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| Taiwan, China catching up in advance circuit designs |
11/3/2005 |
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Seventy-three percent of designers in China and Taiwan are designing ASICs at 180 nanometer or below, an increase of 21 percentage points from 2004, according to the results of an annual study by Global Sources Ltd. and Gartner Inc.
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| Sun reports narrower loss |
11/2/2005 |
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Sun Microsystems posted a quarterly net loss that narrowed slightly from a year ago as revenue rose.
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| Intel ships multi-core processor |
11/2/2005 |
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Intel Corp. bumped up the release of its first dual-core, hyper-threaded processors for servers with four or more processors, the company reported today. The chips were originally target to be released early 2006.
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| Intel restarted production at Fab 12 |
11/2/2005 |
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Intel has restarted a factory after spending $2 billion to retool it with the latest technologies that will let it produce more powerful chips more efficiently and at a lower cost.
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| Chips shipment to peak early 2006 |
11/2/2005 |
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Worldwide semiconductor unit shipments are expected to slow and peak by the first quarter of 2006, according to a report from Soleil Securities Inc.
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| Matsushita moves production to 65-nm |
11/1/2005 |
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Matsushita Electric will make a strategic move from 130-nanometer manufacturing to the 65-nm generation this month as it begins to ship 65-nm chips in volume.
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| September chips sales increase |
11/1/2005 |
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Worldwide sales of semiconductors increased to $19.6 billion in September, an increase of 5.2 percent from $18.6 billion reported in August, the San Jose-based Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) reported.
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| Dell stocks drop on weaker guidance |
11/1/2005 |
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Dell Inc. warned that third-quarter earnings and revenues would be below Wall Street expectations, and cited weaker-than-expected U.S. consumer and U.K. businesses.
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| Samsung expands LCD production |
10/31/2005 |
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Samsung will start commercial production on a new LCD line in April next year that should further drive down the price of the flat-panel displays, the company said Monday.
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| Samsung deliver sample GDDR4 |
10/31/2005 |
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Samsung Electronics has shipped a graphics double data rate fourth generation (GDDR4), 256-Mbit device to major graphics card manufacturers for testing.
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| PMC to buy Agilent's storage unit |
10/31/2005 |
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PMC-Sierra Inc. said it agreed to buy Agilent Technologies Inc.'s storage semiconductor business for $425 million in cash.
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| Chip sales up before holiday season |
10/31/2005 |
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Global sales of semiconductors haven risen strongly ahead of the end-of-year shopping season, driven by booming demand for cell phones, computers and electronic gadgets for the living room, a survey said Monday.
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| Micron invested in Xi'An assembly plant |
10/28/2005 |
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Last month Micron signed an agreement with the government of Xi’an and is preparing to begin construction of the plant. The company does have an R&D facility in Shanghai, but this would be the company’s first testing facility in China.
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| 8% semi growth forecasted |
10/28/2005 |
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After achieving 6.6 percent growth in 2005, the worldwide chip market is set to grow 8 percent in 2006 and 10.6 percent in 2007, according to the latest prediction from World Semiconductor Trade Statistics (WSTS).
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| China fab to deliver 65nm process |
10/28/2005 |
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SMIC has recently entered into an agreement with an unnamed customer to co-develop a 65-nm process and deliver engineering samples by the end of next year.
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| Taiwan to allow more investment in China semi fabs |
10/28/2005 |
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"Taiwan’s cross-Strait investment regulations have failed to keep pace with technology developments in China. Access to China — and the ability to compete there — will secure Taiwan’s continued global leadership in semiconductors.”
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| SiS projects 4Q chipset shipments up 32% |
10/27/2005 |
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Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) projects its chipset shipments will climb to seven million units in the fourth quarter, up 32% from 5.3 million units last quarter
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