August 20, 2008 - Top Story News
NAND prices will drop 60% for the year
Weaker-than-expected demand and falling prices mean the NAND flash memory market won't grow in 2008. The average price of memory will ...
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August 20, 2008 - Industry News
U.S. calls for panel to probe EU high-tech tariffs
Trade representative says EU is charging duties on equipment that should be tariff-free under a 1997 agreement. A U.S. trade representative has ...
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August 15, 2008 - Industry News
Chip R&D spending grows in first quarter
Worldwide spending on semiconductor research and development grew 12% in the first quarter of 2008 compared to the first quarter of 2007, according ...
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August 14, 2008 - Industry News
Expect slow price declines for notebook LCD panels
Liquid crystal display suppliers are reducing factory utilization rates because of high inventory levels. Buyers can expect some price erosion ...
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August 5, 2008 - Industry News
Semiconductor sales increase in first half of 2008
Global sales of semiconductors for the first half of 2008 grew to $127.5 billion, an increase of 5.4% over the first half of 2007, according ...
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July 18, 2008 - Industry News
Chip prices could be going up in 2009 due to capex cutback
Semiconductor foundries, which are doing an increasing amount of chip manufacturing, are cutting back on capital expenditures. If they don't ...
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July 18, 2008 - Industry News
Top Semiconductor Suppliers report: Technology is not enough
The leading semiconductor suppliers often have cutting-edge technology, but they also meet the cost, quality and delivery requirements of OEMs ...
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July 11, 2008 - Industry News
Chip R&D spending to reach $49.2 billion in 2008
Worldwide spending on semiconductor research and development (R&D) grew 12% in the first quarter of 2008 compared to the first quarter of ...
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July 9, 2008 - Industry News
Talkback on RoHS cost
When the European Union (EU) announced it would ban the use of lead and five other substances from electronics equipment, many industry ...
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June 27, 2008 - Industry News
Demand for photovoltaic cells to rise
Worldwide investments in the production of photovoltaic (PV) cells will rise dramatically over the next two years because of booming demand ...
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June 26, 2008 - Industry News
NAND prices continue their freefall
Many memory integrated circuit buyers and suppliers are wondering what impact Apple’s new iPhone will have on NAND flash memory supply and ...
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June 12, 2008 - Industry News
DRAM prices start to recover
There’s good and bad new for DRAM buyers. The good news is that the average DRAM price will fall 37% for the year, according to ...
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June 6, 2008 - Top Story News
SIA looks to combat counterfeit electronic components
The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) has released a directory of authorized distributors to help combat the growing problem of ...
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June 6, 2008 - Industry News
DRAM market hits bottom; prices should rise
The global DRAM market appears to have bottomed out as revenue declined 7.4% to $5.9 billion in the first quarter from $6.4 billion in the ...
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June 5, 2008 - Industry News
Capex cutbacks could mean higher prices
Buyers should keep a close eye on the capital expenditure plans of large semiconductor foundries. More chip companies are outsourcing ...
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May 15, 2008 - Industry News
Expect slightly lower prices for standard logic
Buyers can expect stable to slightly declining prices for standard logic through the rest of the year as the overall economic slowdown in the ...
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April 21, 2008 - Industry News
RoHS has cost the electronics industry more than $32 billion
A survey of OEMs, electronics manufacturing services (EMS) providers and component manufacturers finds that initial compliance to the ...
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April 10, 2008 - Industry News
Economic slowdown impacts electronics equipment, chips
Global semiconductor and electronic equipment suppliers are feeling the pressure of the economic slowdown. Five of the six major segments of ...
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April 2, 2008 - Industry News
DRAM makers consider pushing prices up
DRAM makers Elpida Memory and Samsung plan to raise prices for DRAM memory chips as much as 20% this month, despite reports from some ...
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March 27, 2008 - Industry News
Analog prices will stabilize
Buyers can expect slight price reductions for analog chips this year despite strong unit demand as semiconductor suppliers focus on ...
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March 17, 2008 - Industry News
Semiconductor Report: Pricing free-fall ends
"Blood, blood and more blood," is how one semiconductor industry analyst describes last year's price cutting by memory chip companies ...
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March 10, 2008 - Industry News
Spansion's flash fab ramping up
Spansion says it has reached level of more than 25,000 wafer-starts per quarter at its Spansion 1 (SP1) facility in Japan, the world's first ...
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March 7, 2008 - Industry News
Less capacity means more stable chip prices
Many semiconductor companies, especially memory IC makers, have announced plans to reduce capital spending this year. The reduction ...
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February 21, 2008 - Industry News
Polysilicon prices going up
Some Asian manufacturers of polysilicon used to make semiconductors have raised 2008 contract prices to an average $95/kilogram from $82.50 in ...
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January 3, 2008 - Top Story News
iSuppli trims 2008 semiconductor forecast
Citing concerns about the global economy, high-tech industry researcher iSuppli has reduced its forecast for semiconductor revenue growth in ...
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