The new plant, located in central Japan's Mie prefecture and set to start output in April 2007, will process 300-mm wafers to make system chips with a circuitry width of 65 nanometers.

A Time Machine TV that LG Electronics launched last May is a step toward advertising-free television.

Corning is keeping its rosy outlook on glass growth.

Officials have contributed to the perception that the government is trying to lend more credibility to this policy through the crackdown on UMC.

China's integrated circuit market surpassed the United States and Japan in 2005 with market value grew 32% to US$40.8 billion in 2005. globally for the first time, according to IC Insights.

The Chinese foundry is set to start make solar cells in the first quarter of 2006

a financial analyst predicted that Dell, the world's largest PC maker, would begin using AMD's chips this year.

The company is shipping its first machines with an Intel processor Tuesday -- six months earlier than it had predicted when it announced this switch last June.

Samsung Corning Precision Glass has unveiled its management strategy for 2006. The company aims to evade its pursuers by achieving diversification through 6-sigma innovation activities in all segments.

Matsushita Electric Industrial said on Tuesday it would brief on a new development in its plasma display panel business at 0830 GMT.

eMagin showed personal display systems: 3DVisor and iPod-compatible Eyebud 800 - at CES 2006 through January 9 in Las Vegas.