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1. Semiconductors to bound back next year

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Monday, 16 November 2009

   ... But, as we said, semiconductors and the internet are not going to go away any time soon. Barring a global catastrophe.  ...

2. Intel-AMD deal doesn't end the bitter war

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Thursday, 12 November 2009

   ... a set of ground rules, we've agreed to a new patent cross license agreements using multiple foundries, and Global Foundries has agreed to terms to continue as a foundry. Intel has agreed to pay AMD $1.25 ...

3. Global Foundries will bash up Intel's process lead

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Friday, 06 November 2009

   ... said in a public forum in Austin earlier this week that while it was important for AMD to use the very latest process technology, he was confident that Global Foundries would close the gap with Intel. ...

4. Chinese foundry violated Taiwanese secrets

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Thursday, 05 November 2009

   ... said that Chartered Semiconductor, which is to merge with AMD foundry spin off Global Foundries, will become the second biggest foundry in the world, and plans to expand its production in its fabs in Singapore ...

5. Ruiz quits Globalfoundries

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Monday, 02 November 2009

   AMD spinoff Globalfoundries has announced that Hector Ruiz has quit as chairman with immediate effect. AMD spinoff Globalfoundries has announced that Hector Ruiz has quit as chairman with immediate effect. ...

6. Intel, ASML bring cheer to the chip market

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Wednesday, 14 October 2009

   ... acquisition underlines the fact that investment of one sort or another means the return of optimistic sentiment. Barring a meteor destroying the planet or some other type of global disaster, it's clear ...

7. Atom microarchitecture buoys Intel revenue

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Tuesday, 13 October 2009

   Intel has reported "strong" third-quarter results despite the global economic recession. According to Intel CEO Paul Otellini, Atom microarchitecture revenue increased by 15 percent from the second-quarter ...

8. Chip foundries for the chop, says iSuppli

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Monday, 05 October 2009

   ... to iSuppli. The analyst outfit claims that while the global semiconductor foundry market is set grow in 2010, the recent downturn is likely to thin the ranks of suppliers down to just three. iSuppli ...

9. ARM changes name of the netbook game

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Wednesday, 30 September 2009

   Analysis: While GlobalFoundries and ARM are not yet ready to discuss the full deal between them, the news is significant, not just for those two companies, but for the Intel Corporation too.Analysis: ...

10. ARM confirms it's chatting to GlobalFoundries

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 29 September 2009

    As we exclusively reported last week, ARM and AMD spin off GlobalFoundries are in deep congress over cooperating on semiconductor production.As we exclusively reported last week, ARM and AMD spin off GlobalFoundries ...

11. Intel will soon have real reasons to fear ARM

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Saturday, 26 September 2009

    Third party sources in the Valley told me yesterday that ARM is likely to strike a strategic deal with GlobalFoundries during the next week or so.Third party sources in the Valley told me yesterday that ...

12. Microprocessor diversity threatens X86 hegemony

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 14 September 2009

    Intel has managed to expand its lead in the struggling global microprocessor sector by capturing 80.6 percent of the segment's revenue during the second quarter of 2009. However, the company's traditional ...

13. Abu Dhabi buys Chartered Semiconductor in Globalfoundries merger

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Sunday, 06 September 2009

    ... is likely to be merged with Globalfoundries. Globalfoundries is a spin off from Advanced Micro Devices and has already picked up some foundry business. The merged venture will be run by Doug Grose, who ...

14. PC industry staggering back - reports

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 17 August 2009

    ... are showing some signs of recovery. The Taipei Times reports that a market research company - ITIS - is preducting that the local but globally important semiconductor market will rise 20 percent in the ...

15. Abu Dhabi Media and Gazillion form joint MMOG studio

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 05 August 2009

    ... on Globalfoundries - which will eventually comprise two massive semiconductor manufacturing facilities. However, the ATIC investors are likely to be "primarily involved" at the corporate governance level. ...

16. "Intel's" TSMC declares war on "AMD's" Globalfoundries

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 03 August 2009

    The Chairman of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) told reporters that he expected to triumph in a protracted and bloody war with GlobalFoundries. The septuagenarian compared himself to Stalin. ...

