Making ASICs Gel The enormous complexity possible in ASICs today has had a damping effect on design starts. Many in the industry simply can't afford to design the chips their customers want,...
Intel Atom supply squeezed Intel reports better-than-expected demand for Diamondville and says it is “moving quickly” to increase output, as PC OEM Asustek Computing notes a shortage of the Atom chips.
Apple 3G iPhone build expected to drive NAND, Micron stock Apple may build 3 million 3G iPhones by June, with at least 10 million phones built by year end, according to proprietary checks by researchers at Lehman Brothers. On that, the...
Finally, some signs of improvement for DRAM market After a full year of harsh DRAM market conditions characterized by oversupply, bloated inventories, and weak pricing, iSuppli upgrades its rating of near-term conditions for DRAM...
NXP says Q4 sales could be down 25% NXP has significantly increased its revenue decline expectations for the December quarter on weakening macroeconomic conditions, limited sales visibility, and what it described as a...
KLA-Tencor lays off 900 Following on Applied Material's 12% workforce reduction, fellow capital equipment vendor KLA-Tencor announces plans to cut 15% of its workforce by the end of June.
