Industry News (2012/07)

Fujitsu is planing to sell its main fab, says reports

Published:2012/7/30 20:35:00 Author:Ecco

It is reported that Japan’s Fujitsu Ltd. is planing to sell its main wafer fab to foundry chip maker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. The wafer fab in Mie prefecture makes image processing chips and processors for supercomputers. However, according to Wall Street Journal , a spokesperson from TSMC said the company has no plans to ...   (View)

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UMC develops FinFET process to beat TSMC

Published:2012/7/29 23:07:00 Author:Ecco

Taiwan’s United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC) has been developing FinFET process technology to struggle with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (TSMC). As we know, TSMC is a foundry leader on the production of FinFET process technology. In fact, TSMC...   (View)

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ARM and TSMC will lead Intel in SoC device

Published:2012/7/26 23:11:00 Author:Ecco

According to foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd., the FinFET technology for ARM processors may not be in volume production until the second-half of 2015. Warren East, the CEO of ARM, is not concerned that Intel Co...   (View)

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The Q2 of ARM will continue climb in sales and profits

Published:2012/7/26 3:25:00 Author:Ecco

According to the report of another quarter with increased sales and profits announced by Processor IP licensor ARM Holdings plc (Cambridge, England), it shipped 2 billion chips in the quarter in 2Q12 with inc...   (View)

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Single-customer fabs have meaning, says TSMC

Published:2012/7/26 1:25:00 Author:Ecco

According to Morris Chang, the chairman and CEO of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd., the company is considering operating single-customer wafer fabs. Anyway, TSMC is the world's leading foundry chip maker. The company's second quarter financial results show that the market gradually produces fewer higher volume customers ...   (View)

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The Elpida buy of Micron is a bold project with risks, says HIS

Published:2012/7/25 2:49:00 Author:Ecco

According to the report made by market research firm IHS iSuppli, it is a bold project with risk that Micron Technology Inc.’s move to acquire bankrupt Japanese DRAM vendor Elpida Memory Inc. Particularly, the integration and technology transfer are not easy to carry. Mike Howard,...   (View)

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Qualcomm tries to license of Mirasol display out

Published:2012/7/25 1:25:00 Author:Ecco

According to Qualcomm Inc., the company will pay attention its manufacturing of Mirasol sunlight-readable displays on a limited set of products and try and license the technology out to other companies. Paul Jacobs, t...   (View)

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The new T-coded M12 connector is introduced by Binder-USA

Published:2012/7/24 3:13:00 Author:Ecco

Here is the information about the first official line of M12 power connectors with T-coding introduced by Binder-USA. The Series 813 connectors utilize the standard M12 locking thread, but feature a new coding or k...   (View)

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VC chip funding will decline in June, increase in quarter

Published:2012/7/24 1:33:00 Author:Ecco

The Global Semiconductor Alliance indicated that venture capital investments in semiconductor companies fell 76.2 percent to $32 million in June. Comparing to VC spending in June 2011, the decline was an even steeper 81 percent. Five chip companies got...   (View)

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Power semi market is predicted to be worth $20B in 2012

Published:2012/7/23 2:09:00 Author:Ecco

The market research firm Yole Developpement indicated that the market for discrete semiconductors, module and ICs dedicated to the power electronics industry will reach $20 billion in 2012. The analysts of Yole predict that the total value for IGBTs in the medium to high voltage market will be $1.6 billion. Superjunction (View)

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The Library from Sensor Platforms is extended to mobile app

Published:2012/7/22 22:53:00 Author:Ecco

According to Sensor Platforms, its FreeMotion library of software algorithms and middleware can support all sensors used in smartphones and tablets. Now, the Library is extended for using in major mobile microproc...   (View)

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Freescale CEO makes new strategic plan for the company

Published:2012/7/20 3:18:00 Author:Ecco

According to Gregg Lowe, CEO and president of Freescale Semiconductor Inc., the company expects to complete by the end of the third quarter an analysis of the company’s product groups and core markets. Then they will implement a new strategy that will likely shift resources to focus on company's best opportunities to drive revenue grow...   (View)

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IDC cuts the forecast about 2012 semiconductor market growth

Published:2012/7/20 0:59:00 Author:Ecco

Market research firm International Data Corp. (IDC) made a report about forecast for 2012 semiconductor market growth on July 19. The report indicated that the market will be cut by macroeconomic uncertainties such as the ongoing Eurozone crisis, lower global GDP growth and slowing in emerging markets. ...   (View)

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Only six chip firms plans to expand capex in 2012

Published:2012/7/19 2:50:00 Author:Ecco

The market analysis company IC Insights Inc. (Scottsdale, Ariz.) has made a report about the chip-making companies. The report indicates that only six of the top 35 chip-making companies are planning to increase capital expenditure in 2012 compared with 2011. The six companies ar...   (View)

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ASML is preparing to push its next generation EUV machines

Published:2012/7/18 22:47:00 Author:Ecco

According to Eric Meurice, CEO of lithography equipment vendor ASML Holding NV (Veldhoven, The Netherlands), the company is preparing to push its next generation extreme ultra violet (EUV) lithography machines. What’s more, the throughputs can reach expects of customers. EUV lith...   (View)

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Chip sales is forecasted to be slowed in June

Published:2012/7/18 2:38:00 Author:Ecco

According to Bruce Diesen, an analyst at Carnegie Group (Oslo, Norway), the three-month average basis of worldwide semiconductor sales were likely about $24.55 billion in June, up slightly from $24.4 billion in May, but down from May on a seasona...   (View)

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ST-Ericsson grows revenue but fails to shave net losses

Published:2012/7/18 1:30:00 Author:Ecco

ST-Ericsson, a mobile chip designer, has grew its revenues but failed to shave net losses in its most recent financial quarter. The company is in the trouble to face the predicating flat sales for the coming quarter because of global economic and industry conditions. According to a statement, ST-Ericsson focused on improveme...   (View)

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France is considering ways to Internet tax

Published:2012/7/17 1:48:00 Author:Ecco

The Agence France-Presse (AFP) report indicates that the French government is considering ways to tax Internet based companies that contrive to sell products and services in France without paying much to the government. So the tax is the needed. Yves Le Mouel, head of the French Telecommunications Federation (FFT), made a report which indicated that Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon have annual sales of f...   (View)

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Tablets is expected to surpass notebooks in 2016

Published:2012/7/16 22:20:00 Author:Ecco

The market analysis firm NPD DisplaySearch forecasts that the sales of tablet computers will surpass those of notebook computers in 2016. The shipments of notebook computer ar...   (View)

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The new x86, Power, Sparc chips will be displayed at Hot Chips

Published:2012/7/16 2:29:00 Author:Ecco

It is good news for engineers that new x86, Power and Sparc microprocessors will be displayed at the Hot Chips conference next month. The event will cast a wide net that includes chips for cellular base stations and 3-D stacks. (View)

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