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NEC looking forward to additional 300mm capacity 5/30/2005 The company said that the fab could be flexibly expanded depending on the demand. The 300-mm line, which started operation last December at the existing A fab with a monthly capacity of 4,000 wafers, is equipped with facilities for 130- and 90-nanometer manufacturing processes. With the official launch, the company said it plans to expand into the new B fab to reach 6,000 wafers a month by September. Samsung and Toshiba to supply 8Gbit NAND flash for Apple Shuffle 5/27/2005 Samsung and Toshiba are aggressively planning to ramp up their output of 8Gbit NAND flash chips, as Apple Computer plans to roll out 2GB and 4GB versions of its iPod Shuffle Hynix and Micron to ramp up NAND flash capacity 5/27/2005 Hynix is expected to more than double its NAND flash wafer starts by year-end while Micron Technology will begin volume producing NAND flash on 12-inch wafers, according to sources. SMIC takes loan from Chinese Banks 5/27/2005 A consortium of Chinese banks has agreed to loan $600 million to Shanghai-based foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. to allow the company to expand its 300-mm wafer operations in Beijing. Intel unveils dual-core Pentium D CPU 5/27/2005 Intel formally unveiled its dual-core Pentium D processors today. VIA launches C7 x86 microprocessor 5/27/2005 VIA Technologies is rolling out a next-generation processor, the C7, that it hopes will give it a better shot at building market share in notebooks and small form factor desktop PCs. ST considering sale of memory business 5/27/2005 STMicroelectronics NV is considering selling its memory business, according to reports. Apple explores use of Intel chips 5/25/2005 In what would be a major shift in the computer world, Apple reportedly is talking with Intel about using its chips in its Macintosh line. Samsung to continue lowering 8Gbit NAND flash prices 5/25/2005 Samsung has been slashing the price of its 8Gbit NAND flash memory since the beginning of the year Kingston: NAND flash to account for 50% of sales by 2010 5/25/2005 Kingston reported that NAND flash accounted for 18% of its overall sales in 2004 and the company projects the contribution from NAND flash to increase to 30% of its sales this year AMD has released a new GeodeLX 800@0.9W processor. 5/24/2005 AMD has released a new GeodeLX 800@0.9W processor, aimed at the embedded and mobile device market Macronix in R&D pact with IBM, Infineon 5/24/2005 Macronix, IBM and Infineon announced a joint research initiative to explore a new form of computer memory technology called phase-change memory (PCM). Hynix builds new plant for 300mm wafers 5/24/2005 Hynix Semiconductor said it had built a new plant to strengthen its competitive edge over foreign rivals in memory chip production. DDR and DDR2 chips prices are expected to rise in the second half of this year 5/24/2005 Samsung claims that global DRAM demand stands a good chance of picking up next quarter. Micron launches family of mobile DDR devices 5/23/2005 Micron launched a family of mobile DDR devices that it claims offer an enhanced feature set that delivers aggressive power specifications, superior bandwidth performance, and increased reliability over standard DRAM. Infineon launch 8Gb DDR2 DIMM 5/23/2005 Infineon Technologies has announced new high-speed DDR2 modules for high-end desktops and servers: the DDR2-800 unbuffered DIMMs and the customized 8-Gbyte DDR2-400 tall registered DIMMs based on dual-die technology. Samsung forms flash memory module to replace disk drives 5/23/2005 Samsung Electronics has created a memory module intended to replace rotating magnetic media in computers from NAND flash memory integrated circuits. Transmeta appoints California Micro Devices chief as board director 5/20/2005 Transmeta appointed Robert Dickinson, president and chief executive of California Micro Devices, to its Board of Directors. Observers said DVD format talk dead 5/20/2005 An effort to unifying competing DVD formats has failed, according to the president of Matsushita Electric. TDK delivers 100GB Blu-ray disk 5/20/2005 TDK has developed a prototype Blu-ray disc that can store 100GB of data, a news source said. Micron sells CMOS image sensor 5/20/2005 Micron Technology has developed a CMOS image sensor which the company claims has the smallest pixel size for imagers. Powerchip to increase NAND supply to Renesas 5/19/2005 Powerchip Semiconductor said it will allocate more than 10% of its capacity at its first 12-inch wafer fab by this June to produce NAND flash for Renesas Technology. NAND Flash overtaking NOR flash in revenue 5/19/2005 The total sales of NAND flash memory was roughly equivalent to that of NOR-type flash in the first quarter of 2005, according to market research company iSuppli Corp. Samsung XDR DRAM to be used in PS3 5/19/2005 Samsung Electronics said its next-generation 90nm 512Mbit eXtreme Data Rate (XDR) DRAM would be used in PS3. New MS office in 2006 5/19/2005 Microsoft said it will launch the next version of its Office spreadsheet, e-mail and word processing programs during the second half of 2006.  740  |  741  |  742  |  743  |  744  |  745  |  746  |  747  |  748  |  749

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