Hynix Semiconductor's board has approved the issuance of 557.9 billion won in five-year convertible bonds to secure operating funds and expand production capacity.

Micron officials did not return phone calls to the Statesman, but Boise fire spokeswoman Lynn Hightower said regular operations at the Micron campus were not affected.

Arab nations are leading a "historic" charge to make the world wide web live up to its name. Net regulator Icann has switched on a system that allows full web addresses that contain no Latin characters.

TSMC, working with ASML and Mapper, have developed a prototype multi-e-beam tool for semiconductor lithography, according to company CTO Jack Sun speaking to the International Electronics Forum 2010 in Dresden.

MEMC Electronic Materials will raise its prices for silicon wafers in both the second and third quarters by the "low- to mid-single digits." SEH, Sumco, Wacker and others are also believed to be raising their silicon wafer prices.

At the Web 2.0 conference, Adobe is cheering for Android with demonstrations on Android devices, free Android phones for its employees and now, a demonstration of Flash running on an Android tablet powered by Nvidia's Tegra 2.

The 32GB model is being positioned for use as a boot drive for basic setups, whereas the the larger 256GB SSD is reccomended for use in more high-end systems.

GlobalFoundries, Samsung and TSMC appear to be engaged in a new capital spending race in an effort to gain share in current and future cycles. They will survive, observers said, adding that UMC and SMIC could hit the wall and/or may get acquired.

The measures include speeding up current plans to integrate Europe's air space, creating a "single European regulator for a single European sky."

In a research note to clients this week, Whitmore argues that HP needs some serious financial magic on Palm to make it EPS-neutral in 2011. Specifically, the company needs to triple revenues and double gross margins while keeping operating expenses flat.

Research institute IMEC has appointed Kees Den Otter, former president of TSMC Europe, to the position of vice president of emerging business.

Chinese authorities may announce a currency policy change before the second US-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue in May.

Company's E19 Series Offers Record Efficiency of 19 Percent or Greater

Amkor has posted profits of US$0.18 a share on revenues of US$646 million in the first quarter. The Street had been expecting US$0.20 and US$644.2 million. Amkor expects second-quarter revenues to be US$710-736 million, and profits of US$0.22-0.27 per share.