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| Market for LCD TVs keeps growing |
1/6/2006 |
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Global LCD-TV shipments soared past expectations in the second half of 2005 due to rising manufacturing capacity and falling prices, iSuppli said in its report.
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| Judge ruled in favor of Rambus |
1/5/2006 |
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Rambus Inc. said a judge dismissed a motion to throw out its lawsuit against chipmaker Hynix Semiconductor Inc., sending the computer memory technology company's shares surged.
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| DRAM prices stablize |
1/5/2006 |
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Despite a quiet week for DRAM transactions, stronger-than-expected demand during the year-end holidays have prompted most DRAM makers to plan on raising DRAM contract prices 3-5% in the first half of January, said DRAMeXchange.
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| Samsung market cap reached $100 billion |
1/5/2006 |
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The market capitalization of Samsung Electronics exceeded $100 billion (100 trillion won) on Wednesday, making the company one of only four in Asia to reach that mark.
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| South Korea exports $78 billion electronic products |
1/4/2006 |
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South Korea's electronics exports rose to $78.02 billion in 2005, up a modest 5 percent from a year ago, due mainly to surging sales of LCDs, digital TVs and semiconductors, the Ministry of Information and Communication reported Wednesday.
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| Tower Semi Q4 sales up 50% |
1/4/2006 |
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Tower Semiconductor Ltd. said it expects revenue for its Q4 ended December 31, 2005 to be approximately $31 million, an increase of approximately 50 percent sequentially over Q3.
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| Samsung, LG.Philips to mass produce 7G LCD |
1/3/2006 |
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Samsung Electronics and LG.Philips LCD separately reported the commencement of 7th generation (7G) thin-film transistor (TFT) liquid crystal display (LCD) panel production.
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| AMD licenses Rambus technology |
1/3/2006 |
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Rambus Inc. said Tuesday that chip manufacturer Advanced Micro Devices Inc. has agreed to pay $75 million over five years to license Rambus technology for boosting the speed at which computer chips communicate with each other.
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| Socket-478 going strong in emerging market |
12/29/2005 |
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Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) and VIA Technologies, two major chipset specialists in Taiwan, anticipate that strong sales of Socket-478 motherboards from the channel segment in emerging markets will be driving shipment growth throughout the first quarter of 2006.
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| Year end "state of memory" |
12/29/2005 |
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In DRAM spot market today, most OEMs were ready for inventory checking at the end of the year.
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| UMC chairman resigns amid polictical pressure |
12/29/2005 |
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Robert Tsao on Thursday (Dec. 29) announced that he plans to resign from his positions as chairman and board member of Taiwanese foundry specialist United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC). Tsao has been the center of attention in UMC’s recent move to restate its results and a controversial investment in a Chinese foundry provider.
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| Samsung to license Ovonyx phase memory technology |
12/29/2005 |
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Ovonyx Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. have entered into a long-term license agreement to use Ovonyx' intellectual property relating to the thin-film semiconductor memory technology.
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| LG puts large screen bet on LCOS |
12/29/2005 |
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LG is currently rolling out its LCoS 71-inch TV in the Australian market, and will subsequently add marketing efforts in the U.S. and introduce the product in South Korea, according SpatiaLight.
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| Science conference attacked by terrorist |
12/29/2005 |
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Police said the gunman sprayed automatic gunfire during a conference at the Indian Institute of Science, based in the southern Indian city of Bangalore. Professor M.C. Puri from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, was killed in the attack.
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| Economy bloom get Japanese to build Fab again |
12/28/2005 |
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Overall, Japan is seeking to regain lost ground in semiconductors. After sizzling expansion effort in 2003 and 2004, Japan’s leading semiconductor makers slipped back into the abyss in 2005, following top-level executive changes, mounting losses, capital spending cuts and disappointing product demand .
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| Processors in short supply |
12/28/2005 |
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"AMD is experiencing unprecedented demand for our desktop processors and this unprecedented demand has depleted our supply of packaging components."
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