Electronics Supply Chain News & Analysis

Micron's Phase-Change Memory under Review

Micron is trying to assimilate a lot of technology and R&D capability as a result of its acquisition of Elpida Memory Inc. One result is that Micron is redefining its strategy for phase-change memory.

Nintendo Keeps DMP Graphics Core in 2DS Console

Japan's Digital Media Professionals announced that its PICA200 graphics core has been used in the Nintendo 2DS, which launched on Oct. 12.

Micron's Profit Grows as DRAM Surges

Memory maker's profit given a one-time boost by Elpida acquisition while a surge in DRAM sales was driven partly by data center demand.

ARM's Latest Design Center to Focus on FinFET IP

Processor licensor's latest design center, located in Northern India, cis being set up to focus on IP design for planar and FinFET CMOS.

Inventor Seeks to Cash-in Memristor Patents

Inventor puts portfolio of memristor IP up for sale or license. Focus is on crossbar arrays for processing rather than storage.

ON Semi to Shutter Sanyo Plant, Cut Jobs

Chip maker to close back-end test and assembly facility, eliminate up to 900 jobs.

Researchers Aim for Self-Learning Chips

Carnegie Mellon gets $2.6 million NSF grant to develop chips capable of machine learning.

IBM Gives Process Boost to Chinese Foundry

XMC, a specialty foundry based in Wuhan, China, has signed a licensing agreement with IBM under which it will receive 65-nm RF and 45-nm low-power process technologies.

Startup Appoints CEO to Drive OLED Displays

Well-connected inkjet printing equipment startup thinks it can help make flexible OLED displays happen, appoints industry veteran as CEO.

TSMC Reports Record Q3 Sales

Sales stay strong in September for rival foundries TSMC and UMC.

MediaTek Takes ARM Cortex-A50 License

Taiwanese fabless chip company steps up to 64-bit with license for Cortex-A50 series processor cores from ARM.

Sematech, Suss Microtech Investigating EUV Mask Defects

Chip maker consoritum to work with equipment vendor to develop EUV substrate and blank cleaning technologies.

ASML, IMEC to Form EUV Lithography Research Center

Semiconductor equipment vendor ASML and nearby research institute IMEC are forming a joint research center at IMEC's campus that intends to work on patterning for single-digit nanometer nodes.

Renesas Warms to FDSOI

As part of a group effort Renesas wants to try and help fully depleted silicon-on-insulator manufacturing process technology get off the ground.

In First for Industry, LCD TV Panel Shipments Dip in Q3

For the first time ever, the global market for liquid-crystal display television (LCD TV) panels will decline in the third quarter compared to the second, a worrisome development...

Monolithic 3-D Chip Integrates Logic Circuits with Memories

Researchers at Stanford University and Taiwan's National Applied Research Laboratories produced the first sequentially processed sub-50nm monolithic 3-D IC with integrated logic/non-volatile memory circuits and SRAM.

Chip Sales Grew 6.4 Percent in August

Worldwide chip sales improved in August for the sixth consecutive month on a year-over-year basis, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association.