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...
Memory prices appear to be stabilizing, Converge reports In order for the market to rise, all DRAM manufacturers need to be on the same page -- and so far this strategy appears to be working, the global supply chain partner says in its...
Freescale to close Tempe fab The GaAs plant, originally put on the block last year following Freescale’s sale of its GaAs-based RF power amplifier business to Skyworks, will close within the next few months,...
TSMC board approves $1B share buyback, expanding Fab 12 Hsinchu, Taiwan-based Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co is planning to repurchase up to $1 billion of the company’s common shares from the open market, and appropriate...