Semiconductors

American chipmaker Fairchild Semiconductor to cut 12 per cent of workforce

13 Dec 2008

Intel Develops new 32 nanometer Chip

11 Dec 2008

Semiconductor sales decline even as companies lower forecasts

02 Dec 2008

Start-up chip firm Novafora to acquire Transmeta for $256 million

19 Nov 2008

Intel launches Core i7 line of desktop processors

19 Nov 2008

China consumed a third of all semiconductors produced globally: study

19 Nov 2008

Chinese manufacturers of electronics consumed over a third of semiconductors produced globally, consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers said in a report.

ON Semiconductor, Microchip withdraw hostile bid for Atmel

19 Nov 2008

Global chip manufacturers foresee drop in 2009 sales

19 Nov 2008

Spansion, Kodak sue mobile phone makers Samsung and LG for patent violations

19 Nov 2008

Mobile phone makers Samsung and LG are being sued by flash memory and camera makers Spansion and Kodak in some of the biggest patent violation cases ever.

SanDisk cuts 15 per cent of its workforce

07 Nov 2008

Global economic squeeze leads 26-per cent decline in 2008 semiconductor capital equipment spending

10 Oct 2008

SanDisk to sell new 16 GB phone memory card through Croma, Hot Spot Retail, Vijay Sales in India

29 Sep 2008

US Appeals Court upholds Broadcom’s patent infringement claims against Qualcomm

26 Sep 2008

Graphics chipmaker Nvidia announces major layoffs

19 Sep 2008

LDK Solar to process 20,000 MT of solar silicones to Germany's Q-Cells

12 Sep 2008

Broadcom wins federal judge ruling against rival Qualcomm

29 Aug 2008

AMD launches its fastest graphics card Radeon HD 4870 X2

12 Aug 2008

Intel launches new system-on-a-chip for mobile internet devices

25 Jul 2008

Intel slashes Core 2 Duo and Quad chip prices

24 Jul 2008

Intel has fired the next salvo in the microprocessor war against smaller rival AMD, slashing prices for its top dual-core processor by a third and moderate reductions for six others.

Samsung partners Sun Microsystems to create more durable flash memory chip

19 Jul 2008

Intel looks at how computers will transform the globe over the next 40 years with World Mural Project

19 Jul 2008

Entegris to acquire Poco Graphite

15 Jul 2008

Samsung to set up 11th generation LCD plant

11 Jul 2008

Intel processors power 75 per cent of world's Top500 supercomputers

19 Jun 2008

Toshiba repositions 200mm wafer lines, to strengthen cost competitiveness

17 Jun 2008