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Thursday 1 December 2011
Kilopass, UMC extend collaboration
Non-volatile memory (NVM) IP vendor Kilopass Technology and United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) have expanded their existing manufacturing license deal, according to the companies...
Thursday 22 September 2011
Global Unichip 3Q11 revenues to rise 15-20%
IC design service provider Global Unichip is expected to report 15-20% sequential growth in revenues for the third quarter of 2011, as orders for 65nm and 40nm non-recurring engineering...
Wednesday 20 July 2011
DRAM price reductions decelerating, says IHS
Following a drop of 14.2% in the first quarter of 2011, the global average decline in pricing for DRAM slowed to 12% in the second quarter, according to IHS. The rate of decrease...
Wednesday 15 June 2011
Elpida uses HKMG technology to develop 2Gb LPDDR2
Elpida Memory has announced what it claims is the DRAM industry's first-ever use of high-k metal gate (HKMG) technology to develop a 2-gigabit DDR2 Mobile RAM (LPDDR2) at the 40nm-class...
Thursday 9 June 2011
Acer places orders for 80,000 Z series APUs from AMD for tablet PCs
Acer has recently placed orders for 80,000 Z series APUs from AMD for use in tablet PCs, targeting the enterprise market, according to sources from upstream component makers. However,...
Thursday 2 June 2011
Computex 2011: AMD announces solution for tablet PC
AMD, at its press conference at Computex 2011, announced a new 40nm Z series APU codenamed Desna to target the tablet PC market, according to Rick Bergman, Senior Vice President and...
Tuesday 31 May 2011
Computex 2011: Nvidia CEO expects smart devices to outperform PCs after five years
Commenting on the tablet PC market, Nvidia CEO Huang Jen-hsun, at a company's press conference in Taiwan, pointed out that consumers do not care whether their products use x86- or...
Thursday 28 April 2011
TSMC meets 1Q11 guidance, sees no Japan disruption
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has reported sales of NT$105.38 billion (US$3.6 billion) and net income of NT$36.28 billion, or NT$1.40 per share, for the first...
Tuesday 19 April 2011
Nvidia to showcase products at Computex 2011
Nvidia is set to participate Computex 2011, which will be held in Taipei, Taiwan, from May 31 to June 4, and will set up booths at exhibit halls showcasing its latest products, while...
Thursday 10 March 2011
ProMOS, Rexchip sales up sequentially in February 2011
ProMOS Technologies and Rexchip Electronics have announced growth in February 2011 revenues from the previous month, joining fellow DRAM companies Nanya Technology and Powerchip Technology...
Tuesday 8 March 2011
Standalone application processors are wining in mobility markets, says Petrov Group (part 1)
Several years ago there was a widely accepted expectation that application mobile processors would be fully integrated with baseband processors on a single chip. However, today we...
Tuesday 22 February 2011
AMD expanding chip orders to TSMC, says paper
AMD has recently expanded its 40nm chip orders to foundry house Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and is hoping to secure all new capacity from TSMC's 12-inch fab,...
Thursday 17 February 2011
MediaTek to take on MStar with 40nm single-chip 2.5G solutions
MediaTek will take on rival MStar Semiconductor in the 2.5G handset chipset segment with single-chip solutions built using 40nm process technology soon, according to industry sourc...
Thursday 17 February 2011
TSMC, NTU develop first 40nm 3D TV chip
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced a collaboration with National Taiwan University (NTU) to develop what the foundry claims is the world's first 3D TV...
Thursday 27 January 2011
Spreadtrum and TSMC achieve 3G TD-SCDMA baseband processor milestone
Spreadtrum Communications and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) have unveiled their achievement on the first commercialized 40nm TD-SCDMA baseband processor. First...