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TI's Templeton named SEMI's Inoue EHS recipient
Dec 04 -- December 4, 2007 - Richard Templeton, president/CEO of Texas Instruments, has been awarded the 2007 Akira Inoue Award from SEMI, for his efforts and achievements in semiconductor industry environmental, health, and safety improvements....
Tower to shave $20M through workforce, supply changes
Dec 04 -- December 4, 2007 - Israeli foundry Tower Semiconductor says it is implementing a new cost-cutting plan, saying it will save about $20M through a combination of moves including job cuts and renegotiated deals with suppliers....
NXP shuffles mfg execs
Dec 04 -- December 4, 2007 - Ajit Manocha, chief manufacturing officer of NXP Semiconductors (nee the chipmaking business of Royal Philips), is leaving the company to return to the US "for personal reasons," though he will continue to advise NXP in areas such as its asset-light manufacturing strategy...
SVTC, SEMATECH's ATDF merge to expand R&D capabilities
Dec 04 -- December 4, 2007 - Months after significant reorgs on both sides, the SVTC (nee the Silicon Valley Technology Center) and SEMATECH's R&D foundry subsidiary Advanced Technology Development Facility (ATDF) in Austin, TX, are merging to expand their ability to offer an alternative to dedicated R&D fabs or shared development/production operations, months after both sides took steps earlier this year to reorganize and expand....
Fabless group widens scope as "Global Semiconductor Alliance"
Dec 03 -- December 3, 2007 - The Fabless Semiconductor Association is dropping the "fabless" from its name and going "global," claiming that it's met original goals to proliferate the fabless business model and now must expand its agenda to address challenges through the entire chipmaking supply chain....
Rohm & Haas, SKC launch display films JV
Dec 03 -- December 3, 2007 - Rohm and Haas and SKC Co. Ltd. have officially opened their joint venture to make advanced optical and functional films for flat-panel displays, three months after announcing their partnership. Meoung-Han Kim will lead the business, having most recently served as managing director of SKC's display division....
SIA: October chip sales inch up, consumer expectations high
Dec 03 -- December 3, 2007 - Global semiconductor sales inched up 2.1% in October to $23.07B, keeping in line with projections of about 4% growth for the year, and a strong "Black Friday" suggests that despite macroeconomic concerns US consumers are still hungry for digital devices, according to data from the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA)....
Jury bans Ultra Clean gas delivery system
Dec 03 -- December 3, 2007 - A jury has ruled for a permanent injunction against Ultra Clean manufacturing, selling, or importing its Predator gas delivery systems or "colorably similar" products into the US, and must pay rival Celerity royalties for past infringing sales plus interest as well as legal costs....
Samsung invests in manufacturing software startup
Dec 03 -- December 3, 2007 - Serus Corp., a provider of technology and managed services for companies with distributed or outsourced manufacturing operations, says it has received a $2M investment from Samsung Ventures, to be used to "expand international opportunities," particularly in Asia, where it has an office in Bangalore, India....
Sharp widens thin-film solar cell expansion plans
Nov 30 -- November 30, 2007 - Sharp plans to spend about 22B yen (US $200M) to greatly increase annual capacity of thin-film solar cells at its Katsuragi plant in Nara Prefecture from 15MW to 160MW by Oct. 2008....
WTO: Japan must fix illegal Hynix tariffs
Nov 30 -- November 30, 2007 - An appeal conducted by the World Trade Organization (WTO) has reiterated a July ruling that Japan's 27.2% tariffs levied against Korean DRAM chips (targeting Hynix) are illegal....
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