Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing News

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. increased its foundry sales fivefold in 2007 to achieve $385 million in revenue and grab tenth spot in IC Insights' ranking of the leading IC foundries for 2007. via EETimes.eu

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IBM AND partners reckon they can now outperform the rest of the industry in performance and power consumption, by using high-k/metal gate on silicon manufactured at IBM's 300mm semiconductor fab in East ... via The INQUIRER

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“Going forward, it will be material science invention that will improve silicon performance while the collaborative model mitigates the escalating cost of technology and design and improves time to manufacture.”

Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing today announced the extension of its joint development collaboration with IBM to include 22-nanometer bulk complementary metal oxide semiconductor technology. via Design And Reuse

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IBM is teaming up with Hitachi to perform research on semiconductors, the companies said Monday. via Triangle Business Journal

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“Usually they have bucked the trend. But the downturn, which affected communications chips from fabless companies, resulted in a 25 per cent cut in demand. "But the growth in 2002 will more than make up for last year”

For the foundry industry, the increase in wafer demand translates into 37 per cent growth for finished products in 2002, Itow said, a year after utilisation rates dropped to the low 40 per cent range, or even ... via Electronics Weekly

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Seeking to expand its customer base, Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Pte. Ltd. has acquired Hitachi Ltd.'s 8-inch fab in Singapore for $233 million in cash. via EETimes

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Posted Dec 18th 2007 3:12AM by Thomas Ricker Filed under: Misc. Gadgets Toshiba just announced its membership in an alliance to develop system chips using 32-nm circuitry. via Engadget

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“IBM is first in developing working SRAMs in 32nm for both low-power and high-performance applications.”

IBM and its joint-development partners have announced that their "high-k/metal gate" technology in next-generation 32nm devices will be available to IBM alliance members and their clients in the second half of ... via EETimes

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“The combination of our technologies and customer support can greatly reduce development time and improve overall quality of an ARM-based SoC.”

The kit features a hardened ARM926EJ-S core operating at over 500MHz, and provides support for all necessary interfaces, peripherals and software for a feature-rich ARM-based SoC. via Design And Reuse

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Posted by: Matthew Cameron on Monday, October 08, 2007 - 01:13 PM Advanced Micro Devices has long been an advocate of Silicon on Insulator technology. via AMDZone

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