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| Broadcom chief resigns |
1/27/2003 |
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Henry Nicholas III, a founder and CEO at Broadcom Corp., has resigned. He is taking time off to deal with "serious family matters," according to a quote attributed to him in a company statement.
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| Taiwan to hold global summit to attract foreign investments |
1/24/2003 |
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Earlier this week, the ministry said they will hold global investment summit in October, the ministry will focus on potential investors in Japan, Europe, and the United States. Trade delegations will also be sent to these areas to hold investment seminars.
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| ProMos to go ahead with 300mm fabs |
1/24/2003 |
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The joint DRAM venture between Infineon and Mosel Vitelic Inc. returned to profitability in Q4 2002 with net profit of $17.3 million (600 million Taiwanese dollars) and has big plans for 2003, including the completion of a second 12-inch wafer fab, according to a Dow Jones report today.
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| TI to extend Micro-Mirror technology into optical networks |
1/24/2003 |
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Texas Instruments (TI) (NYSE: TXN) will make a series of announcements concerning optical signal processing applications of the Digital Micromirror Device (DMD) - the unique semiconductor at the heart of TI's market leading DLP(TM) projection/display technology.
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| Production starts at Motorola Tianjin China fab |
1/24/2003 |
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The MOS17 fab itself was officially announced in the summer of 2000 after years of planning. The facility is part of a planned $1.9 billion manufacturing complex that will include a fab and a systems assembly plant.
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| TI sales strong on new DSP for 2.5G |
1/24/2003 |
The company announced it has shipped its first chip made using a 90nm manufacturing process, a digital baseband device for the 2.5G cellular handset market.
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| Avnet see stronger revenue from computer sales |
1/24/2003 |
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Avnet Inc., Phoenix, today reported that second quarter fiscal 2003 revenues increased from the prior sequential quarter, and the company returned to profitability before special charges.
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| Intel discloses detail on reconfigurable radio architecture |
1/23/2003 |
Rather than relying on programmable logic, Intel researcher Jeffrey Schiffer said Monday (Jan. 20) that the company's architecture will use a heterogeneous array of processors. Schiffer said the individual processors will be of intermediate complexity, between an FPGA and a modest CPU.
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| Via announce security features on new processor |
1/23/2003 |
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Via represents the latest processor vendor to incorporate security features in its products. Transmeta Corp. recently rolled out the Crusoe TM5800 processor line--equipped with new and advanced security features.
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| Government boost spending to help IT industry |
1/23/2003 |
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The Office of Management and Budget said it would increase government spending for computers, network equipment and other information technology by $6.5 billion during the fiscal year that begins on Oct. 1, 2003.
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| AMD hangs on in the market share game |
1/23/2003 |
AMD's share jumped from 13.6% in terms of units for the third quarter of 2002, to 17% in the fourth quarter of last year, according to the firm. Its revenue share jumped from 5.2% in Q3 of 2002, to 7.5% in Q4.
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| Flashing record business at Sandisk |
1/23/2003 |
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Product revenues were $158.7 million, up 20% sequentially. Retail sales increased 35% and represented 69% of product sales, while OEM/Industrial sales declined 4% relative to the prior quarter.
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| Motorola raise capex for much needed capacity |
1/23/2003 |
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Motorola Inc. executives addressing a conference call today said that the company's semiconductor products sector (SPS) would increase capital expenditure by more than 50% from the 2002 figure to spend $350 million in 2003.
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| TSMC gets Taiwan government resolution on China Fab investment |
1/23/2003 |
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"We've in principle approved TSMC's plan to invest in a wafer plant in China," the minister told reporters in Taipei following a meeting with other government officials. "A final authorization will be given by the Executive Yuan," or the cabinet.
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| Equipment book-to-bill near 1:1 December |
1/22/2003 |
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The ratio of orders to shipments reached 0.98 in December 2002, according to Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI). SEMI today released its December book-to-bill numbers, a three-month rolling average of orders and shipments for North American tool vendors.
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| TI partners with Silicon Logic designs |
1/22/2003 |
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The partnership will allow TI to change from a "middle-of-the-road ASIC supplier" in terms of technology to one that can pursue designs for advanced switchers, routers and network processors.
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| Intel's entry into Wi-Fi mobile platform positive for industry |
1/22/2003 |
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Intel's size will only serve to heighten the market's promise. Most based their reactions on the company's lack of an established track record in the WLAN space and said that questions remain on how far-reaching a product Intel will initially offer.
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| UMC increases stake at SIS |
1/22/2003 |
UMC, the world's No.2 pure-play foundry service provider, said that it bought 14 million global deposit receipts (GDRs) issued by SiS late last week, boosting UMC's stake in Hsinchu-based SiS to nearly 15%.
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| Infineon narrows loss for year |
1/22/2003 |
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While seeing improvements in several segments of its operations, especially the key DRAM sector, the German semiconductor company believes the best it can still hope for through the first half of 2003 is stable demand since several market segments remain weak and susceptible to continued pricing pressures.
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| Motorola reports improved profit |
1/22/2003 |
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The entire company reversed its year-ago fourth quarter loss, reporting net income of $174 million, or 8 cents a share for the latest quarter compared with a net loss of $1.2 billion in the fourth quarter of 2001.
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| Infineon and UMC stays on while AMD departs |
1/21/2003 |
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Last year, AMD and UMC entered an agreement to build a 50:50 joint-venture 300-mm wafer fab called Au Pte Ltd. in Singapore. AMD's departure will have no significant impact on the progress of the Infineon-UMC development partnership.
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