November 19, 2008 - Industry News
China consumed one-third of chips in '07
Semiconductor consumption by electronics manufacturers in the Chinese market grew by 23 percent last year, when China consumed more than a ...
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November 19, 2008 - Industry News
Actel, UMC expand foundry ties
Actel Corp. has expanded its foundry alliance with Taiwan's United Microelectronics Corp. Under the plan, UMC will provide foundry services ...
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November 18, 2008 - Industry News
Opinion: Electronica = Green = Black
The logo of the Electronica exhibition has been green as long as I can remember Electronica exhibitions. It also combines one period of a ...
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November 18, 2008 - Industry News
AMD: Fighting the unbeatable foe
AMD's place in the annals of the semiconductor industry is now more or less fixed. The battle for dominance in the microprocessor market has ...
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November 18, 2008 - Industry News
High-voltage hype charges up foundries
Industry pundits proclaimed 2008 the year of analog. With the growth of the analog chip market far outpacing that of digital, a slew of foundry ...
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November 18, 2008 - Industry News
Liquavista looks for cash to aid LCD-replacement push
Liquavista BV, a spin-off from Philips Research Labs, which has started manufacturing an electrowetting display, is looking to raise 15 ...
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November 17, 2008 - Top Story News
IC downturn in 'unknown territory,' says Soitec CEO
As the economic crisis continues to wreck havoc on the market, the IC industry is looking down the abyss and attempting to make sense of the ...
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November 17, 2008 - Industry News
Electronica proves robust under economic cloud
With a decline of almost 8 percent, significantly fewer visitors found their way to Munich for Electronica than in 2006. However, fair ...
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November 17, 2008 - Industry News
National Semiconductor plans workforce reduction
National Semiconductor Corp. cut its expectations for fiscal second quarter revenue, citing weakness in wireless and other industries, ...
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November 17, 2008 - Industry News
Cymer to cut staff
Cymer Inc. said it would reduce its worldwide workforce by abount 8%, or 85 total employees. Cymer said it expects to record restructuring related ...
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November 14, 2008 - Technology News
Microsoft to spend $1B on R&D in China
billion in China over the next three years on research and development, an executive said on Thursday. The research spending does not ...
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November 14, 2008 - Industry News
Holiday electronics spending forecast
Against the backdrop of a worldwide economic crisis, the consumer electronics industry continues to be one bright spot, or at least ...
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November 13, 2008 - Industry News
Photoresist supplier to raise prices
Responding to substantial increases in raw materials and utility costs, Japan's JSR Corp. will raise prices on its g- and i-line PFR series ...
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November 13, 2008 - Industry News
Intel cuts Q4 guidance by up to $2.2 billion
Intel Corp. cuts its fourth-quarter business outlook, saying it now expects to report revenue of $8.7 billion to $9.3 billion. The company ...
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November 13, 2008 - Industry News
Nat Semi cuts revenue view, plans job cuts
Semiconductor Corp. cut its expectations for fiscal second quarter revenue, citing weakness in wireless and other industries, and it said ...
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November 12, 2008 - Industry News
Analyst cuts estimates for Intel, AMD
An analyst cut revenue and earnings estimates for microprocessor vendors Intel Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc., citing weaker PC demand ...
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November 12, 2008 - Technology News
ATE standards group doomed to fail?
For years, chip makers have been screaming about the need for lower-cost IC test. One of the by-products in low-cost IC test is standards. ...
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November 12, 2008 - Technology News
Smart MEMS ease mobile apps
As more mobile devices incorporate micro-electromechanical systems chips to detect orientation and control functions—from scrolling the ...
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November 12, 2008 - Technology News
MEMS developers target 'lifestyle products'
MEMS technology that is steadily making its way into cellphones, digital cameras and other consumer devices could soon make the leap to so- ...
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November 12, 2008 - Industry News
Executives seek help to improve Europe's chip industry competitiveness
Europe needs to master innovation and shape its own semiconductor future to restore competitiveness according to a report from the European ...
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November 12, 2008 - Top Story News
Gartner cuts IC-assembly forecast
Citing the IC downturn, Gartner Inc. has cut its forecast for the semiconductor assembly and test services (SATS) market. ...
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November 12, 2008 - Industry News
Shedding light on solar cell technology
It's clear that solar energy harvesting is poised to go mainstream, but it's not clear which of the many diverse technologies vying for ...
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November 11, 2008 - Technology News
National Semiconductor's Halla hails analog processing
Brian Halla, chairman and CEO of National Semiconductor Corp. said the next wave of electronics demand would be pulled by quality-of-life ...
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November 11, 2008 - Technology News
Is the U.S. falling behind in chip R&D?
Much ink has been devoted to the decline of semiconductor research and development in the United States. Pessimists say Bell Labs has thrown ...
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November 11, 2008 - Industry News
MEMS apps expand, but market cools
Micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) chips continue to be integrated into diverse consumer applications, according to the MEMS Executive ...
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