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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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| Memory prices trends up |
12/28/2005 |
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DRAMeXchange’s DXI index jumped 1.13 percent to 2,695 points last week — a trend that signifies a possible price rebound for DRAM makers in the marketplace.
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| India firm offers hand-held example design |
12/28/2005 |
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Called DesignFlex, the design was developed jointly with Mediatronix Pvt. Ltd., (Kerala, India). It will enable product companies to migrate to the handheld/portable segment more easily and speed time-to-market.
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| Large companies will get technology through acquisition in 2006 |
12/27/2005 |
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There are expectations 2006 will be a good year for semiconductor technologies as mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings, and some consolidation is prompted by large-diversified companies looking for successful fledglings to fill technology holes.
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| Samsung to supply Sony on Nand |
12/27/2005 |
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The order from Sony could account for one-fifth of Samsung's NAND-based flash-memory production, exceeding the value of its chip sales to Apple Computer Inc.
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| Micron Earnings Fall on Price Slump |
12/22/2005 |
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Micron Technology Inc. reported today that sales for its fiscal Q1 2006 ended December 1 were $1.36 billion, up 8 percent on both a sequential and year-over-year basis.
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| Japan plans own Internet search engine |
12/22/2005 |
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Japan's government, high-tech firms and universities will team up to develop their own Internet search technology, an official said, amid soaring profits for US giant Google.
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| Intel, Micron team up for NAND flash push |
12/22/2005 |
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This year saw the announcement of the plan to create yet another joint venture manufacturing company — IM Flash Technologies LLC — which will supply its parents, Intel and Micron with NAND type flash memory.
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| EU slap Microsoft with daily fines |
12/22/2005 |
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The European Commission said that Microsoft has failed to make interface and interoperability information available to competitors as it was obliged to do under a March 2004 decision and that daily fines may result.
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| Maxim chip hijacked in asia |
12/22/2005 |
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A transportation truck loaded with $565,000 worth of Maxim chips was hijacked in the Philippines Dec. 17
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| CompUSA sells $149 notebook |
12/20/2005 |
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CompUSA on Sunday sold a Toshiba notebook for $149.99, after $550 in rebates and an agreement to subscribe to America Online for a year
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