Chip Makers to Collaborate on 450mm Transition
May 9, 2008
Hot Hardware
Intel, Samsung, and TSMC--big players in the fabrication of semiconductors--have announced that they will be collaborating in order to target an industry-wide transition to 450mm wafers starting in the year...
XBox360 To Cool Down With 65nm GPU
May 9, 2008
Hot Hardware
Microsoft had all sorts of trouble with the reliability of its XBox 360. Tales of the 'Red Ring of Death' gave potential buyers pause, and Microsoft spend a small fortune replacing defective...
Microsoft 360's Valhalla Chipset Contracts Settled
May 9, 2008
Cheat Code Central
Microsoft 360's Valhalla Chipset Contracts Settled According to X-bit Labs, rumors surrounding the Valhalla chipsets can now be considered fact. Microsoft has been diligently working on designing a brand new set of CPUs and GPUs for the .
TSMC, UMC April sales up y/y, q/q
May 9, 2008
Semiconductor International
The worlds top two pure-play semiconductor foundries both saw revenues in April rise on a year-over-year as well as sequential basis. Hsinchu, Taiwan-based Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co [TSMC] reported today its net sales for April on an unconsolidated basis were...
Rambus names Bruce Dunlevie chairman
May 9, 2008
Biz Journals
Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal Related News Web site allows the public to rate Florida attorneys [South Florida] Software company New Relic raises...
Pure-play foundries comprise 84% of market, IC Insights says
May 9, 2008
Semiconductor International
In its ranking of the top IC foundries for 2007, Scottsdale, Ariz.-based market research company IC Insights Inc reported this week that 11 of the top 14 foundries are based in the Asia-Pacific region, with only one - Europe-headquartered X-Fab, which merged with 1st Silicon in 2006 -- the only non-Asia...
Taiwan's semiconductor companies take further strides in China
May 9, 2008
Display Plus
USA - The US-Taiwan Business Council ( http://www.us-taiwan.org ), in its "Semiconductor Quarterly Report - Q1, 2008," contended that liberalized Taiwan investment policies will lead to further migration of less profitable production into China, and to an integrated greater China semiconductor market...
Indian EE students pitch power-saving DSP design technique
May 9, 2008
EE Times
BENGALURU, India â Engineering students at the PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, have proposed techniques that they say would enable design of highly power-efficient DSPs and other...
TSMC, UMC post mixed April sales
May 9, 2008
EE Times
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Taiwan's two largest foundry providers--TSMC and UMC--saw mixed results in April. So who's growing the fastest? Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing...
Rambus names new chairman
May 9, 2008
EE Times
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Rambus Inc. said that long-time board member Bruce Dunlevie has been appointed chairman. Dunlevie has served as a member of the board since the company was founded in...