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| Qimonda, Infineon memory company |
3/31/2006 |
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Infineon has named its memory subsidiary Qimonda and reiterated that after its formation an IPO remains the favored way to separate it from its parent.
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| Google to raise $2 billion plus |
3/29/2006 |
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Google Inc. plans to sell another 5.3 million shares of its prized stock, hoping to raise more than $2 billion to finance its ambitious plan to expand beyond its Internet-leading search engine.
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| Intel's Itanium designer went to AMD |
3/29/2006 |
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AMD has hired Samuel Naffziger, a high-ranking designer of Intel's Itanium processors, and eight of his Fort Collins, Colo.-based colleagues working on the high-end processor.
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| Wireless service revenue to peak |
3/29/2006 |
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The U.S. wireless service provider industry rocketed ahead in 2005, adding approximately 21.8 million new subscribers, crossing the 200 million subscriber and 70 percent market penetration thresholds, said IDC.
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| iSuppli raised DRAM sales forecast |
3/28/2006 |
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Amid improved business conditions, iSuppli has raised its forecast of DRAM sales with worldwide DRAM revenue is expected to rise to US$26.4 billion in 2006, up 6.2% from US$24.8 billion in 2005. iSuppli previously expected a 5% contraction in DRAM revenue for the year.
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| NAND prices fall |
3/28/2006 |
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Spot prices for NAND-based flash memories have tumbled as much as 63 percent since the beginning of this year, according to the DRAMeXchange.
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| Panasonic to deliver Blu-ray player |
3/28/2006 |
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Panasonic said it will start selling a Blu-ray high-definition disc player in September for under $1,500 and expects up to 5 million units sold the first year.
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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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