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Spot the memory Print E-mail
Sep 27, 2007 at 03:41 PM

DRAM prices are diving again, especially on the spot market, according to Hynix, who has pulled out of selling approximately 15 percent of its DRAM in that manner. The problem is that spot prices have fallen below production cost values once again as memory manufacturers continue to ramp fabs aggressively. 

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Say sayonara to Sanyo Semiconductor Print E-mail
Sep 23, 2007 at 11:35 AM
If news stories coming out of Japan are correct, then Sanyo is selling its semiconductor division to a Japanese private equity firm, Advantage Partners, for something close to ¥100 billion. Write Comment (1 comments)
Hacked off! Print E-mail
Sep 20, 2007 at 12:27 PM

I would like to apologise to our many readers that we have been experiencing server problems this week and some stories and pages could not be viewed all of the time. The problem is due to some “unknowns” trying to hack into our server and we are dealing with these issues as best we can. 

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Spansion: NOR no bore anymore! Print E-mail
Sep 19, 2007 at 05:26 PM

Spansion has officially announced that it has started production at its first 300mm fab, SP1. This is an important milestone for the NOR flash memory producer within its first year of becoming a public company. 

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Spin wins with Intel’s Fab 68 Print E-mail
Sep 10, 2007 at 09:52 AM
Intel Corp. may have announced groundbreaking at its first front-end 300mm fab in Asia (Dalian, China) but more specifically, according to Intel in its press release; this symbolises Intel's manufacturing leadership, ability to cultivate engineering talent, acceleration of the growth of the IT ecosystem as well as Intel's culture of environmental leadership.

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Applied Materials v Oerlikon Solar - with a twist! Print E-mail
Sep 07, 2007 at 10:27 AM
Applied Materials' entry to the solar equipment manufacturing market just over a year ago is starting to make that market very interesting to watch and also to write about!

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AMD fab ramp update Print E-mail
Sep 06, 2007 at 11:12 AM
It has been some time since we covered manufacturing activity at AMD, with much of the news focused on the company's financial problems and delayed products.

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