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| LG Philips sales up 46% |
10/11/2005 |
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LG.Philips LCD today reported sales for its Q3 ended September 30 increased 46 percent to $2.6 billion (2.7 trillion Korean won) from $1.8 billion (1.9 trillion won) in the same quarter last year
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| Intel to unveil new chip |
10/10/2005 |
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Intel Corp. will unveil new chips on Monday that it hopes will close a performance gap with rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. in the market for server system chips, the Wall Street Journal reported.
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| Xilinx lowers quarterly guidance |
10/10/2005 |
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Xilinx Inc. lowered its sales guidance for fiscal Q2 2006, now expected to be down 1 to 2 percent sequentially, below prior guidance of flat to up 4 percent sequentially, the company reported.
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| Courts won't rehear RIM's patent case |
10/10/2005 |
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A U.S. appeals court refused to reconsider an earlier ruling that upheld patent infringement charges against RIM and their popular BlackBerry wireless e-mail device.
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| TI's Templeton: development alliance is too slow ! |
10/7/2005 |
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“Alliances are a patch you use when you can’t afford something. It is a slower, negotiated process. TI in the past did joint development and there was a slower result. … Our focus is on time to market and time to volume,” he said.
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| Flextronics to expand into India |
10/7/2005 |
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Singapore-based electronics manufacturing services (EMS) provider Flextronics reported today it would expand its existing operations in India through an agreement, to build an industrial park in Chennai.
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| Toshiba to expand on Flash production |
10/7/2005 |
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Toshiba (Tokyo) said it would look to boost capital spending above its initial plan for 169 billion yen ($1.49 billion) in the 2005 and 2006 time frame.
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| ATI feels obstacle on PC market |
10/7/2005 |
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ATI reported that PC revenue fell 18 percent to $377 million, due mostly to lower sales of performance and enthusiast desktop products.
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| Lockheed to supply military display system |
10/7/2005 |
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The awards are a follow-on to the AN/UYQ-70 Advanced Display Systems program contract initially awarded to Lockheed Martin in 1994. This indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract covers a five-year period and is valued at an estimated $500 million.
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| Atmel to unload its France fab |
10/6/2005 |
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“We are pleased to be able to reach an agreement that will preserve many jobs in France,” said George Perlegos, "this sale is an important step in Atmel’s plan to consolidate its manufacturing and reduce costs."
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| Luminescent Tech and SMIC to partner in 65nm litho |
10/6/2005 |
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The two companies will apply ILT to IC designs in their collaboration that commenced with the installation of Luminescent's Explorer development platform at SMIC’s production facility in Shanghai.
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| Dow Corning adds investment in Taiwan glass fab |
10/6/2005 |
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Slated for completion in 2007, the facility will ultimately manufacture Generation 5.5, 6, 7.5 and larger glass substrates to meet demand for desktop LCD monitors and flat-panel LCD televisions.
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| NAND Flash to dominate memory market |
10/6/2005 |
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“There are so many new applications for NAND,” said Reza Faramarzi, marketing manager for Hynix’ U.S. subsidiary (San Jose, Calif.). “There is an infinite demand for flash at the current price points.”
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| Covad acquired NetWeb for fixed-wireless |
10/5/2005 |
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"Our acquisition of NextWeb accelerates Covad's entry into the emerging wireless broadband market and addresses our key strategic initiative to take control of our destiny,"
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| UMC's Hu: Foundries must take change |
10/5/2005 |
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"We have to make the transition from foundry to solutions provider." That means having the right IP, test and packaging capabilities along with wafer manufacturing expertise to turn customer designs into chips that function in-system.
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