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| Renesas to carve its own path |
5/30/2005 |
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One of the growing markets for Renesas is MCUs for the automotive market, and currently the company is seeing an interest in dual core microcontrollers in that space. That’s because dual core MCUs can offer system redundancy, something highly valued in the automotive space where consistent performance is so essential.
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| PC and Mobile market picking up |
5/30/2005 |
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According to Handelsbanken this would mean that "actual" semiconductor sales in April were $17.68 billion, up 11 percent compared with April 2004. In turn this would represent a rebound in semiconductor growth.
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| DDR2 price cross-over seen |
5/30/2005 |
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Intel Corp. will introduce more PC core logic chipsets that support the 1066-MHz Front-Side Bus (FSB) and DDR2 677. When this occurs, suppliers will quickly ramp up DDR2 677 production in order to take advantage of the present price premium.
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| NEC looking forward to additional 300mm capacity |
5/30/2005 |
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The company said that the fab could be flexibly expanded depending on the demand. The 300-mm line, which started operation last December at the existing A fab with a monthly capacity of 4,000 wafers, is equipped with facilities for 130- and 90-nanometer manufacturing processes. With the official launch, the company said it plans to expand into the new B fab to reach 6,000 wafers a month by September.
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| Hynix and Micron to ramp up NAND flash capacity |
5/27/2005 |
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Hynix is expected to more than double its NAND flash wafer starts by year-end while Micron Technology will begin volume producing NAND flash on 12-inch wafers, according to sources.
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| SMIC takes loan from Chinese Banks |
5/27/2005 |
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A consortium of Chinese banks has agreed to loan $600 million to Shanghai-based foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. to allow the company to expand its 300-mm wafer operations in Beijing.
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| VIA launches C7 x86 microprocessor |
5/27/2005 |
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VIA Technologies is rolling out a next-generation processor, the C7, that it hopes will give it a better shot at building market share in notebooks and small form factor desktop PCs.
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| Apple explores use of Intel chips |
5/25/2005 |
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In what would be a major shift in the computer world, Apple reportedly is talking with Intel about using its chips in its Macintosh line.
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| Macronix in R&D pact with IBM, Infineon |
5/24/2005 |
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Macronix, IBM and Infineon announced a joint research initiative to explore a new form of computer memory technology called phase-change memory (PCM).
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| Micron launches family of mobile DDR devices |
5/23/2005 |
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Micron launched a family of mobile DDR devices that it claims offer an enhanced feature set that delivers aggressive power specifications, superior bandwidth performance, and increased reliability over standard DRAM.
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| Infineon launch 8Gb DDR2 DIMM |
5/23/2005 |
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Infineon Technologies has announced new high-speed DDR2 modules for high-end desktops and servers: the DDR2-800 unbuffered DIMMs and the customized 8-Gbyte DDR2-400 tall registered DIMMs based on dual-die technology.
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| Micron sells CMOS image sensor |
5/20/2005 |
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Micron Technology has developed a CMOS image sensor which the company claims has the smallest pixel size for imagers.
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