The Company will need to raise approximately $130 million during 2006, which will take the current Fab 2 capacity to approximately 24,000 wafers per month, including a considerable increase in the 0.13 micron capacity.

The patent has been assigned to Macronix

Solar startup Stellaris aid Monday that it expects to launch its low-cost, high-efficiency solar modules next year.

"The company has a new 300mm fab in Beijing and they are building another one in Shanghai," according to an e-mail newsletter from Semico Research Corp. SMIC has been ramping up its 300mm fab in Beijing, while it has several 8-inch plants in Shanghai

The BDR-101A will be bundled with Sonic Solutions' Roxio Blu-ray Disc software and blank media by TDK that will enable end-users to store data and recorded content.