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S'pore forms group to boost 3D chips
News New consortium seeks to advance Singapore's 300mm wafer manufacturing capabilities by focusing on through-silicon via for 3D integrated circuit packages.
Tags: Processors, R&D, Integrated Circuit, Manufacturing, Semiconductor, Chip, Singapore, 3D, consortium, transistor
OECD sees signs of tech turnaround
News New report has found signs of recovery in the ICT industry worldwide, even among those countries and sectors that have been hard hit.
Tags: Components, Software, Semiconductor, Information And Communication Technology, Japan, Software, Korea, billing, China, revenue
Gartner: Chip industry faces further fall in 2009
News The semiconductor industry is expected to see a consecutive fall in annual revenues for the first time in its history, with a 16.3 percent decline next year.
Tags: Memory, Semiconductor, Chip, semiconductor revenue, Gartner Inc., Sales, financial, DRAM, revenue, industry
Samsung's market value approaches Intel's
News In 2002 it surpassed Sony, and now some analysts expect Samsung to surpass Intel in market valuation in a year or so.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Memory Chip, TV, Market Capitalization, semiconductor, Sony Corp., Business Strategies & Functions, Intel Corp., handset
Samsung upbeat about memory chip recovery
News The company, confident it widened its gap with rivals during the downturn, expects supply of both DRAM and NAND chips to fall short of demand in 2010.
Tags: Memory, Storage, revenue, mobile, Memory Chip, Semiconductor, Chip, NAND, Korean company, printing
GlobalFoundries nabs STMicro as customer
News AMD manufacturing spinoff secures STMicroelectronics as first external customer; production of 40nm chips for handhelds and consumer electronics begins 2010.
Tags: Processors, Mobile processors, Multiprocessor servers, Manufacturing, Semiconductor, Chip, Germany, vision, handheld device, manufacturing company
Philippine semicon braces for tougher times
News Semiconductor and electronics sector is one of hardest hit by falling global demand, says Philippine industry group, but adds economic crisis is "cyclical".
Tags: Processors, Asia, Electronics, Philippines, Electronics Industry, Semiconductor, layoff, SEIPI, Worker, revenue
TSMC exec: Chip industry to recover in 3 years
News Longtime figure in semiconductor arena and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Chairman Morris Chang,says, it'll be 2012 before industry bounces back, according to news report.
Tags: Processors, Mobile processors, Sales/revenue, Intel Corp., CFO, Semiconductor, Chip, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd., chip industry, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
Chip manufacturers on the edge
News Convulsions in the microprocessor business may have broad implications and strategic significance for countries around the world.
Tags: Components, Wireless e-mail devices, PDA phones, Intel Corp., Memory Chip, Semiconductor, Cell Phone, Chip, Chip Company, Government
Philippine semicon on way up after 'hitting bottom'
News Philippine semiconductor market--country's top export earner--on road to recovery with exports climbing from 0.76 percent to 9 percent in first quarter of 2009.
Tags: Processors, Intel Corp., Integrated Circuit, Texas Instruments Inc., Electronics, Philippines, Electronics Industry, Semiconductor, Pacific, SEIPI
Photovoltaics set to spark in Asia
News The region is "incredibly important" for the solar industry, Applied Materials executive says, citing China, India and Southeast Asia as areas with high potential.
Tags: Processors, Green IT, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Photovoltaics, Asia, India, Semiconductor, Applied Materials Inc., Gartner Inc., China
Japanese vendors wage war against slump
News Threats loom from economic pressures and Korean rivals, but Japanese PC and semiconductor players still hang on via job cuts, market exits and consolidation.
Tags: Consumer Technology, Personal Computers, Sales, Mergers, NEC Corp., Supplier, Semiconductor, Asia-Pacific, Spokesperson, Singapore
AMD finalizes foundry spinoff deal
News It will spin off its semiconductor manufacturing operations into a joint company with Abu Dhabi investment firm.
Tags: Processors, Outsourcing, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Manufacturing, Semiconductor, Chip Company, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd., Semiconductor Manufacturing, manufacturing asset
Toasting the birthday of the integrated circuit
News Hundreds gather at the Computer History Museum to celebrate the anniversary of the invention of the integrated circuit and two of its inventors, Gordon Moore and Jay Last.
Tags: Components, Integrated Circuit, Electronics, Google Inc., Semiconductor, Chip, computer, Gordon Moore, industry, Components
What Sun's Tremblay will do at Microsoft
News The longtime chip architect will work inside a group within Craig Mundie's unit and help set Microsoft's strategic direction relative to software and semiconductor tech.
Tags: Human resources, Microsoft Corp., Semiconductor, Chip, Sun Sparc, Marc Tremblay, Digital Equipment Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., spell checker, CTO
