07/23/2012 

Pacific Biosciences of California will join imec in a multi-year research collaboration focused on the development of advanced microchips for highly multiplexed single-molecule genetic analysis. Pacific Biosciences brings its proprietary zero-mode waveguide technology; imec is contributing expertise in nanophotonics, CMOS sensors, technology integration and fabrication.

07/20/2012 

AMD reported a “challenging” end to Q2, with president and CEO Rory Read citing "overall weakness in the global economy, softer consumer spending and lower channel demand for [AMD] desktop processors in China and Europe.”

07/19/2012 

Integrated Silicon Solution, Inc. (Nasdaq:ISSI) plans to acquire all the outstanding shares of Chingis Technology Corporation pursuant to a cash tender offer valued at $33 million.

07/19/2012 

IBM is raising its full-year operating earnings per share expectations to “at least $15.10,” said Ginni Rometty, IBM president and CEO, citing H1 performance and IBM’s ability to deliver “greater value to a wider range of clients” for the $0.10 increase.

07/19/2012 

With 18.9% revenue growth, third-party semiconductor intellectual property (SIPs) seem to have had a good year in 2011. However, Semico reports, several very interesting trends in the SIP and broader SoC markets are hidden under the top-level numbers.

07/18/2012 

Intel reported Q2 revenue of $13.5 billion, operating income of $3.8 billion, net income of $2.8 billion and EPS of $0.54. The company lowered its Q3 guidance, citing “a more challenging macroeconomic environment.”

07/16/2012 

Dr. Stephen Woo, president of Samsung Electronics’ Device Solutions will keynote the 2013 International CES, January 8-11 in Las Vegas, NV, hosted by the CEA.

07/13/2012 

NOR flash memory sales growth may be tapering off in mobile handsets/smartphones, but embedded applications in the tablet, automotive, and industrial markets are picking up the slack, says IHS.

07/13/2012 

The overriding message for 2012 is that the roadmap has been largely stabilized with the significant changes that were input last year in the 2012 publication,” said Intel’s Alan Allan, speaking at Semicon West.

07/12/2012 

SEMICON West’s Day 2 keynote speaker represented a fabless company: Ivo Bolsens, PhD, SVP and CTO of Xilinx presented on how programmable chips and innovative packaging can advance semiconductors.

07/12/2012 

CEA-Leti presented research updates alongside SEMICON West this week. After the talks on device architecture, 3D and 2.5 packaging interconnects, large-scale computing and power consumption, and more, CEA-Leti’s researchers joined Solid State Technology to talk about their fields of interest.

07/12/2012 

A group of unsecured Elpida bondholders filed documents indicating an alternative proposal to Micron's acquisition of Elpida Memory’s assets. Barclays Capital believes the counter move is unlikely to have a material impact on the actual outcome. Here's why.

07/11/2012 

In this video interview, Intel's Shekhar Borkar shares some key topics from SEMICON West keynote: Near-threshold voltage transistor designs, 3D integration for DRAM, unconventional interconnect, and more.

07/11/2012 

Michael A. Fury, Ph.D., reports on the opening day of SEMICON West (July 10), covering exaflop computing, FDSOI, TSV and other integration schemes, and silicon photonics with CEA-Leti.

07/10/2012 

Luc Van den hove, president and CEO, imec, spoke with Solid State Technology, covering imec’s major announcements and research presentations to take place during SEMICON West 2012.

07/10/2012 

Michael A. Fury, Ph.D., reports from the pre-opening day (July 9) of SEMICON West at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, CA. The first day hosts SEMI’s press conference on semiconductor revenues and the SEMI/Gartner Market Symposium.

07/10/2012 

SMART Storage Systems, solid-state drive (SSD) technology developer, will open an R&D facility in Longmont, CO, to support hardware and software innovation for SSD products and company growth.

07/07/2012 

With Micron Technology Inc. (Nasdaq:MU) acquiring bankrupt DRAM maker Elpida Memory Inc.’s assets for 200 billion Yen (approximately US$2.5 billion), several analysts are looking at the move and how it affects the DRAM manufacturing landscape, as well as the Flash memory sector.

07/06/2012 

Semiconductor maker Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723) will reorganize, in “urgent need of business recovery,” reforming semiconductor fabs in Japan and “streamlining employees.”

07/05/2012 

Semico Research has just updated its 2012 semiconductor industry forecast. Semico’s semiconductor growth forecast has stayed between 8 and 10% over about a year. The latest update holds Semico’s forecast at the bottom of that range: 8.6%.