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| Tyco to split into 3 businesses |
1/16/2006 |
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Tyco International Ltd.’s electronics business unit is set to be spun off into its own company as part of a newly announced plan by the international conglomerate to split itself into three companies. The other two businesses would encompass Tyco’s Healthcare organizations and its Fire and Security.
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| Samsung projects oversupply on NAND Flash |
1/16/2006 |
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Korean chip giant, Samsung, projected a “slight” oversupply for the NAND flash market worldwide in the first quarter of 2006, followed by shortages in the last three quarters of this year, according to a report from investment banking firm American Technology Research Inc.
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| Price depression on DRAM affects Elpida profit |
1/16/2006 |
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On Friday (Jan. 13) Elpida (Tokyo, Japan) forecasted a group net profit of 160 million yen (about $1.4 million) for the third quarter, below its previous estimate of a between 1.0 billion yen (about $8.7 million) and 4.0 billion yen (about $34.8 million).
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| Rambus flexes its claws |
1/16/2006 |
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Rambus Inc. late Friday (Jan. 13) filed a patent infringement suit against Micron Technologies Inc. in the memory arena. In the case, Rambus (Los Altos, Calif.) asserts that Micron (Boise, Ida.) infringed upon its DDR2, GDDR2 and GDDR3 patents.
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| Dell may adopt AMD CPU |
1/13/2006 |
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Dell, the world's biggest manufacturer of personal computers, currently uses microprocessors from No. 1 chipmaker Intel as the brains that run its machines
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| PSC to buy Macronix 12-inch fab for NAND flash production |
1/13/2006 |
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With Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) seeing significant NAND flash foundry demand, as well as ramping its own DDR2 output, the memory maker is looking to acquire a 12-inch fab from Macronix International Company (MXIC), according to industry sources.
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| ProMos to increase DDR2 output |
1/13/2006 |
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The recent positive price signals in the DDR2 market has prompted Taiwan DRAM maker ProMOS Technologies to ramp up its related shipment proportion
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| UMC faces NT$25 million punishment |
1/12/2006 |
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UMC may be fined as much as NT$25 million (US$780,786) for helping He Jian Technology (Suzhou) Co set up a plant in China, a government official said.
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| AMD License Rambus patents |
1/12/2006 |
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Rambus announced the signing of a five-year patent license agreement with Advanced Micro Devices which grants AMD a license to Rambus patents.
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| TI to sell sensor & control unit |
1/12/2006 |
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Texas Instruments has agreed to sell its sensors and controls unit to private investment firm Bain Capital LLC for $3 billion.
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| Infineon, SMIC extend DRAM deal to 90-nm |
1/11/2006 |
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Infineon Technologies AG has extended its DRAM foundry deal with Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. to include 90-nanometer manufacturing processes.
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| Apple launched Intel based iMac Notebook |
1/11/2006 |
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Steve Jobs kicked off Macworld 2006 here Tuesday by announcing that new Apple iMac computers, based on Intel 's Duo Core processor, are available immediately, six months ahead of schedule.
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| TSMC to trademark its name |
1/11/2006 |
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company may adopt a new authorization strategy in defense of its name against misuse by competitors which claim to offer “TSMC-like” products, sources with IC design houses said.
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| DRAM makers look to reduce DDR2 testing times |
1/10/2006 |
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Since late last year, several DRAM makers have begun requesting that testing houses cut their DDR2 memory testing times by 20-40% amid cost concerns, according to sources
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| UMC top officers resigned |
1/9/2006 |
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After recently announcing his intentions to resign his post as chairman of United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC), Robert Tsao today kept his word by officially announcing his resignation
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