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NEC consolidates in China

July 1, 2005 NEC shifts employees to take advantage of its new license to import and sell semiconductor products made or designed outside the country. TAGS: NEC Electronics Corp., China, semiconductor, Beijing, license

Inkjet printers start cranking out microchips

March 13, 2007 Spray-on electronics can be mass manufactured, and a new factory in Austria is doing just that. TAGS: silicon chip, semiconductor, microchip, polymer, factory, Austria, organic light-emitting diode, researcher, health

Semiconductors to give BMW split personality

November 20, 2006 BMW will be first car company to introduce FlexRay technology, which lets people change the way a car drives at the push of a button. TAGS: microcontroller, BMW, semiconductor, microprocessor, sensor, car, Motorola Inc., button

Japanese companies study chipmaking partnership

December 28, 2005 Several companies are considering creating a joint chip foundry that each could use for semiconductor manufacturing. TAGS: Semiconductor Manufacturing, semiconductor, outsource, Japanese company, Sun UltraSPARC, manufacturing, AMD, IBM Corp.

Gartner: Sales of chip gear to drop

April 8, 2005 Worldwide sales of chipmaking equipment will slide in the next two years--the question is, how far? TAGS: Gartner Inc., semiconductor, segment, researcher

Chips are down, but slightly

June 1, 2005 Weaker chip sales in April will not influence the overall strong outlook for the year, industry group says. TAGS: semiconductor, inventory, cell phone company, drop, DRAM, cell phone

TSMC to work with Microsoft on Xbox

April 6, 2004 The software maker enlists the services of the Taiwanese chipmaker for future versions of its popular game console. TAGS: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd., semiconductor, Semiconductor Manufacturing, Microsoft Xbox, chip company, manufacturing, agreement, ATI Technologies, console, IBM Corp., GPU, Microsoft Corp.

Renamed Philips Semi lands U.S. passport deal

August 31, 2006 Once a semiconductor company, always a semiconductor company--but now it's known as NXP. TAGS: semiconductor company, semiconductor, Philips Electronics N.V., e-passport, passport, U.S.

Report: High oil prices may mean lower chip sales

September 9, 2005 The effect of rising gas prices on people's ability to shell out for consumer electronics will hurt semiconductor sales, analysts say. TAGS: iSuppli Corp., semiconductor, consumer electronics, slowdown, manufacturing, AMD, U.S.

Lenovo joins chip-buying superpowers

July 7, 2005 IBM PC heir Lenovo joins the top 10, just behind Toshiba, in iSuppli's latest semiconductor spending analysis. TAGS: iSuppli Corp., Lenovo, semiconductor, IBM PC, research company, China, PC company, IBM Corp., Toshiba, Motorola Inc., Dell, HP, Samsung Electronics, PC

China chipmaking to explode through '08

June 10, 2005 That's good news for makers of chip-fabrication gear, but it could also mean a glut of processors and a drop in prices. TAGS: Semiconductor Equipment, China, semiconductor, Taiwan, manufacturing, equipment, Intel

China gaining on U.S. chipmakers, CEO says

July 12, 2006 With semiconductor industry improving rapidly, country could achieve technological parity with U.S. in a few years. TAGS: Applied Materials Inc., Semiconductor Equipment, parity, semiconductor, China, DRAM, CEO, chip company, U.S., government, flash memory, PC

Hynix sees semiconductor profits plummet

April 20, 2006 South Korean chipmaker attributes 31 percent drop in profits to a decline in chip prices and a strong Korean won. TAGS: NAND, Hynix Semiconductor Inc., NAND flash, capital equipment, semiconductor, profit, drop, chip company, increase, Samsung Electronics

IDC: Growth ahead for wireless chip sales

May 23, 2005 According to a new report, WLAN semiconductor revenue will jump to $3 billion by 2009--up from $1.2 billion last year. TAGS: semiconductor, WLAN, wireless chip, MIMO, Broadcom Corp., market research company, wireless networking

Solar-cell business poised for huge growth

October 18, 2006 Manufacturing plants to produce solar cells at a daily rate equal to the entire solar-cell production in 1980. TAGS: Applied Materials Inc., plant, cell, silicon, semiconductor, equipment, factory, glass, TFT, manufacturing, ton, LCD

India's next big business?

November 30, 2005 Possibly oil, says CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos. The country's deposits are twice the size of Iraq's. TAGS: deposit, Exxon Mobil Corp., India, oil, outsourcing, semiconductor, Iraq

Silicon vs. CIGS: With solar energy, the issue is material

October 2, 2006 What should solar panels be made of? Silicon has history on its side, but the future may lie in CIGS. TAGS: silicon, material, solar energy, electricity, semiconductor, film, CEO

Solar cell breaks efficiency record

December 6, 2006 It converts almost 41 percent of light that hits it into electricity, almost double the efficiency of current commercial cells. TAGS: cell, electricity, efficiency, sunlight, silicon, solar energy, material, Sharp Corp., barrier, semiconductor

Freescale links with IBM in chip development deal

January 23, 2007 Semiconductor will participate in developing rules and technology for manufacturing 45-nanometer chips. TAGS: Freescale Semiconductor Inc., alliance, semiconductor, IBM Corp., manufacturing, chip company, Philips Electronics N.V., Motorola Inc., AMD

Chip designers go mobile

June 13, 2005 Synopsys, IBM and Intel tout the efficiencies of using wireless applications among engineering work groups. TAGS: Synopsys Inc., Cadence Design Systems Inc., semiconductor, collaboration, IBM Corp., Intel
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