April 6, 2010 - Industry News
TSMC to build LED plant
TSMC, the world’s largest semiconductor foundry, will get into the light emitting diode (LED) business by building an LED manufacturing plant ...
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April 2, 2010 - Industry News
OEMs to increase semiconductor purchases 13%
Global purchases of semiconductors in 2010 by electronic OEMs will increase 13%, while chip purchases by electronics manufacturing services ...
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April 1, 2010 - Industry News
Growth seen for gallium nitride power-management chips
If you buy power management semiconductors, expect more gallium nitride chips to appear on bills of materials. Gallium nitride is an emerging ...
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March 12, 2010 - Industry News
Expect prices for power management ICs to stabilize
Electronics buyers have been seeing prices for power management integrated circuits increasing in the first quarter, but they are ...
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March 12, 2010 - Technology News
Samsung to produce DDR3 DRAM using 30nm-class technology
Samsung electronics has developed the industry's first 30-nanometer-class DDR3 DRAM and will mass produce the chip in second half of this year. ...
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February 12, 2010 - Industry News
IBM wants steady supply, low cost for passives
Big Blue monitors the passives market closely, including following the prices of raw materials. Most purchasing organizations at large ...
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February 11, 2010 - Industry News
More buyers see higher chip prices
More semiconductor buyers say chip prices are increasing and will continue to rise over the next three months, according to the Purchasing.com ...
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February 9, 2010 - Top Story News
Expect Double-Digit Growth for Semiconductors
Leading indicators point to a year of strong growth for the chip industry. Most market researchers forecast at least double-digit growth for the ...
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January 27, 2010 - Industry News
Semiconductor fab utilization rates rise
Increased demand, utilization rates lead chipmakers to increase spending. Demand for semiconductors is rising and will result in an increase in ...
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January 21, 2010 - Industry News
Fabless chip companies increase market share
Fabless integrated circuit (IC) suppliers will account for 27% of IC revenue by 2014. Fabless IC suppliers are steadily increasing their share of the ...
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January 15, 2010 - Industry News
Semi equipment manufacturers will see strong growth in 2010
The surge in equipment sales will be led by NAND flash memory manufacturers, semiconductor foundries and chip packaging subcontractors ...
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January 14, 2010 - Industry News
More semiconductors will come from China
Building of new chip fabs in China will grow 67% in 2010. China is the world's largest consumer of semiconductors and in the next few years ...
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January 13, 2010 - Industry News
Forrester: Global IT spending to increase 8% this year
Information Technology (IT) spending in the U.S will grow 6.6% to $568 billion in 2010 as businesses and governments increase purchases of ...
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December 24, 2009 - Industry News
Growing PC demand will boost buys of DRAMs
Hynix Semiconductor believes the global memory-chip business is poised for a recovery. In fact, Kim Jong- Kap, CEO of the world's second- ...
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December 17, 2009 - Industry News
Silicon wafer demand to increase 18.2% in 2010
Big question: Will there be enough capacity for growing demand? Worldwide demand for silicon wafers used in semiconductor production will ...
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December 10, 2009 - Industry News
Semiconductor fab capacity will stay flat in 2010
While chip companies will increase spending on fab projects, there will be no increase in fab capacity in 2010. Spending on worldwide fab projects ...
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December 10, 2009 - Industry News
Semiconductor prices volatile
While chip prices are mostly stable, buyers report prices for semiconductors are changing. Fewer buyers are reporting that semiconductor prices are ...
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December 4, 2009 - Industry News
Capital expenditures by chip companies to rise but so will IC demand
Chipmakers will increase spending for equipment needed to make semiconductors. Capital expenditures by semiconductor manufacturers will ...
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December 4, 2009 - Technology News
Rochester expands space-level chip capability
Rochester Electronics is expanding its product manufacturing capabilities for certified radiation hardened space-level semiconductors. Rochester ...
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November 20, 2009 - Industry News
Microcontroller prices to fall 11%
16-bit MCU prices will fall 24% by the end of the year. Microcontroller prices are falling about 11% this year, but buyers can expect the ...
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November 20, 2009 - Industry News
Silicon wafer shipments to drop 20% in 2009
Silicon wafer shipments to the global semiconductor industry will decline 20% this year, but then increase 23% in 2010, according to trade ...
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November 3, 2009 - Industry News
Electronics buyers increase orders for components
More electronics buyers are increasing purchase orders and building inventory levels, but are not paying more for parts, according to ...
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October 21, 2009 - Industry News
Silicon wafer shipments to decline 20% in 2009
Shipments will bounce back 23% in 2010 as silicon wafer demand from semiconductor suppliers increases. Silicon wafer shipments to the global ...
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October 16, 2009 - Industry News
Chip equipment buying will rise 39.1% in 2010
However, in 2009 spending on capital equipment will drop to $15.9 billion from $30 billion in 2008. Worldwide semiconductor capital equipment ...
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October 6, 2009 - Industry News
Semiconductor foundry business to grow 21% in 2010
Global pure-play semiconductor foundry revenue will decline about 11% in 2009, but then increase 21% in 2010, according to researcher iSuppli. ...
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