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| HP to layoff 14,500 jobs |
7/19/2005 |
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HP said it will lay off 14,500 workers over the next 18 months, or about 10 percent of its workforce.
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| DRAM price rising amid stable supply |
7/19/2005 |
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Spot prices of DRAM chips continue to rise amid stable demand and easing supply after manufacturers such as Samsung Electronics nd Hynix Semiconductor accelerated their production shift to NAND flash memory.
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| Taiwan's Typhoon shuts down businesses |
7/18/2005 |
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Taiwan's government ordered financial markets shut today and canceled flights as Typhoon Haitang descends on the island's capital, bringing torrential rains and winds gusting at up to 172.5 miles an hour.
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| National Semi to get out of Singapore |
7/15/2005 |
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Following National’s announcement in March to seek a buyer for its Singapore plant, the company has now decided to accelerate its cost savings by closing the plant and consolidating production volume into its assembly and test plants in Melaka, Malaysia, and Suzhou, China.
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| Rambus sales increased |
7/15/2005 |
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Rambus Inc. reported Thursday record financial results for the second consecutive quarter with Q2 revenues of $40 million, up 14 percent over Q2 2004, and up 1 percent from Q1.
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| US semiconductor to loose market share |
7/15/2005 |
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according to market research company IC Insights, U.S. companies are expected to lose worldwide semiconductor market share over the next four years, from holding 46 percent of the market in 2004 and 2005 to 42 percent in 2009.
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| Samsung project better second half |
7/15/2005 |
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"We expect both sales and operating profit to improve in the second half. We see a solid demand recovery in major sale items including DRAM, NAND flash, LCD and mobile phones with the arrival of the high demand season,"
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| Gates: Progress seen on IP compliance in Asia |
7/14/2005 |
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Gates said: "If you go back say 15 years and look at Hong Kong and Taiwan, the amount of piracy was close to 100 per cent and now both markets have made substantial progress and the majority of business-used software is licensed."
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| China's semi industry will rely on local consumption |
7/14/2005 |
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The size of China as a market for electronics may ultimately play a larger role in China's emergence in semiconductor manufacturing than lower costs. "Dell didn't go to China because they wanted to reduce costs," Wu said. "They want to sell a PC to every Chinese."
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| Cell phone delivery show signs of slowing |
7/14/2005 |
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"The slowing pace is a result of some mature markets at, or near, full penetration, and weaker-than-expected growth in some emerging ones. It's a sign of a maturing industry."
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| Intel to release 2nd round dual-core early 2006 |
7/14/2005 |
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"We're on track for delivery of Presler in the first half of 2006, most likely the earlier part of the first half," confirmed Intel. "It will be the next-generation dual-core processor using multichip packaging technology."
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| Flash price putting pressure on AMD/Spanion |
7/13/2005 |
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“While we believe product momentum continues, particularly in the microprocessor business, we recognize that the impending IPO of the Spansion flash business may be an overhang on further near-term share appreciation,” Tim Luke, managing director of equity research, at the firm said in a report.
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| Flash growth puts challenge on testing |
7/13/2005 |
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It's not uncommon for the latest generation cell phones to incorporate DRAM, SRAM, NOR and NAND chips in one package. "There's not phones being designed, in terms of advanced (3G) phones, that don't have MCPs in them," Ericson said.
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| DRAM production control will stabalize price |
7/13/2005 |
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Many suppliers' DRAM operations are expected to suffer losses in the second quarter and so, in order to stanch the flow of red ink, suppliers are expected to slow production increases and hold the line on contract price cuts in the second half.
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