Intel retained the market leadership in terms of revenues Worldwide semiconductor industry achieved a slower growth in 2011 when compared to 2010 primarily due to the macroeconomic uncertainties in the US and Europe, the earthquake and ...
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June sales 2% declined compared to corresponding month in 2011. The worldwide sales of semiconductors declined 0.1% in June to $24.38 compared to $24.40bn in May, according to a report. According to the US based Semiconductor Industry ...
Intel retained its leadership in terms of revenue According to a report from IT research firm Gartner worldwide semiconductor revenue grew 1.8% to $306.8bn in 2011, compared to $301.4bn in 2010. The top 25 semiconductor vendors ...
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Samsung will invest €503m to acquire 3% in ASML Samsung Electronics has signed an agreement with Dutch chipmaker ASML to invest €779m in the latter's Customer Co-Investment Program that aims to develop new chip making ...
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Year-to-date sales were down 3.7% compared to the same period last year Worldwide semiconductor sales have increased 1.7% to $25.22bn in October this year, compared to $24.79bn recorded during the last month, according to a report from ...
The mass production of the renovated fabrication line is scheduled to start in second half of 2013 Samsung Electronics is planning to invest about $4bn at its chip plant in Austin, Texas to boost capacity of processors used in smartphones ...
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Mobile and media consumption device markets contributed for the hybridisation trend Hybrid processors that include two or more different types of cores make up half of the $111bn processor market revenue, according to a new report by IMS ...
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The two companies had bid over $1bn each to secure access to TSMC products. Apple and Qualcomm have failed in their separate attempts to invest in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) which would have ensured them secure chips for ...
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Firm is also planning on cutting down production at its facilities Texas Instruments has reported 2% decline in its revenue during the third quarter of 2012 (3Q12) to $3.39bn, due to falling chip demand, when compared to $3.46bn ...
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MBB95850/860/870 series is based on 8-bit microcontroller F2MC-New8FX Family Fujitsu Semiconductor Asia has launched new MBB95850/860/870 series MCU with in-built dual FLASH capacitive touch interface. The new series includes two 24-pin ...
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Le9540 and Le9541 include features that allow product developers to add voice capabilities to DOCSIS and Euro-DOCSIS 3.0 modems Semiconductor applications provider Microsemi has introduced Le9540 and Le9541, the two new subscriber line ...
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The acquisition will grant Intel the access to the company's 3D graphics and media processing technology Chipmaker Intel has signed an agreement to acquire ZiiLabs, a UK-based subsidiary of Creative Technology for $50m. Intel will pay ...
Engineering, electronics and high-tech giant Siemens AG of Munich, Germany has announced its intention to spin-off 80.5% of its subsidiary Osram (the world's second biggest lighting manufacturer, whose subsidiary Osram Opto Semiconductors ...
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'Roadrunner' supports the AMD Opteron 6000 Series processors Semiconductor company AMD has unveiled a new Open Compute Project server platform specification, code named 'Roadrunner,' which is designed to meet the general purpose compute, ...
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High-power fiber-laser and amplifier manufacturer Photonics Corp of Oxford,MA,USA says that John R.Peeler,chairman&CEO of epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview,NY,USA,has joined its board of ...