delay affects little on PC sales |
3/27/2006 |
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Microsoft's delay of its Windows Vista operating system won't affect PC shipments, which are expected to grow at slightly more then 10 percent a year over the next several years, according to a report released by IDC.
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| Siemens completes its spin-off of Infineon |
3/27/2006 |
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Siemens has sold its remaining 18 percent stake in Infineon Technologies for Euros 1.2 billion ($1.4 billion) in a placement managed by Goldman Sachs, a news source reported.
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| New Windows chief to make cultural chances |
3/27/2006 |
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The new head of Microsoft Corp.'s core Windows division will bring a cultural change to the business responsible for the largest portion of the software giant's revenue and profit, a senior company executive said.
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| Sony, NEC, Toshiba to co-develop 45nano chips |
3/27/2006 |
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Sony Corp., Toshiba Corp. and NEC Electronics Corp. have agreed to extend their existing cooperation in the development of advanced microchips to production, the Mainichi Shimbun newspaper said on Monday.
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| Hynix ordered to halt NAND flash sales to Japan |
3/27/2006 |
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Hynix Semiconductor Inc. was ordered by a Tokyo court to halt its NAND flash memory sales in Japan after Toshiba Corp. filed a patent lawsuit against the South Korean rival, according to news report.
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| IBM moves closer to Nanotechnology chip |
3/27/2006 |
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IBM announced it had built the first electronic circuit around a carbon molecule, which could potentially produce the next generation of semiconductors.
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| AMD teams with Xilinx and Celoxica to experiment on co-processor |
3/24/2006 |
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At the heart of the proposal is AMD’s Opteron processor with its Direct Connect Architecture and native HyperTransport technology used with a Xilinx FPGA, supported by Celoxica’s programming environment, to create a “cost effective” accelerated computing platform.
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| DRAM market failed to lift as expected |
3/24/2006 |
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Contract prices for DRAMs are expected to be flat in the second half of this month, “as DRAM makers seem to stop proposing price [hikes] for both DDR and DDR2 modules,” according to DRAMeXchange.
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| Toshiba stops Hynix from selling NAND into Japan |
3/24/2006 |
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South Korea's Hynix Semiconductor Inc. was ordered by a Japanese court Friday (March 24) to stop selling NAND flash memory components in Japan in relation to a lawsuit brought by Toshiba Corp.
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| Hi-tech used to track bird flu |
3/24/2006 |
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"To mitigate the risks associated with this type of threat, firms are coming up solutions that include social distancing through enhanced telecommuting and work-from-home strategies involving VPNs and LANs,"
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| Alcatel in talks with Lucent |
3/24/2006 |
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“We can confirm that Lucent and Alcatel are engaged in discussions about a potential merger of equals that is intended to be priced at market,” according to a statement issued by the companies. The deal could potentially create a communications powerhouse, with combined sales of more than $25 billion.
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| Flash tester company goes IPO |
3/23/2006 |
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The company specializes in low-cost ATE for flash memory, but also sells to the MCU and FPGA markets; it has an installed base of some 1,500 systems. For the six months ended Dec. 31, 2005, Nextest had net revenue of $36.6 million and net income of $3.3 million.
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| Sun open codes to UltraSparc processor |
3/23/2006 |
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Specifically, Sun released Verilog RTL code for the processor design, a verification suite and simulation models, an instruction set architecture specification, and the Solaris 10 operating system simulation images.
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| Three Samsung employees going to jail for price fixing |
3/23/2006 |
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Three Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. executives have agreed to plead guilty and to serve jail time in the U.S. in conjunction with an alleged global conspiracy to fix DRAM prices, the Justice Department said Wednesday
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| JEDEX Conference - April 18-19 SanJose CA |
3/22/2006 |
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JEDEX, the leading venue for education and up-to-the-minute information on the trends and technical direction of the memory industry, is being held this year at the Marriott San Jose in San Jose, CA on April 18-19.
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| Rambus riding on positive notes |
3/22/2006 |
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The company raised its range to $45 million to $48 million from previous expectation of $41 million to $43 million for the quarter ending March 31.
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| Opposition surfaces on Micron's Lexar acquisition |
3/22/2006 |
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“Elliott is extremely displeased by the current Micron transaction, in which Lexar shareholders are to receive 0.5625 Micron Technology shares per each company share, as we strongly believe this transaction significantly undervalues Lexar,”
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| Motherboard shipment down, cast shadow on Q2 |
3/21/2006 |
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MB makers should take more cautious measures on their product deployment and sales forecast for 2Q06 as the AMD/Intel platform transition and the lead-free regulations that effective in 3Q, should jointly step brakes on rapid shipment growth, especially when 2Q is the traditional low season.
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| Power efficient design conference in Dallas |
3/21/2006 |
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This week in Dallas companies that have made their livelihood from improving the power efficiency of chips and electronic systems are gathering to show off their latest innovations at the Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC)
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