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| DRAM prices altered semi manufacturer ranking |
5/16/2008 |
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Companies that moved down in IC Insights ranking included DRAM-supplier Qimonda, whose nightmare continued in Q1 as the company dropped 10 positions from 19th overall in 2007 to 29th in Q1 based on a 52% sales decline year-over-year.
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| Qualcomm won new spectrum bid in UK |
5/16/2008 |
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"Acquiring this spectrum will enable us to develop, test and explore a variety of innovative wireless services and technologies that will benefit European consumers and the wireless industry as a whole."
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| Kingston invests in Flash controller company |
5/15/2008 |
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Kingston is paying roughly $5 million for 10% of Taiwan's Phison Electronics Corp., a maker of controller chips for USB flash memory drives. The investment is part of Kingston's expansion into flash memory for consumer electronics and computers, which began in 2003.
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| Intel reports plant interruption in Chengdu |
5/15/2008 |
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“We’ve been back in the building now, power is restored, IT center is working, and a complete assessment is underway,” Mulloy said. “Right now, we are on track for beginning to move product [finished goods] out of the warehouse in Chengdu to service customers from that site probably tomorrow local time."
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| Samsung announces top level reshuffling |
5/15/2008 |
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The company justified the changes with the "urgent need to find new growth engines amid fierce competition in the electronics industry," it informed in a press release.
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| AMD reforms Central Engineering Group |
5/14/2008 |
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"expect to see new blood, increased focus, experienced leadership, and stronger execution" as AMD moves to "continuing profitability” in 2008.
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| San Francisco considers to provide Plug-In car infustructures |
5/14/2008 |
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San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom is negotiating the possibility of Project Better Place (Palo Alto, Calif.) building the infrastructure for a fleet of plug-in cars in the city, including battery-replacement stations and charging stations at parking meters.
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| Massive quake in China affects some industry |
5/14/2008 |
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The massive earthquake that devastated parts of China's Sichuan region on Monday halted activities at several high-tech manufacturing facilities in the area although reports indicate that the damages were limited and production should soon resume.
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| HP to buy EDS for $14 Billion |
5/13/2008 |
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Hewlett-Packard is raising the stake with an agreement to pay $14 billion for Electronic Data Systems Corp.
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| TSMC to fab CPU for AMD |
5/13/2008 |
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AMD plans to outsource CPU production to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) in the second half of this year.
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| Intel win Swedish 2.6GHz spectrum auction |
5/12/2008 |
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Intel have won the the European 2.6GHz spectrum auction, in Sweden, which raised SEK 2.1 billion (about $350 million) after a grueling 112 rounds of bidding over 16 days.
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| Fujitsu reports 40% drop in profit |
5/12/2008 |
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Fujitsu Ltd reported a 40 percent fall in quarterly profit but it forecast that its annual profit would more than double this year.
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| Hynix, ProMOS expands alliance |
5/9/2008 |
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Hynix said it has extended its strategic alliance with ProMOS Technologies Inc to include Hynix’s licensing 50-nm-class DRAM stack process technology to ProMOS
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| Qimonda enters solar cells business |
5/8/2008 |
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Qimonda announced today that it has inked a contract with German solar company Centrosolar Group to jointly build, equip and operate a solar cell manufacturing plant, which will produce solar cells based on silicon.
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| AMD reveals server chips roadmap |
5/8/2008 |
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Advanced Micro Devices disclosed a conservative road map for 45nm server processors using six and twelve cores through 2010.
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