17. Global Foundries has a fighting chance

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 29 July 2009

    Analysis - While it's true that Global Foundries has an assured business fabbing out Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) designs, it has to make a far bigger impact on the industry if it truly wants to go ...

18. Globalfoundries starts construction of $4.2 billion fab

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 24 July 2009

    Globalfoundries has officially broken ground on the construction of Fab 2, a new semiconductor manufacturing facility located at the Luther Forest Technology Campus in Saratoga County, New York. Globalfoundries ...

19. SOI could chop $800 billion from US power bills

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 22 July 2009

    ... performance. Broader adoption and usage of SOI technology by the industry are consistent with global initiatives to both lower global electric power demand and reduce electric power bills for businesses ...

20. Globalfoundries prepares to "do more with less"

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 14 July 2009

    Globalfoundries has claimed that its future Fab 2 facility will allow the company "do more with less." The fantastic fab - scheduled to be built in upstate NY - is expected to eliminate waste, reduce ...

21. Global Foundries wants firms to delay moving to larger wafers

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 13 July 2009

    AMD spinoff Global Foundries has issued a call for the semiconductor industry to get the most out of 300mm silicon wafers before jumping to 450mm.AMD spinoff Global Foundries has issued a call for the ...

22. Things looking up for semiconductor market, says iSuppli

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 09 July 2009

    ... in 2009, down 23 percent from 2008, while electronics will drop nearly ten percent to $1.38 trillion in 2009. "The global economy and technology industry have undergone a period of uncertainty and volatility," ...

23. Fab shortage looms

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 22 June 2009

    ... on the semiconductor market: "Looking ahead to 2010, demand should start to accelerate in line with the anticipated global economic recovery, tightening the capacity screw still further. And with 2010's ...

24. Moore’s Law to die at 18 nm, analysts predict

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 16 June 2009

    ... only companies such as Intel and Samsung as well as contract chip makers such as Globalfoundries, Chartered or TSMC to operate their own fabs.       Eventually, Moore’s Law will ...

25. SEMI says fab spending to decline by 51 percent

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 10 June 2009

    Global chip organisation SEMI said that that spending on front end fabs, including construction and equipment, will fall by 51 percent during 2009.Global chip organisation SEMI said that that spending ...

26. Globalfoundries starts work on NY Fab

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 09 June 2009

    Globalfoundries has started the legal process to establish Fab 2 at the Luther Forest Technology Campus in New York State. Sunnyvale, (CA) - Globalfoundries has started the legal process to establish Fab ...

27. Semi industry sees light at the end of the tunnel

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 08 June 2009

    Semiconductor maker Texas Instruments has updated its business outlook for the second quarter and raised estimates of earnings. Dallas (TX) - Semiconductor maker Texas Instruments has updated its business ...

28. AMD's Abu Dhabi backer eyes up Asian foundry

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 29 May 2009

    The technology investment company owned by Abu Dhabi, and which baled out AMD by financing the Global Foundries spin off is looking to take a stake in Chartered Semiconductor.The technology investment ...

29. Silicon wafer shipments fall sharply

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 20 May 2009

    ...  But there is some hope on the horizon. January and February were bad but SEMI's chairman Nobuo Katsuoka reckons they've bottomed out. The global meltdown is blamed for the shortfall. SEMI's figures ...

30. Applied makes loss for second time running

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 12 May 2009

    ... Applied Global Services $236,000,000 ($159,000,000); Display $13,000,0000 ($59,000,000) and energy and environment $141,000,000 (-$71,000,000). New equipment orders, traditionally Applied's strength, fell ...

31. Knives out at AMD as product groups fused together

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 06 May 2009

    ... made, and that's the sort of firm AMD is now. Spun-off semiconductor manufacturing company Globalfoundries will manufacture AMD chips. Dirk Meyer, AMD's CEO, claimed the reorganization was a planned ...

32. AMD’s Globalfoundries to ramp with 22 nm chips

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 05 May 2009

    Globalfoundries, the spun-off manufacturing arm of AMD, provided a first glimpse at the plans of its 1.3 million square foot chip factory to be built at Luther Forest Technology Park in Saratoga County. ...

33. TSMC: semi decline not as bad as expected

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 29 April 2009

    ... to the Chinese Government. TSMC vice chairman FC Tseng now reckons the dip in the global semiconductor market this year is expected to be nearer 20% than the 30% predicted by the company a few months ...

