Chartered Semiconductor
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S'pore chip foundry sold to Abu Dhabi
News Advanced Technology Investment Company will pay US$1.8 billion in cash for Singapore's Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, reports say.
Tags: Mobile processors, Processors, Acquisitions, Mergers, Chartered Semiconductor, Microsoft Xbox, Abu Dhabi, United Microelectronics Corp., Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd., Fitch Ratings
Chartered merger 'huge step' for Globalfoundries
News Proposed buyout of Singapore semiconductor player by key owner of Globalfoundries helps address "glaring weaknesses", says analyst.
Tags: Processors, Mobile processors, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., iSuppli Corp., Manufacturing, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd., Globalfoundries, shareholder, alliance, merger
IBM ramps up Xbox chip production
News Big Blue offers up some details of the custom-designed processor, which has a 64-bit PowerPC core.
Tags: Hardware, Components, Processors, Consumer Technology, Game players
Short Take: Chartered's president & CEO to be out for 2 mths
News Mainboard-listed Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd announced today that its president and CEO Barry Waite will taking a two-month-long medical leave after undergoing a surgery to remove what is believed to be a non-malignant growth on his heart.
S'pore's Chartered gets China customer boost
News Singapore-based chipmaker Chartered Semiconductor will ramp up production of its smart card and digital power meter products after snagging additional orders from China.
Tags: Components
Chartered Semiconductor shutters S'pore plant
News Singapore-based chipmaker Chartered Semiconductor today announced plans to shut down one of its five facilities in the city-state.
Tachyon pins high hopes on new chip
News Tachyon Semiconductor (Singapore) has big plans to become "a major player, a major mover and shaker in Singapore."
ARM joins IBM mobile-chip alliance
News Processor design company ARM will develop mobile-chip technology with IBM, Samsung and semiconductor firm Chartered.
Tags: Processors, ARM, IBM Corp., Mobile, Research In Motion Ltd., performance, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Nokia Corp., High Tech Computer Corp., alliance
STI ends week on a negative note, shadows US exchanges
News Shadowing the American bourses, the local benchmark Straits Times Index dropped below the 2,000 mark after falling 17.59 points to close at 1,986.20 points.
Chartered boasts US$2b in cash and credit reserves
News The semiconductor industry is experiencing hard times, but Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing is confident of weathering the storm, thanks to US$1.3 billion in cash reserves, and a further US$950 million in credit facilities.
Chartered reduces global share offering to 175m
News Nasdaq and locally-listed Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd will be reducing its previously postponed global share offering of 213 million to 175 million.
BEA almost doubles sales in AP to US$30.3m
News E-commerce software maker BEA Systems Inc said it generated sales of US$30.3 million in Asia Pacific (including Japan) in its first quarter ending April 30, 2001.
Lucent spinoff reaps $400 million investment
News Avaya, Lucent Technologies' impending corporate networking spinoff, yesterday received a US$400 million capital infusion from venture firm Warburg Pincus.
IBM, NEC team up on 32nm chip tech
News NEC has signed a multi-year agreement to enroll in the joint-development alliance set up by IBM to work on next-generation 32-nanometer technology.
Tags: Processors, NEC Corp., IBM Corp., Chip, STMicroelectronics, performance, processor, transistor, power consumption, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
S'pore stocks dip led by Chartered, SingTel
News Singapore stocks fell for the fourth day led by Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd after a report said the third-largest computer chips contract manufacturer may fire workers as demand for its products wanes.
