What's up with fab tool vendor Aviza? According to Digitimes, Aviza is talking to Taiwan's Foxsemicon and Csun ''about a buyout.'' Aviza declined to comment. That article can be read...

Posted by Mark LaPedus on May 27, 2009 11:41 AM in Semiconductors

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The old saying "the good thing about standards is there are so many of them" is coming true with a vengeance in the digital home. Both the G.hn and the...

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Posted by Rick Merritt on May 27, 2009 02:07 AM in Computing

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Bill McClean, president of IC Insights, says the semi market has finally hit the bottom after a major drop. McClean says: ''We think the semi industry hit bottom in 1Q...

Posted by Mark LaPedus on May 26, 2009 06:19 PM in Semiconductors

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Endicott Interconnect Technologies Inc. is cutting 240 jobs. That article can be read here. Several years ago, the company was spun-off from IBM's microelectronics division in Endicott, N.Y. Endicott Interconnect...

Posted by Mark LaPedus on May 22, 2009 05:18 PM in Semiconductors

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Not long ago, TSMC laid off several hundred employees. Now, the foundry giant wants to hire them back, according to The Wall Street Journal. That article can be read here....

Posted by Mark LaPedus on May 20, 2009 06:00 PM in Semiconductors

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The acquisition of Luminary Micro by Texas Instruments is making more sense, now that it's been explained to me. I was always taught, that in an acquisition, it has to...

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Posted by Richard Nass on May 19, 2009 09:32 AM in Semiconductors

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Google chairman and CEO Eric Schmidt told about 6,000 graduates at the University of Pennsylvnia that they need to find out what is most important to them and turn their...

Continue reading "Turn off, tune in, get the right answer"

Posted by Nic Mokhoff on May 18, 2009 06:21 PM in Consumer

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I keep hearing about a DRAM recovery. Not in Q1, says Andrew Norwood, an analyst at Gartner. ''Gartner's preliminary first quarter of 2009 DRAM market share numbers show that overall...

Posted by Mark LaPedus on May 18, 2009 02:45 AM in Semiconductors

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TSMC has once again exerted its power at Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS), a Taiwan-based specialty foundry provider. TSMC, which owns a large stake in VIS, has recently nominated a new...

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Posted by Mark LaPedus on May 17, 2009 07:00 PM in Semiconductors

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Tara Adiseshan, 14, of Charlottesville, Va.; Li Boynton, 17, of Houston; and Olivia Schwob, 16, of Boston were selected from 1,563 young scientists from 56 countries, regions and territories for...

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Posted by Nic Mokhoff on May 16, 2009 01:24 PM in Consumer

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Is Texas Instruments making a bid for Atmel? Shares are up at Atmel amid takeover rumors--and TI could be the suitor, according to Barron's, citing TheFlyOnTheWall.com as its source. That...

Posted by Mark LaPedus on May 14, 2009 01:03 PM in Semiconductors

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I have no inside knowledge about what Apple's emerging semiconductor team is doing—but you can send me any leaks about it. If I had to guess, I would wrap something...

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Posted by Rick Merritt on May 8, 2009 04:50 PM in Computing

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The text-to-speech feature on electronic book readers like Amazon.com's Kindle can be improved. But don't be too quick to judge a new gadget....

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Posted by Nic Mokhoff on May 8, 2009 04:16 PM in Consumer

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