34. Bartlett flees Freescale, joins Globalfoundries

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Sunday, 26 April 2009

      AMD's spun-off foundry operation, Globalfoundries, has signed up Gregg Bartlett as senior veep for technology, research and development. AMD's spun-off foundry operation, Globalfoundries, has ...

35. AMD optimistic although future is murky

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 22 April 2009

    ... 7 will spur sales of its graphics products towards the end of this year, while it will release Congo at the end of this month. As far as the spun off Global Foundries is concerned, currently AMD is its ...

36. Chinese semiconductor business in deep decline

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 21 April 2009

    ... to be a dominant semiconductor manufacturing country is now in jeopardy. The reason for the slump, he added, is that global sales fell during a period when internal demand for chips fell too. Although ...

37. Texas Instruments profit falls by 99%

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 20 April 2009

    ... global economy, and we have yet to see signs of a broad based recovery in our business." TI would keep its operations flexible, he said. For its next financial quarter, TI hopes to turn in revenues of ...

38. Globalfoundries at 32 nm in H1 2010

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 16 April 2009

    AMD’s spun off manufacturing arm, now called Globalfoundries, said that it is on track to manufacture 32 nm semiconductors in H1 2010 and will begin accepting half-node 28 nm designs in the second half ...

39. IBM semi alliance loving 28 nm technology

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 16 April 2009

    ... advantage for manufacturers without the need for complex processes. The alliance is made of  IBM, Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, Globalfoundries, Infineon, Samsung Electronics and STMicroelectronics. ...

40. Chip sales down an astonishing 30% in February

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 03 April 2009

    ... “steepest corrections” so far. Global chip sales were $14.2 billion in February down 7.6% from January and down 30.4% in January of 2008, when sales were $20.3 billion. “While it would be premature to ...

41. Intel and AMD fail to resolve x86 cross-license dispute

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 01 April 2009

    Negotiations between AMD and Intel over a 2001 x86 cross-license agreement broke down completely yesterday. The dispute over the recent division of AMD into a fabless semiconductor company and GlobalFoundries, ...

42. Commodity chip prices hit rock bottom

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 18 March 2009

    ... including capacitors, resistors, crystals, connectors and more.While the market research said that the price decline is not as dramatic as in other areas of the semiconductor industry and global pricing ...

43. California targets semiconductor industry for huge greenhouse gas reduction

    (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

    Friday, 27 February 2009

    ... one percent of California's target provided for by the 2006 "global warming law" which intends to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions by the year 2020. Gus Ballis, manager of the American ...

44. Sony reorganizes major business lines, seeks greater interoperability

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 27 February 2009

    ... and divisions which operate across the company. Sony claims the reorg will "improve profitability and strengthen competitiveness in the midst of the continued global economic crisis," though the real benefits ...

45. HP and Dell accounted for 37 percent of Intel's 2008 revenue

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 24 February 2009

    Intel, the world's leading chip maker, relies heavily on HP and Dell for its financial performance. These two key customers ship the most computers globally by far. The finding published yesterday ...

46. TSMC CEO says semicon market may decline 30% in 2009

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Brief)

    Sunday, 25 January 2009

      In what may be the gloomiest forecast to date, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) CEO Rick Tsai said in response to his company's greatly depressed Q1'2009 outlook, that the global semiconductor ...

47. Dr. Craig Barrett leaving Intel after 35 years, retiring in May

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Friday, 23 January 2009

    ... also been involved with issues like education, health care and the U.S.'s competitiveness in a global market. Between 1957 and 1964, Barrett earned his Bachelor's, Master's and Ph.D. in Materials Science ...

48. TSMC sales down 45%, inventory now at 100 day supply

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Brief)

    Monday, 19 January 2009

    Taipei (Taiwan) - In a real-world example of how tightly wound manufacturing efforts are to global consumption, the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is reporting it now has a 100 day-of-inventory ...

49. Samsung announces a major business reorganization on expected losses

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Friday, 16 January 2009

    ... of losses by Wall Street, the result of the weakened global economy. Samsung's CEO Lee Yoon-woo will retain his position, though he will assume the additional responsibility of overseeing a new Device ...