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| Hitachi, Renesas prototyped low-power memory |
12/13/2005 |
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Hitachi Ltd. and Renesas Technology Corp. said today they have successfully prototyped low-power phase-change memory cells with nonvolatile semiconductor storage elements.
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| Creative brings competition to Apple |
12/12/2005 |
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Creative Technology unveiled Zen Vision: M, its new digital media player that is taking aim at Apple Computer's popular iPod. The Zen Vision: M device features a 30GB video player, photo viewer and MP3 player.
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| LCD Monitor sales up amid falling prices |
12/12/2005 |
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LCD monitor sales posted substantial gains during the traditional shopping week after the Thanksgiving, according to market research firm, Current Analysis. Unit sales of LCD monitors increased by 36 percent year-over-year amid falling prices, the firm said in a recent study.
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| Cypress, Grace in foundry partnership |
12/12/2005 |
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Cypress Semiconductor Corp. and Grace Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. said today they have entered into a strategic foundry relationship in exchange for preferential volume access to foundry capacity.
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| Supreme Court ruling favor Sandisk |
12/12/2005 |
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The Supreme Court Monday rejected an appeal by Ritek Corp., Memorex Products Inc. and Pretec Electronics Corp. that aimed at reversing a July federal appeals court ruling that reinstated SanDisk's infringement suit.
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| SIA grant to support nano-electronic research at universities |
12/9/2005 |
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The grants are funding the creation of new university-based nanoelectronics research centers in California and New York, as well as supporting additional research at five National Science Foundation (NSF) nanoscience centers and at a research group in Texas.
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| Chartered up quarterly guidiance |
12/9/2005 |
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Compared to the mid-point of previous guidance, revenues at the Chartered level are now expected to be up approximately $8 million. Consistent with higher revenues, our fourth-quarter net profit is now expected to be approximately $6 million higher than the mid-point of the range previously guided.
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| ITC ruled on IP dispute between Gateway and HP |
12/9/2005 |
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"We're very pleased that the ITC concurred with our view that the Gateway intellectual property and technology at issue in this case does not infringe HP's patents," Michael Tyler, Gateway's chief legal officer.
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| Taiwan see 25% growth in LCD shipment |
12/8/2005 |
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With the influence of back-to-school and PC replacement of government agencies and educational institutes, the PC display shipment of third quarter exceeded 610,000 units with the growth rate of 25.8 percent.
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| UMC see come back in sales |
12/8/2005 |
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Taiwanese foundry giant United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC) said today that sales for November creeped up 1.4 percent year over year, and up 4.1 percent month over month.
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| SEMI predicts equipment market to grow |
12/8/2005 |
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“Furthermore, SEMI members expect the equipment market to continue posting sequential gains over the next three years as chipmakers continue to invest in 300-mm fabs and 65-nm technology.”
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| Sun to open Verilog code on Niagra |
12/8/2005 |
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McNealy disclosed the open-source plan at a press and analyst event in New York, where Sun launched its first servers, based on the new UltraSparc T1 platform.
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| Foxconn to IPO in Hong Kong market |
12/7/2005 |
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If it is confirmed, FAT will be the second company of Hon Hai to list on the HKSE after Foxconn International Holding (FIH). C.A.
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| Taiwan supplier rides success on iPod Nano |
12/7/2005 |
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Jess-Link's stock price has reached NT$35.7; Foxlink has reached NT$107. Local OEM factories such as Foxlink and Jess-Link Products Co., Ltd have reported its turnover into new record in November after receiving additional orders of iPod. Foxlink's turnover has broken through NT$ 3.5 billion, up by 60 percent.
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| TI moves 65nm process into production |
12/7/2005 |
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TI’s 65nm process reduces leakage power from idle transistors while simultaneously integrating hundreds of millions of transistors that support both analog and digital functions in system-on-chip (SoC) configurations, the company said.
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| SIA is suggesting president to release research and science funds |
12/7/2005 |
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America losing ground competitively to hotbeds such as the People’s Republic of China. Besides lobbying for research dollars, the SIA will address workforce issues such as keeping foreign but U.S.-trained engineers here and strengthening math and science curriculum in grades K-12.
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| SanDisk sue ST for Flash infringement |
12/7/2005 |
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SanDisk Corp. has filed a patent lawsuit in the Northern District of California against STMicroelectronics, accusing the semiconductor supplier of infringing its flash memory patents.
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| 10 layer chip stack with self-alignment technique |
12/7/2005 |
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Japanese researchers have come up with a new three-dimensional integration technology called Super-Smart-Stack that uses a self-assembly technique to maintain chip alignment accuracy to within 1 micron.
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| Hynix show GDDR4 for graphic applications |
12/6/2005 |
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GDDR is an ultra-high speed graphics DRAM that processes moving pictures and graphic data in personal computers and game consoles, the fourth-generation of which –GDDR4 – improves data processing speed by close to two times than that of GDDR3, Hynix said.
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| AMD plans new Asian fab |
12/6/2005 |
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Though all the company's fabs are currently located in Dresden, Germany, Ruiz said AMD was actively evaluating other locations for a new factory. "We believe we have to start building another factory in 2006, and are seriously considering many options," Ruiz said.
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