Articles tagged with: Semiconductor and Memory

Is Moore's Law Becoming Academic?

The high cost of semiconductor manufacturing equipment is making continued chip-making advancements too expensive to use for volume production, relegating Moore's Law to the laboratory and altering the fundamental economics of the industry, according to iSuppli Corp.  more

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Is Moore's Law Becoming Academic?

The high cost of semiconductor manufacturing equipment is making continued chip-making advancements too expensive to use for volume production, relegating Moore's Law to the laboratory and altering the fundamental economics of the industry, according to iSuppli Corp.  more

Related Tags: isuppli, 3d


Worldwide Semiconductor Revenue to Decline 22 Percent in 2009

Worldwide semiconductor revenue is forecast to reach $198 billion in 2009, a 22.4 percent decline from 2008 revenue of $255 billion, according to the latest projections by Gartner. This outlook is slightly better than the first quarter projections, when Gartner forecast semiconductor revenue to decline 24.1 percent in 2009.  more

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Qualcomm and ST-Ericsson Shine, Even as Wireless Chip Market Tanks

How bad was the fourth quarter of 2008 for the global wireless communications semiconductor industry? So bad that the accumulated 10 percent revenue growth during the first three quarters of 2008 was wiped out by a 23.3 percent decline during the last three months of the year, causing annual growth for wireless semiconductors to go flat with a marginal 0.7 percent increase.  more

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Putting the squeeze on an old material could lead to 'instant on' electronic memory

..anate on top of silicon - the semiconductor found in virtually all electronic devices - using molecular-beam epitaxy, a technique akin to atomic spray painting. "The technological implications are staggering," said Jeremy Levy, profe more

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Worldwide Semiconductor Revenue Down in 2008 - Qualcomm Bucks the Trend

Worldwide semiconductor revenue totaled $255 billion in 2008, down 5.4 percent, or a decrease of $14.5 billion from 2007 revenue, according to the final market share analysis by Gartner. The steep decline in the market in the final quarter of 2008, combined with the ongoing economic weakness, signals far worse declines in 2009.  more

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Spansion and Samsung Settle Patent Litigation Lawsuit:

..umer electronic devices and is one of the largest segments of the semiconductor industry, with over $130 billion in total revenues since 2000, according to data from Worldwide Semiconductor Trade Statistics. Due to Spansion's recent Chapter 11 more

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Semiconductor Kings Suffer Sales Tragedy in 2008

..re's adage, "Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown," was certainly true for the kings of the semiconductor industry in 2008, with eight out of the Top-10 suppliers suffering revenue declines for the year, according to iSuppli Corp. iSuppli's more

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Fitch Revises Outlook to Negative on Samsung & LG Electronics

..pectively, meaningful declines in unit prices across all major business areas (semiconductors, liquid crystal/plasma panel displays and handsets) coupled with higher raw material and marketing costs resulted in both companies reporting an ope more

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HP and Nokia Benefiting from Declining Semiconductor Prices

The top 10 original equipment manufacturer (OEM) firms accounted for a third of all semiconductor consumption - equivalent to $91.6 billion - in 2008 according to preliminary results from Gartner. This was a 3.8 percent decline from 2007. The leading applications remain PCs and mobile phones.  more

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