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Defendants in Samsung 'secrets' case deny charges, says report

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:28:00 EST

Nineteen semiconductor engineers and managers indicted for stealing process technology and market planning details from Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and passing them to Hynix Semiconductor Inc. have all pleaded not guilty in court in Seoul, according to a Yonhap report.

GlobalFoundries plans for 2010 capex of $2.5 billion

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:44:00 EST

Abu Dhabi backed foundry GlobalFoundries Inc. (Sunnyvale, Calif.) is planning to spend $2.5 billion to increase its 300-mm wafer manufacturing capacity by 50 percent in 2010, according to Udo Nothelfer, company vice president and general manager of Fab 1 in Dresden, Germany.

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Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:44:00 EST

ADI's Fishman pitches analog investors

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:15:00 EST

While skeptics argue that Jerald Fishman, Analog Devices Inc. president and CEO, faces big challenges in talking up his company's value to investors in a tough market, Fishman remains undaunted.

Analyst: High-priced hardware will kill Google Chrome

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:53:00 EST

Mobile systems using Google's Chrome software will be more expensive than competing mini-notebooks using Intel processors and Microsoft Windows--one reason why Chrome will not be successful in an expanding mobile systems market that will see multiple winners, according to an International Data Corp. analyst.

TSMC, UMC see flat sales

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:21:00 EST

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (TSMC) said net sales for February were approximately NT$29.2 billion ($914.2 million), an increase of 0.1 percent from January and an increase of 153.8 percent from the like period a year ago.

HP jabs Apple in war of words over tablets

Tue, 9 Mar 2010 12:26:00 EST

Hewlett-Packard debuted an advertisement for its own tablet computer platform, slate, one day after Apple choose the Academy Awards broadcast as the place to air the first advertisement for its much-anticipated iPad tablet.

Bidding war for SST continues

Mon, 8 Mar 2010 14:10:00 EST

The bidding war for Silicon Storage Technology Inc. (SST) continues.

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Mon, 8 Mar 2010 14:10:00 EST

Semiconductor capex to grow 76% in 2010, says Gartner

Mon, 8 Mar 2010 11:46:00 EST

Worldwide semiconductor capital equipment spending is projected to surpass $29.4 billion in 2010, a 76.1 percent increase from 2009 spending of $16.7 billion, according to market research company Gartner Inc. (Stamford, Conn.).

Analog Devices offers WSN transceiver

Mon, 8 Mar 2010 09:27:00 EST

Analog Devices Inc. has announced today the availability of an RF transceiver targeting short-range wireless systems in the 2.4-GHz ISM band.

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Mon, 8 Mar 2010 09:27:00 EST

Lantiq sues modem maker over Taiwanese chip

Mon, 8 Mar 2010 06:23:00 EST

Lantiq Deutschland GmbH, the wireline chip spin-off from Infineon Technologies AG, has filed suit in the German District Court of Dusseldorf against Billion Electric Co. Ltd. (Taipei, Taiwan) alleging patent infringement.

LFoundry adds ChipStart as solutions supplier

Mon, 8 Mar 2010 04:11:00 EST

Landshut Silicon Foundry GmbH (LFoundry) has selected ChipStart LLC (Palo Alto, Calif) for foundry services representation. The addition of LFoundry services enables ChipStart to supply both design and manufacturing supply chain components.

E-books: Battle brews over display alternatives

Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:01:00 EST

E Ink's Vizplex electrophoretic technology has a virtual stranglehold on the e-paper display market. But a couple of dozen low-power display alternatives that offer lower prices, color and video frame rates are vying to take break E Ink's grip.

Emerging markets are the new consumer superpowers

Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:01:00 EST

Lidow returns with 'disruptive' GaN startup

Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:01:00 EST

A startup led by chip veteran Alex Lidow has officially announced its formation, disclosed its supply-chain partners and unveiled its first products in the emerging gallium nitride (GaN) arena.

Former IR chief gives switching devices a GaN boost

Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:01:00 EST

Maintaining that progress in conventional silicon-based MOSFET switching devices has reached the point of diminishing returns, Alex Lidow, co-founder and CEO of Efficient Power Conversion believes it is time for a new technology.

Workers protest against closure of ST-Ericsson Caen

Wed, 3 Mar 2010 10:14:00 EST

Angry workers at ST-Ericsson's site in Caen, in the French region of Normandy, have gone on strike to protest against the group's intention to close the site.

Fairchild sues Power Integrations in China

Wed, 3 Mar 2010 09:05:00 EST

Fairchild Semiconductor International Inc. (South Portland, Maine) has announced it has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Power Integrations Inc. (San Jose, Calif.) in the People's Republic of China.

Campaign highlights Samsung workers' cancer deaths

Wed, 3 Mar 2010 07:15:00 EST

A number of lobbying groups in Asia have come together to launch the "Samsung Accountability Campaign." The groups claim to have discovered an unusual cluster of cancers amongst Samsung fab workers.

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Wed, 3 Mar 2010 07:15:00 EST

Handset chip revenue on 2.1% CAGR, says In-Stat

Wed, 3 Mar 2010 05:37:00 EST

Semiconductor revenue for WCDMA handsets will see a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of over 10 percent between 2009 and 2014, exceeding $30 billion by 2014, according to market research company In-Stat.

Point/Counterpoint: What should be in U.S. broadband plan?

Wed, 3 Mar 2010 04:26:00 EST

Representatives of Cisco Systems, Google and the Media Access Project--a non-profit lobbying group--share their views on what ought to be the U.S. National Broadband Plan due from the Federal Communications Commission by March 17.

High fiber diet needed for U.S. broadband plan

Wed, 3 Mar 2010 03:38:00 EST

In its National Broadband Plan, the Federal Communications Commission should seize the opportunity to ensure that our nation's digital infrastructure will be capable of meeting the opportunities and challenges of the 21st century, writes Richard Witt, Washington telecom and media counsel at Google.

Don't rely on market forces to deploy broadband

Wed, 3 Mar 2010 03:23:00 EST

Matt Wood, associate director of the non-profit Media Access Project, offers some suggestions for depoyment of the U.S. National Broadband Plan.

Update: Xilinx moves to single-distributor model

Wed, 3 Mar 2010 02:33:00 EST

Market-leading programmable logic vendor Xilinx will terminate its 23-year relationship with electronics distributor Nu Horizons Electronics effective June 5 due to a change in Xilinx' distribution strategy, according to a statement issued by Nu Horizons.

3-D TVs for industry: $64B; health research: zero

Tue, 2 Mar 2010 19:08:00 EST

Plenty of money will be made selling stereo 3-D televisions over the next few years, according to two market research reports issued this week, but whether any of it funds research on the health impacts of broad use of such novel systems remains to be seen.

Analog IC market to grow 15% in 2010, says firm

Tue, 2 Mar 2010 18:46:00 EST

After declining along with the rest of the chip industry in 2009, the general purpose analog IC market is poised to grow 15 percent to reach more than $15 billion in 2010 as inventory levels normalize and demand increases, according to market research firm Databeans.