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Jan 09, 2006 at 05:20 PM |
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Freescale Semiconductor has announced that the former
European President of UMC, Chris Chi has joined the company as Vice President
of External Manufacturing.Write Comment (0 comments) |
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Jan 09, 2006 at 04:12 PM |
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IC
Insights' new "McClean Report" for 2006 highlights that chip manufacturing in
China is set to grow at a CAGR of 36 percent between 2005-2010, reaching $12.1
billion US dollars in value in that period.Write Comment (0 comments) |
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Jan 09, 2006 at 03:43 PM |
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UMC
Chairman Bob Tsao and former UMC Vice Chairman John Hsuan have been formally
indicted by the Hsinchu District Prosecutor's Office over the foundry's
business and investment strategies in He Jian Technology, a mainland Chinese
foundry since 2001.Write Comment (0 comments) |
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Jan 06, 2006 at 11:40 AM |
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Capital equipment
sales into front-end fabs, is expected to grow by 6.9 percent in 2006, reaching
sales of $25.8 billion US dollars, according to market research firm VLSI
Research. The research firm pegged wafer fab sales in 2005 at $24.1 billion
dollars.Write Comment (0 comments) |
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Jan 05, 2006 at 09:41 AM |
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IC Insights is now
forecasting semiconductor capital expenditure to increase 5 percent in 2006
compared to the spending rate in 2005. The big difference, according to the
market research firm year on year is that spending will now be more sequential
than that experienced in 2005.Write Comment (0 comments) |
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Jan 03, 2006 at 04:02 PM |
Semiconductor sales for November 2005 topped $20 billion
($20.4 b) for the first time, according to the Semiconductor Industry
Association (SIA). Worldwide semiconductor sales increased by 7.2 percent from
the $19.0 billion reported for November 2004. Sales were up 1.7 percent
sequentially from the $20.1 billion reported for October.
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Dec 19, 2005 at 06:40 PM |
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IBM will adopt
Mentor Graphics encryption technology for use with IBM's 90nm, 65nm, and 45nm
process design kits. "Calibre" will be employed by IBM to assist in design for
manufacturing (DFM), DRC, LVS and extraction methodologies, while protecting
IP, the company's announced in a press statement.Write Comment (0 comments) |
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Dec 16, 2005 at 12:43 PM |
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MKS
Instruments, has entered into an agreement to acquire privately held Umetrics
AB, of Sweden, to further boost its presence in the Advanced Process Control
(APC) market both in the semiconductor field and other industries. The
companies had previously been involved in technology licensing. Umetrics will
be absorbed in to MKS' Instruments and Control Systems product group, though
terms of the deal were not disclosed.Write Comment (0 comments) |
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Dec 15, 2005 at 04:34 PM |
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Royal
Philips Electronics has unexpectedly announced that it has started legal moves
to create a separate operating company for its semiconductor division.Write Comment (0 comments) |
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Dec 13, 2005 at 06:22 PM |
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Market research firm iSuppli is now projecting a slight
respite in the plunging DRAM ASP's that could materialise in the 1Q06. iSuppli
believes that there is a slow down in bit production growth compared to 2004.Write Comment (0 comments) |
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