 The blog is written by Semiconductor Fabtech's Editor-in-Chief, Mark Osborne. He has been covering the semiconductor industry for over ten years. This area is intended to provide insight into topical stories of the time in a more informal manner.
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Mar 26, 2007 at 12:27 PM |
Bob Johnson, a market analyst at Gartner may not be having the best of Monday's after Intel Corp announced early today that it would indeed be building a 300mm fab in China. Johnson had thrown cold water on the possibility a week ago and I must admit, there was nothing in his reasoning that wasn't logical.
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Mar 15, 2007 at 12:00 AM |
Tower Semiconductor has made some important strides in its efforts to remain a going concern and return to profitability since Russell C. Ellwanger took the helm in May 2005.
That said, the niche foundry continues to struggle with cash flow issues as it attempts to spend money for capacity expansion of its 200mm fab.
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Mar 14, 2007 at 02:43 PM |
I have lost count of the number of stories written about Intel getting approval to build a 300mm fab in China. Of course the news hasn't come from Intel, rather it stems from the Chinese Government. Intel must be getting very miffed over these Government leaks as the last one occurred in Israel. Many months later, Intel announced a new fab was to be built in that country.
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Mar 14, 2007 at 02:21 PM |
It does happen and it's happened to most journalists, especially those from the mainstream press that delve a little deeper than others into the world of semiconductors. I have moaned often enough for many years when the likes of IBM or Intel gain front page coverage in the non-technical press when technology breakthroughs are being touted that have no substantiating evidence or later prove to be simply wishful thinking.
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Mar 13, 2007 at 03:35 PM |
An old automotive saying that well-built Ford Motor Co. vehicles keep on going many years after competitors' models have been scrapped can now be applied to old Ford assembly plants!
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Mar 12, 2007 at 03:17 PM |
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In the style of recent press releases from IBM - a lack of detailed information coupled with the briefest of wording (115) - the company has said it is now fabricating a 65nm version of the ‘Cell' microprocessor. That's it! The rest was background info and product placement for Sony.Write Comment (0 comments) |
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Mar 07, 2007 at 02:18 PM |
Samsung has delivered on its promise to start the next phase in NAND flash consumption markets with the introduction of its ‘hybrid hard drive' technology that combines NAND flash modules between 128 and 256 megabytes of memory with a 2.5-inch drive.
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Mar 06, 2007 at 04:08 PM |
It had to happen sooner rather than later for Applied Materials! What I mean is that it was inevitable that they would win a contract in the solar power space to build a turnkey production line, front-to-back equipment and processes as well as automated factory software. AMAT executives have touted for a year that the synergies between solar production and AMAT's equipment and services portfolio in the chip biz were too good to miss out on.
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Mar 06, 2007 at 03:45 PM |
Sipex Corporation has been in a lot of financial trouble in recent years and has closed its fab in the U.S. to go fabless while using foundries in China for its specialty application-specific standard products (ASSPs). This is proving to be a worrying trend for chip manufacturers based in the U.S., and a trend that also seems to be occurring in Europe.
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Mar 05, 2007 at 04:20 PM |
Barely into March, Gartner is lowering its targets for semiconductor growth this year. Once upon a time, those crystal ball gazers could see clearly enough to provide a forecast a year ahead with a mid-year ‘update' that would be good enough to last until the year-end. Those days seem to be long gone as market research firms in general are now keen to micro-manage forecasts on a quarterly basis, or even less frequently!
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