January 7, 2009 - Industry News
DSP shipments collapse, but wireless holds up
Research firm Forward Concepts reports that DSP shipments collapsed at the end of 2008, with sales plunged 33% from October to November ...
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January 7, 2009 - Top Story News
Actual November chip sales were lowest since April 2005, says WSTS
The global market for semiconductors was $16.96 billion in November, down 22.5 percent compared to November 2007, according to 'actual' data ...
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January 6, 2009 - Industry News
Sony denies reports of further restructuring
Japanese consumer electronics giant Sony Corp. has denied reports it is about to announce another corporate rehaul and closures of Japanese ...
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January 5, 2009 - Top Story News
Americas region chip sales fell 19.5% in November, says SIA
The three-month moving average of European sales of semiconductors declined by 13.9 percent in November to $3.17 billion compared to ...
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January 5, 2009 - Industry News
Wire bonder vet forms new company
Wire bonder expert Michael Whitehead has established a new company.
The company--dubbed Microelectronic Wire Bonding Consulting ...
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January 5, 2009 - Industry News
Top 20 predictions for semis in 2009
Happy New Year! 2009 is just beginning to unfold in the electronics industry and there is already uncertainty in the air based on recent ...
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January 5, 2009 - Industry News
Atmel's German fab completes transfer to Tejas
Tejas Silicon Holdings (UK) Ltd. has completed the acquisition of the Atmel Corp. wafer fabrication operation in Heilbronn, Germany ...
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December 31, 2008 - Industry News
Chip distributor inventories rising, analyst warns
Thanks to weaker-than-expected shipments in November, inventories for Asian semiconductor distributors have grown far beyond desired levels ...
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December 31, 2008 - Technology News
Top 20 predictions for semis in 2009
Happy New Year! 2009 is just beginning to unfold in the electronics industry and there is already uncertainty in the air based on recent ...
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December 31, 2008 - Industry News
Top stories of 2008: Energy, memristors
Renewable energy and emerging semiconductor technologies like memristors were among the top industry stories in 2008 on EE Times.com ...
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December 30, 2008 - Industry News
Measuring the stability of EDA vendors
EE Times is running a poll that asks designers and managers to state how concerned they are about the financial stability of the vendors they ...
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December 29, 2008 - Technology News
Top 15 technology challenges for 22-nm node
At the recent International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) in San Francisco, most of the leading-edge logic papers dealt with the 32-nm ...
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December 29, 2008 - Industry News
Rohm changes name amid IC push
Japan's Rohm Co. Ltd. will change its name to Rohm Semiconductor Inc., effective Jan. 1, 2009. In business for over 50 years and with sales ...
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December 29, 2008 - Industry News
Too many analogue foundries
Industry pundits proclaimed 2008 the year of analogue. With analogue chip market growth far outpacing that of digital, a slew of foundry ...
EETimes India
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December 24, 2008 - Industry News
Analyst warns of 'solar market eclipse' in 2009
Global revenue for photovoltaic (PV) panels is expected to plunge by 19% in 2009, following eight consecutive years of growth, as a massive ...
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December 24, 2008 - Technology News
Top 15 technology challenges for 22-nm node
At the recent International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) in San Francisco, most of the leading-edge logic papers dealt with the 32-nm ...
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December 23, 2008 - Industry News
Portugal joins Qimonda bail-out worth $450 million
Struggling memory maker Qimonda AG announced it has arranged a 325 million euro financing package. In return, Qimonda has promised to ...
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December 23, 2008 - Industry News
Chip gear recovery seen in second half of 2010
A sustainable recovery in the semiconductor capital equipment market will not begin until the second half of 2010, after the memory sector ...
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December 19, 2008 - Industry News
Fab-tool book-to-bill ratios are mixed
The fab-tool, book-to-bill ratios were mixed amid an IC downturn. The U.S. book-to-bill reached parity in November, while Japan's ratio was ...
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December 19, 2008 - Industry News
CE vendors develop 'quad-definition' displays
High-definition (HD) technology has been the darling of the consumer electronics (CE) market in recent years, fueling sizeable growth in ...
EETimes India
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December 19, 2008 - Industry News
STATS ChipPAC cuts 1,600 jobs
Hit hard by the downturn, Singapore's STATS ChipPAC Ltd. plans to cut approximately 1,600 employees, representing approximately 12 percent ...
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December 18, 2008 - Top Story News
Excess chip inventory set to triple in Q4, says iSuppli
Chip manufacturers have not been able to switch their wafer fabs off fast enough and excess semiconductor stockpiles in the global electronics ...
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December 18, 2008 - Technology News
Process variability still vexing designers
CMOS device process variability remains one of the most acute problems facing the semiconductor industry, particularly at the 45-nm node and ...
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December 18, 2008 - Industry News
Inventory crisis looms for chipmakers
The semiconductor market should brace for a flood of excess inventory that could further depress sales in 2009 as equipment manufacturers ...
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December 18, 2008 - Industry News
IEDM: 450-mm fabs to run $10B; scaling to slow
Panelists agreed to disagree about the future of fabs, including the shift towards 450-mm plants, which could cost a staggering $10 billion ...
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