Industry News (2012)

Micron was impacted by manufacturing glitch

Published:2012/12/26 0:59:00 Author:Ecco

It was reported that Micron Technology Inc., a memory chip maker, was impacted by problems in manufacturing as well slow demand for some of its component types in the first quarter of its fiscal 2013 year. Micron (Boise, Idaho) made a net loss of $275 million on revenues of $1.83 billion for the quarter ended Nov. 29, 2012. This compares with a net loss of $243 million on net sales of $2.0 billion for the...   (View)

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China can make 22-nm transistor by themselves

Published:2012/12/22 1:19:00 Author:Ecco

Xinhua, the Chinese government news agency, has reported that the Institute of Microelectronics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IMECAS) in Beijing China has made a high-K metal-gate MOSFET with a gate length of 22 nanometers. According to IMECAS, China-developed 22-nm IC technology would save China money in importing foreign chips or process technology and boost China-made IC’s competitiveness. The adv...   (View)

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Chip market rebound is coming, according to survey

Published:2012/12/17 2:32:00 Author:Ecco

According to a global survey of semiconductor executives conducted by business consultancy KPMG, a chip market rebound will help the U.S. move head of China as the most important market for revenue. The survey was conducted in September 2012 and the senior level executives polled were drawn from IDM, foundry and fabless chip companies. The rebound projected to start in the second half of 2013, but ...   (View)

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Sony, Toshiba will spend more on chips, iSuppli reports

Published:2012/12/7 0:40:00 Author:Ecco

The market research firm IHS iSuppli indicated that Sony Corp. and Toshiba Corp., Japanese consumer electronics giants, would increase their spending on semiconductors over the next two years as they invest in a wide range of new products in an attempt to revitalize their businesses. According to HIS reports about semiconductor spe...   (View)

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Qualcomm becomes the 13th company to join NFC Forum board

Published:2012/11/28 21:16:00 Author:Ecco

According to mobile communications company Qualcomm Inc., the company was previously a principal member of NFC Forum, the non-profit industry association. And now it has upgraded is membership of the NFC Forum to the sponsor level, which includes a seat on the board of directors. Qualcomm is the 13th company to join NFC Forum after Broadcom, NEC, Nokia, NXP, Renesas, Samsung, Sony, STMicroelectronics and V...   (View)

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TSMC increases building work for FinFET fab

Published:2012/11/28 0:34:00 Author:Ecco

According to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd., the company has held a groundbreaking ceremony for a fab module at its Fab 14 gigafab at the South Taiwan Science Park in Tainan, Taiwan. And its first fab will mass produce 16-nm FinFET circuits in 2014. It is reported that building work for phase six of the Fab 14 gigafab is not due to start until 2013 as part of a $17 billion capacity expansion sc...   (View)

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TI plans to cut 1,700 jobs in OMAP shift

Published:2012/11/19 20:48:00 Author:Ecco

According to the announcement pushed by Texas Instruments Inc. in Wednesday (Nov. 14), it would cut about 1,700 jobs worldwide as part of a previously disclosed plan to re-target R&D for its OMAP product line at the embedded systems market, away from smartphones and tablets. Executives from TI (Dallas) said in September that the company would shift its R&D investment on the OMAP applications process...   (View)

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Qualcomm becomes the leading supplier of application processor

Published:2012/11/10 0:16:00 Author:Ecco

According to market researcher IC Insights, San Diego-based Qualcomm is expected to increase its sales by 30 percent in 2012. Qualcomm’s annual chips sales are expected to reach about $12.8 billion in annual chip sales, moving it three spots in the researchers’ rankings to No. 4. Qualcomm’s standing as the leading supplier of application processors for mobile devices. In fact, it is fabless – has improved i...   (View)

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Wireless- and Internet-addressable LED lighting can be provided by Philips, Apple

Published:2012/10/30 20:46:00 Author:Ecco

According to Philips, the consumer electronics giant, it has pushed a kind of wireless- and Internet-addressable LED light bulbs called hue that consumers can control from any iOS or Android device, including changing colors and turning on and off remotely. However, the hue kit is being offered exclusively through Apple stor...   (View)

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China medical electronics revenue is expected to be double by 2016

