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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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| ARM goes for multi-core |
7/13/2005 |
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The test chip, based on the ARMv6 instruction set architecture, comprises four processors running with cache coherence and was made by NEC using a generic 130-nm manufacturing process with no optimizations for performance or power, the company said.
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| Film base display demonstrated |
7/13/2005 |
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The electronic display could replace paper in a number of applications, according to Fujitsu, ranging from information boards, billboards, posters to menus at restaurants to point-of-purchase tags. Fujitsu, Ltd. intends to introduce paper display products in its fiscal 2006.
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| Dell CTO encourage changes in IC industry for consumers |
7/12/2005 |
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Kevin Kettler told the Semicon West conference on Monday (July 11) that chip makers need to sharpen their focus on the consumer market through higher levels of silicon integration, innovative packaging for emerging mobile devices and shortening design cycles through design reuse.
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| Intel office raided for anti-trust investigation |
7/12/2005 |
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Swindon, Munich, Madrid and Milan offices of Intel Corp. subsidiaries in Europe, chip distributors and computer makers were raided by European Commission and local officials on Tuesday (July 12) as part of an investigation into possible antitrust violations
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| DRAM prices seen up |
7/12/2005 |
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256-Mbit DDR-400, contract prices went up by 2.3 percent to $2.2 while prices for 512-Mbit DDR-400/333/266 memories went up by 3.3 percent to $4.4. Several DRAM makers say the upward trend for prices is expected to continue until September due to high seasonal demand.
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| Suppliers optimistic at Semicon West |
7/12/2005 |
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SEMI suggested the industry has hit the bottom and things are beginning to improve. "No one likes a downturn, but it is a mild one," said Stan Myers, president and CEO of SEMI. His remarks came during a press conference this afternoon here.
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| Cadence chairman retires |
7/12/2005 |
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Bingham is stepping down as executive chairman and as a member of the Cadence board of directors, a position he had held since May 2004, after serving as president and CEO since 1999 and as executive VP and CFO of the San Jose, Calif.-based company since 1993.
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| Appeals court reversed judgement on SanDisk's case |
7/12/2005 |
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SanDisk said the CAFC ruling supports its interpretation of the key inventive features claimed in the '987 patent, and thereby eliminates the primary non-infringement argument of Ritek, Pretec and Memorex.
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| Hon Hai/ Foxconn to further expand in China |
7/11/2005 |
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Some speculation swirled that Hon Hai's latest move only served as a sign for bigger plans to buy client Motorola Inc's handset plant in Tianjin with the goal of clinching a deal to make low-end handsets for the world's No.2 mobile phone brand.
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| Teradyne to offer Open Flex to other Testers |
7/11/2005 |
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Flex is Teradyne's configurable test system; it first announced in 2003 that it would open its proprietary configurable system to third-party instrument vendors, dubbing the initiative OpenFlex.
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| IBM shows dual-core PowerPC chip |
7/11/2005 |
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IBM Corp. showed off its PowerPC 970MP, a dual-core version of an earlier design, this one aimed at applications that require 64-bit and symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) with ranges from 1.4 to 2.5 GHz.
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| NEC lowers earning outlook |
7/8/2005 |
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NEC Electronics Corp. gave lower guidance for sales revenue in the first fiscal quarter ended June 30.
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| Micron countersue Tessera |
7/8/2005 |
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Micron Technology countersued Tessera Technologies Inc., three months after Tessera sued Micron for patent infringement and anticompetitive conduct in March, Micron said.
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| Siebel warns on earnings outlook |
7/8/2005 |
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The outlook for Siebel Systems Inc. is not getting any better as the business software maker has warned that quarterly revenue will fall short of Wall Street estimates.
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| Broadband over power lines gain momentum |
7/7/2005 |
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Current Communications Group, provider of broadband Internet service over power lines, said it has received investment money from Google, Hearst and Goldman Sachs.
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| Rambus announces XDR interface at 8GHz |
7/7/2005 |
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Rambus Inc. has announced the latest version of its high-bandwidth XDR memory interface technology, XDR2, which uses a micro-threaded DRAM core and circuit enhancements that enable data rates starting at 8-GHz frequency switching
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| LG to use Palm OS in future smart phone |
7/7/2005 |
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LG Electronics has agreed to use a version of the Palm OS designed by Palmsource in a future smart phone, the company said during a press release.
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