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Articles tagged with: Spansion
Numonyx Emerges as King of NOR Flash Memory in Q2
In the latest round of the game of NOR flash memory leapfrog, Numonyx in the second quarter capitalized on problems at chief rival spansion to take the lead in the global market by the sparest of margins, according to iSuppli. more
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Tessera wins patent dispute with chipmakers
Tessera Technologies said Wednesday that it won a patent dispute over small-format semiconductor packaging products, with the International Trade Commission issuing a cease-and-desist order against rivals Motorola, Qualcomm, Freescale Semiconductor and Spansion. more
Related Tags: motorola, qualcomm, freescale-semiconductor, tessera-technologies, international-trade-commission, USA
Spansion and Samsung Settle Patent Litigation Lawsuit:
spansion, the world's largest pure-play provider of Flash memory solutions, has announced that it has settled its patent litigation lawsuits with Samsung Electronics. As part of the settlement, Samsung will pay spansion US$70 million and spansion and Samsung Electronics Company have exchanged rights in their patent portfolios in the form of licenses and covenants subject to a confidential settlement agreement. more
Related Tags: ptc, semiconductor, flash-memory, samsung, ict, ovi, iden, bankruptcy, patents, international-trade-commission, memory, samsung-electronics, mp3, flash, USA
Motorola, Qualcomm Win First Stage in Patent Dispute
The USA's International Trade Commission (ITC) has issued an initial finding in a patent lawsuit brought by Tessera Technologies against a raft of companies, including Motorola and Qualcomm - stating that Tessera's asserted patents are valid but are not infringed by the respondents. more
Related Tags: semiconductor, motorola, qualcomm, patents, tessera-technologies, international-trade-commission, tessera, itc, freescale, USA
Consumer Weakness Drives Negative Outlook for Semiconductors in 2009
Debt ratings agency, Fitch says that its 2009 Rating Outlook for the semiconductor industry is negative due to a meaningfully weaker macroeconomic environment, resulting in lower revenues for all semiconductor markets and, in particular, PCs and mobile handsets, which represent nearly 60% of global semiconductor consumption. While the overall market will be lower, Fitch expects developing economies will experience lower albeit still positive unit growth. more
Related Tags: amd, semiconductor, flash-memory, edge, driving, original-equipment-manufacturers, outsourcing, semiconductors, memory, fitch, nand, flash, dram
Spansion Sampling Flash Memory for Mobile Phones
Flash memory developer, spansion says that it has started sampling its 65nm MirrorBit Eclipse Flash memory solutions for mobile phones to strategic OEM customers. Production in volume is planned at spansion's new flagship 300mm SP1 fab in Japan in the second half of 2008. more
Related Tags: flash-memory, oem, memory, flash, dram
Day One, Numonyx Emerges as Number One in Mobile Memory
A new number-one supplier of memory chips for mobile handsets was born today with the announcement of Numonyx, but can this semiconductor spin-off find success in a business where no one has posted a profit in three years? more
Related Tags: semiconductor, flash-memory, isuppli, stmicroelectronics, memory-chips, memory, hynix, foundry, nand, numonyx, flash, hynix-semiconductor, dram
Technology: Strong Liquidity, Stable Operating Trends Mitigate Concerns in 2008
The debt ratings agency, Fitch says that it believes 2008 credit and operating trends will remain stable for most U.S. information technology (IT) sectors, except for electronic manufacturing services (EMS), which has a negative outlook. Total industry debt is expected to increase in 2008 exceeding a 10-year high again, surpassing $190 billion. The technology industry overall is expected to continue to achieve growth in excess of U.S. gross domestic product for 2008, with many companies benefiting from strong international growth amplified by the weak U.S. dollar. more
Related Tags: advanced-micro-devices, semiconductor, electronic-manufacturing-services, memory, fitch, debt-ratings, nand
Spansion Takes Lead in 2006 Mobile-Phone Flash Market
A strong rise in sales to the mobile-phone market propelled NOR flash supplier spansion into the lead in the global market for flash memory used in wireless handsets, and caused its ranking in the overall flash market to improve by one position for the year, according to iSuppli. more
Related Tags: flash-memory, isuppli, toshiba, stmicroelectronics, nand
OMTP Product Profile Process Sees Early Phase Adoption
The Open Mobile Terminal Platform (OMTP) says that it has launched conformance process (OMTP Product Profile), which will process statements of conformance against approved OMTP recommendations. An OMTP Product Profile statement enables OMTP members and participants to state conformance at product and component levels using a simple and intuitive portal. more
Related Tags: open-mobile-terminal-platform, omtp