Published:2012/10/25 22:02:00 Author:Ecco

The market researcher IHS iSuppli China Research predicted that China’s medical electronics industry revenue would be double in 2016. According to the analysis from IHS, medical electronics was a $4 billion industry in China during 2011, up 19.6 percent on a...   (View)

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AMD will lay off 15 percent of its workforce to cut costs

Published:2012/10/18 21:45:00 Author:Ecco

According to AMD executives, Advanced Micro Devices, staggered by a weak global consumer demand and strategic missteps, will lay off 15 percent of its workforce to cut costs while launching an aggressive push into embedded markets to counter declining PC sales that will continue for the foreseeable future . It is reported that AMD sales dropped 10 percent sequentially to $1.27 billion in the third quarter,...   (View)

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The mini version of Galaxy S III is pushed by Samsung

Published:2012/10/13 3:30:00 Author:Ecco

The latest version of Smartphone from Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. is called Galaxy S III which is featuring a 4-inch screen and running version 4.1 of Google Inc.’s operating system. It is pushed in Wednesday. It is said that Galaxy S III mini had been widely used. The features of G...   (View)

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X-Fab plans to invest $50 million for making MEMS

Published:2012/9/28 21:26:00 Author:Ecco

According to X-Fab Silicon Foundries AG (Erfurt, Germany), it plans to invest $50 million in its microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) operations. X-Fab is a foundry for mixed-signal ICs and MEMS with wafer fabs in Erfurt and Dresden in Germany; Lubbock, Texas and Kuchin, Sarawak in Malaysia. It makes circuits down to 0.13-micron minimum geometries and employs about 2,400 people worldwide and serves appli...   (View)

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The war between Motorola and Apple is upgrated

Published:2012/9/21 1:49:00 Author:Ecco

As we know, Apple Inc. launched the iPhone 5 last week. It may be the best market for Apple Inc. But the war between the leading suppliers of personal electronics has upgraded, and Google subsidiary Motorola Mobility has asked for a ban in the United States on a broad set of products from Apple Inc. According to the U.S. International Trade Commission, some Apple products infringe patents held by Motorola ...   (View)

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IPhone 5 will be launched on Sept. 12

Published:2012/9/12 3:30:00 Author:Ecco

Now it is reported that Apple Inc.’s iPhone 5 will be pushed Wednesday (Sept. 12). The market research firm IHS iSuppli indicated that iPhone 5 would spur the global smartphone market back to growth in the second half of the year after contraction in the second quarter. A...   (View)

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It is reported that chip sales grew slightly in July

Published:2012/9/5 2:25:00 Author:Ecco

The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) trade group had made a report to indicate that semiconductor sales improved slightly in July compared to June, but remained lower than July 2011 According to the data a...   (View)

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Smartphones projected to pass feature phones in 2013

Published:2012/8/29 3:01:00 Author:Ecco

The market research firm IHS iSuppli expected that smartphones would be majority of handset shipments for the first time in 2013. IHS had released a report which indicated that smartphones are now expected to account for 54 percent of handset shipments in 2013, up from an estimated 46 percent...   (View)

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Globalfoundries may surpass UMC in foundry sales to become NO.2

Published:2012/8/22 1:52:00 Author:Ecco

The market research firm IC Insights Inc. has made a projected ranking of foundry vendors this week, and the ranking report indicates that Globalfoundries Inc. may surpass United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC) to become the No. 2 semiconductor foundry supplier in 2012. According to a mid-year update of IC Insights’ McClean Report, Glo...   (View)

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GaN increases the efficiency of wireless charging

Published:2012/8/14 22:48:00 Author:Ecco

According to Efficient Power Conversion Corp., wireless charging startup WiTricity Corp. has demonstrated wireless charging using gallium nitride FETs. Established in 2007, Efficient Power Conversion Corp. is a 2007 gallium nitride power transistor startup. The company said that GaN transistors are superior for the proposed 6.78...   (View)

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ARM still works with Synopsys for EDA support

Published:2012/8/11 4:34:00 Author:Ecco

According to Processor IP licensor ARM Holdings plc (Cambridge, England), the company will continue to work with all the major EDA companies after EE Times asked about claimed improvements in performance and power consumption trade-offs claimed for the design of system-chips (SoCs) based on Cortex A-series processor cores made usi...   (View)

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