Semiconductors

Global semiconductor revenue to decline 22 per cent in 2009: Gartner

29 May 2009

EU fines Intel record $1.44 billion in anti-trust case

13 May 2009

The European Commission on Wednesday fined computer chip maker Intel a record 1.06 billion euros ($1.44 billion) for abusing its market dominance to exclude rival Advanced Micro Devices.

European Commission could slap record fine on Intel

11 May 2009

The European Commission will decide this week on charges that Intel used unfair practices in impeding competition and harming consumers to keep rival AMD from the chip market

Infineon seeks government gurantees for 900 million euro bond issue: report

20 Apr 2009

Global semiconductor sales fall 5.4 per cent

11 Apr 2009

Manufacturing-instruments maker MKS to cut 600 jobs, or 23 per cent of workforce

03 Apr 2009

Taiwan’s new DRAM outfit TMC ties up with Japan’s Elpida

01 Apr 2009

Intel freezes executive compensation, re-prices employee stock options

24 Mar 2009

AMD and Intel cross swords over cross licensing agreement

16 Mar 2009

National Semiconductor to lay off 25 per cent of workforce, close two factories

12 Mar 2009

Taiwan looking to inject $864 million in new DRAM company Taiwan Memory

10 Mar 2009

Chipmakers Rambus and Hynix reach preliminary agreement on patent infringement case

10 Mar 2009

Global semiconductor capital equipment spending to decline 45 per cent in 2009: Gartner

10 Mar 2009

Singapore-based chipmaker Chartered plans $300 million rights issue

09 Mar 2009

DuPont, Nippon Kayaku to jointly develop wafer packaging technology

05 Mar 2009

Intel launches new Atom processors for embedded devices

03 Mar 2009

AMD closes The Foundry Company transaction

03 Mar 2009

Gartner revises its forecast for semiconductor industry in 2009 with record slump

25 Feb 2009

Intel announces $7 billion investment in new chipmaking factories

11 Feb 2009

After announcing plans to to shut five plants to save money, Intel now plans to build new manufacturing plants at an investment of $7 billion over two years.

Global semiconductor sales fell by 2.8 per cent in 2008

03 Feb 2009

Samsung unveils 4Gbit DRAM, double the density of previous chips

31 Jan 2009

Intel follows AMD in cutting down operations, to fire 5,000 employees

22 Jan 2009

Intel effects substantial prices cuts across its range of chips

20 Jan 2009

Semiconductor sales take a plunge in November

03 Jan 2009

Intel, WiMax Forum to launch low cost WiMax notebooks in India

13 Dec 2008