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Oct 25, 2006 at 04:15 PM |
 UMC, the second largest pure-play semiconductor foundry, is continuing to struggle to ramp its leading edge 300mm fabs in 2006. Cited by UMC executives as a key priority this year, especially resuming the ramp at Fab 12i in Singapore after stalling in the second half of 2005 (see figure 1 below), the foundry has seen only a small increase in wafer starts in the first nine months of 2006 (see figure 2 below).
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Oct 10, 2006 at 12:02 PM |
 Hynix and STMicroelectronics have officially opened their $2 billion Joint Venture 200mm and 300mm fab complex in Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province, China.
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Oct 06, 2006 at 12:33 AM |
 Micron Technology plans to spend in the region of $4 billion US dollars in its fiscal 2007 period, the company announced, as part of its fiscal fourth quarter declarations. In its 2006 fiscal year, the company spent $1.6 billion on capital expenditure as it started production of NAND Flash memory in its JV with Intel, IMFT as well as preparing two 300mm fabs for NAND and DRAM production expansion.Write Comment (0 comments) |
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Oct 03, 2006 at 05:42 PM |
 Sipex Corporation has finally closed its Hillview facility in Milpitas, California, a year after declaring it would become a fabless company. The company is now fabricating its analog products at Hangzhou Silan Microelectronics Co., Ltd. and Hangzhou Silan Integrated Circuit Co., Ltd., located in Hangzhou, China. Both its BiPolar and BiCMOS processes and fab tools have been transferred to the Chinese foundry.
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Sep 29, 2006 at 02:46 PM |
 Fujitsu Limited will acquire outright two 200mm fabs - JV1 and JV2 - located in Aizu-Wakamatsu in Fukushima prefecture, Japan, previously owned jointly with Spansion Inc. Fujitsu will pay Spansion approximately $150 million in cash in calendar Q2 2007, and will continue production of its Flash memory products as a foundry for Spansion.
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Sep 29, 2006 at 02:33 PM |
 Acquicor Technology Inc., a recently formed acquisition company, have acquired Jazz Semiconductor, a loss-making specialist foundry in an all-cash transaction valued at $260 million. Acquicor's well known founders include Steve Wozniak, Gil Amelio and Ellen Hancock.Write Comment (0 comments) |
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Sep 14, 2006 at 06:55 PM |
 Silterra Malaysia Sdn Bhd (Silterra), has switched from using diesel and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) to direct feed use of natural gas for power generation at its 200mm facility.Write Comment (0 comments) |
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Sep 13, 2006 at 03:36 PM |
 Ikanos Communications has started using Tower Semiconductor to fabricate its Vx160 high-performance DSL network processor using a 160nm CMOS process at Fab2, according to the pure-play foundry.Write Comment (0 comments) |
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Sep 12, 2006 at 06:33 PM |
 BOC Edwards Installs Innovative ERIX Water Treatment System at UAlbany
Nanocollege's Albany Nanotech Complex; ERIX Recycles Scrubber Water and
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Sep 12, 2006 at 04:13 PM |
 Infineon Technologies AG has officially opened a $1 billion 200mm fab in Kulim Hi-Tech Park, Malaysia, that will produce power semiconductors for the company. At full capacity (100,000wspm) the fab will employ about 1,700 people Infineon said.
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