Entries for January 2017
Chip Sales Grew 1.5% in ‘16, Gartner says
posted on January 23, 2017 07:05
SAN FRANCISCO—Global chip revenue increased by 1.5% in 2016 as a late-year surge enabled the semiconductor industry to avoid widely anticipated contraction, according to market research firm Gartner Inc.
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TSMC: 10nm To Be Greater Than 10% Of 2017 Wafer Revenue
posted on January 23, 2017 07:04
TSMC’s financial results for the 4th Quarter of 2016 were released on January 11, 2017 (PST) and showed that year-over-year fourth quarter revenue increased 28.8% and simultaneously net income and diluted EPS both increased 37.6%.
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FTC sues Qualcomm alleging monopoly of semiconductor device
posted on January 23, 2017 07:03
NEW YORK — The Federal Trade Commission is suing Qualcomm for allegedly maintaining a monopoly over a key device used in cellphones and other electronics.
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Collapse Of Major Consortium Delays Launch Of 450mm Silicon Wafers
posted on January 23, 2017 07:02
The future of SUNY Poly's 450 mm silicon wafer project is uncertain as two of the five member companies involved have announced that they have stopped working with the consortium known as the G450C.
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7nm Design Success Necessitates A Multi-Physics Approach
posted on January 23, 2017 07:01
Whether you are designing an energy efficient mobile device, or an ADAS platform with stringent reliability requirements, or a high performance enterprise networking system, chips fabricated on advanced technologies such as 7-nanometer (nm) process and 2.5/3D or wafer level packaging can provide several advantages
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Gartner Says Worldwide Semiconductor Capital Spending Is Forecast to Grow 2.9 Percent in 2017
posted on January 19, 2017 14:05
Worldwide semiconductor capital spending is projected to increase 2.9 percent in 2017, to $69.9 billion, according to Gartner, Inc. This is down from 5.1 percent growth in 2016.
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Gartner Says 2016 Marked Fifth Consecutive Year of Worldwide PC Shipment Decline
posted on January 19, 2017 14:04
Worldwide PC shipments totaled 72.6 million units in the fourth quarter of 2016, a 3.7 percent decline from the fourth quarter of 2015, according to preliminary results by Gartner, Inc.
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Little Chips, Big Numbers
posted on January 19, 2017 14:03
Things are looking up in the chip business. The trend lines are pointing up and to the right, sales are up, investment is up, employment is mostly up, and the Magic 8-Ball says “Outlook good.”
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Chip firms walking away from landmark SUNY Poly program
posted on January 19, 2017 14:02
The Global 450 Consortium, the landmark $4.8 billion semiconductor research program at SUNY Polytechnic Institute that brought the world's five largest computer chip companies to Albany, appears to be nearing its end after five years amid a crisis of confidence and funding at SUNY Poly.
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White House Report Warns of China’s Threat to Chip Industry
posted on January 19, 2017 14:01
SAN FRANCISCO—The White House on Friday (Jan. 6) made public a strongly worded report on the U.S. semiconductor industry and the threat posed to it by China’s aggressive ambition to become a global player in the chip space.
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