Trying to make sense of the cyclical semiconductor industry? Gathered here is a compendium of recent stories on IC forecasts, August chip data, DRAMs, PCs, and semiconductor equipment. Micrel latest to reduce forecast amid sales lull Chip maker Micrel Inc. on Friday (Oct. 1) lowered its revenue and profit outlook for its third fiscal quarter ending September 30. Simtek lowers forecast amid foundry production issues Simtek Corp. on Friday (Oct. 1) reduced its forecast and updated its foundry production issues with Singapore's Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Pte. Ltd. Startup offers free OpenAccess-to-OASIS translator Startup OASIS Tooling Inc. will offer its new OpenAccess-to-OASIS bidirectional translator to customers until June 2005. Matsushita blends FeRAM technology with smart cards Matsushita has added contactless smart card capabilities to its SD memory card using FeRAM technology in the smart card module. Digital camera shipments bottom out in August It appears that digital camera shipments have bottomed out after a slight lull, according to RBC Capital Markets Inc. BTU International's president and CEO steps down NEC reorganizes assembly and test operations NEC Electronics Corp. has created NEC Semicon Package Solutions Ltd. as an assembly and testing company, headquartered in Yanagawa City, Fukuoka Prefecture, with approximately 1,540 employees. Sept. 26 to Oct. 2 CyberOptics debuts wireless sensors to monitor fab tools CyberOptics Semiconductor, a subsidiary of CyberOptics Corp., has rolled out a Bluetooth-enabled wireless sensor technology that claims to monitor semiconductor equipment in wafer fabs. TI, Memsic cut deal to sell CMOS MEMS sensors Memsic Inc., a startup company that has developed and deployed CMOS-based MEMS accelerometers and sensors, has struck a marketing and sales agreement with Texas Instruments Inc., Memsic said. 'Actual' August chip sales show slowing market growth "Actual" worldwide chip sales in August totaled $17.41 billion, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), up 27.8 percent
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Smart Card Chips
Smart card chips contain a microprocessor and/or memory. They are embedded in smart cards; portable devices that resemble credit cards but are used in applications such as banking and health care.
Semiconductor Foundry Services
Semiconductor foundry services suppliers design and manufacture semiconductor chips on a contract basis, in prototype to production quantities.
System on a Chip (SoC)
System on a chip (SoC) devices are semiconductor chips with embedded components that make the chip a standalone system.
PCMCIA Card Readers and Writers
PCMCIA card readers and PCMCIA card writers allow a user to transfer data from or to a host computer to or from a PCMCIA card.
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Startup offers free OpenAccess-to-OASIS translator Startup OASIS Tooling Inc. will offer its new OpenAccess-to-OASIS bidirectional translator to customers until June 2005. Matsushita blends FeRAM...
AMD, Acacia resolve patent disputes through licensing agreements Acacia Research said AMD has entered into licensing agreements with two of its wholly owned subsidiaries, dissolving two patent...
AMD, Acacia resolve patent disputes through licensing agreements Acacia Research said AMD has entered into licensing agreements with two of its wholly owned subsidiaries, dissolving two patent...
Novellus, Lam can't agree on merger terms, says report The worst kept secret in the semiconductor-equipment business is that Novellus Systems Inc. and Lam Research Corp. have been talking off and on...
Cypress, Malaysia's 1st Silicon in talks for foundry alliance SAN JOSE -- Looking to outsource more of its chip production, Cypress Semiconductors Inc. is in discussions to invest and strike a major...
