Chinese chipmaker licenses IBM's 45nm tech
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IBM has licensed technology for making 45-nanometer chips to Shanghai-based Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation.
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IBM is the first PC manufacturer to use a National Semiconductor chip that stores a PC&#39;s identity in silicon to avert hackers by safeguarding passwords and other sensitive identity information.
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IBM Corp. (NYSE: IBM) and Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD) said Monday that they have developed a strained silicon transistor technology aimed at
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IBM Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) have tacked a three-year extension onto their December 2002 collaboration agreement that could see the two companies work on chip-making technologies based on a 32 nanometer process. The agreement was set to expire at the end of 2005, but now extends until Dec. 31, 2008.
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Advanced Micro Devices Inc. AMD.N,   the world's number two maker of microchips for personal   computers, will supply China's second-largest PC maker with   chips, scoring its latest victory in a market share battle with   bigger rival Intel INTC.O.
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US memory chip maker Micron Technology Inc. plans to build its first factory in China, to assemble and test semiconductors, the company said Monday.
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IBM Corp. claimed unofficial bragging rights Tuesday as owner of the world's fastest supercomputer.
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Intel Thursday started mass producing its 45nm microprocessors - the Penryn line - which are slated to start shipping by mid-November.
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IBM Corp. claimed unofficial bragging rights Tuesday as owner of the world's fastest supercomputer...
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The IBM announcement is being made in collaboration with Intel. Under an agreement reached two years ago, the companies have worked together to design and manufacture blade servers.
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Intel Corp. has received approval to build a $2.5 billion chip plant in China amid booming Chinese demand for chips used in personal computers and mobile phones, the government said Tuesday.
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Advanced Micro Devices Inc. ,  the world's number two maker of microchips for personal  computers, has sealed a deal to supply China's second-largest  PC maker with chips, scoring its latest victory in a market  share battle with bigger rival Intel .
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IBM announced yesterday it has officially begun production of the 65nm version of the revolutionary successor to the Power CPU, which now powers some BladeCenter servers and, of course, Sony's PlayStation 3. To lower power consumption while at the same time reducing current leakage, IBM found itself adopting a novel approach, as the company itself shamelessly admitted.
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(InfoWorld) - Four Taiwanese chip assembly companies have won finalÂ approval to invest in ChinaÂ amid a global shake-up that could see a new king crowned in the industry. The companies, which package and test chips before they are sold, can now move ahead with US$99.6 million in planned investments to China. The decision by Taiwan to allow the investments came more quickly than expected, amid rumors that a group of private equity firms may be building a global titan to compete with Taiwan's star chip assembler, Advanced Semiconductor EngineeringÂ (ASE). ASE was among the companies approved for the investments, and allowing it to build more factories in China will help it to stave off potential new rivals by giving it access to China's lower-cost labor market. The investments will also help the Taiwanese companies take part in China's growing chip industry. Taiwan granted permission for the investments to ASE, the world's largest assembly company, and three smaller rivals: Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Greatek Electronics, and Walton Advanced Engineering. Taiwanese companies are required to gain approval for high-tech investments in China because Taipei fears the technology may boost the military threat against the island. Taiwanese chip assemblers have been at odds with regulators for years over the slow pace of China investment approvals. Taipei appeared to give ground in the middle of last year, saying it would start allowing such investments, then continued dragging its feet on most applications. RecentÂ consolidation in the sectorÂ may have finally prompted regulators to act. Earlier this week, one of Taiwan's biggest financial newspapers, the Economic Daily News, reported that a deal by two private equity firms to buy Singapore's United Test and Assembly CenterÂ (UTAC) could result in a merger with the world's second largest chip assembly company, Amkor Technology, which could threaten ASE's dominance. Affinity Equity PartnersÂ and Texas Pacific Group Capital agreed to buy UTAC for around S$2.2 billion (US$1.43 billion). The Singapore offices of both investment firms declined to comment Thursday on the Amkor rumors, though the talk appears to have moved Amkor's stock price. Its shares have climbed 5.2 percent so far this week to end at US$15.44 Wednesday on the Nasdaq Stock Market, compared to a 0.6 percent rise in the Nasdaq Composite Index over the same time. Analysts say the chip assembly sector has become more attractive to investors due to steadier profits. In other deals this year, Singapore's Temasek HoldingsÂ made a S$2.4 billion (US$1.56 billion) bid for Stats ChipPac. The Carlyle Group, another private equity firm, in AprilÂ scrapped a US$5.5 billion deal to buy ASEÂ after the two companies failed to agree on a higher offering price. ASE displaced U.S-based Amkor as the world's largest chip packaging and testing company at the end of 2003, highlighting the exodus of chip production to lower-cost Asian countries. But since then Amkor has been making investments in China, while ASE has been largely held back by Taiwanese regulators. Analysts view China as an important location for chip investment because of its lower costs and growing clout in the industry.Â Intel announced a planÂ in March to spend US$2.5 billion on a plant in China to take advantage of lower production costs there. Taiwan's chip makers say the heavy regulations they face at home have put them at a disadvantage in China. Labor makes up a significant portion of the costs in chip assembly -- around 20 percent, compared to around 5 percent for actual chip fabrication. Fabricators etch transistors and other components on chips, while assemblers package the chips inside protective coating. Taipei's approval on Thursday gives ASE the green light to invest US$21.6 million for a 60 percent stake in a venture with NXP Semiconductors in Suzhou, China. Regulators also approved investments of US$30 million by Siliconware and US$18 million by Walton in the same place. Greatek received permission to invest US$30 million in Jiangsu, China. "We are happy to see the news. We have been waiting for this," said Janet Chen, a spokesperson at Siliconware. Taiwan and China remain enemies after splitting in 1949 amid civil war, the reason Taipei remains wary of allowing certain high tech investments to the mainland. Despite their strained relationship, China remains the favored destination for Taiwanese investment due to their shared language and culture, as well as China's lower costs and incentives for building factories. As part of their China applications, the four Taiwanese companies all included plans to continue investing at home. In all, they pledged to invest NT$75 billion (US$2.29 billion) in Taiwan over the next three years, including NT$40 billion from ASE, NT$20 billion from Siliconware, NT$10 billion from Greatek and NT$5 billion from Walton. Â
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Taiwan's government approved plans by four chip testing and packaging firms to invest in China, an official said Thursday, as the country further eases long-standing restrictions on high-tech investment in its communist rival.
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p2pnet.net News:- AMD and IBM say theyâve developed a unique technology that results in up to a 24% transistor speed increase at the same power levels as similar transistors made without it.
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Researchers at IBM and Advanced Micro Devices have improved a chip-making technology called strained silicon, boosting semiconductor performance at a time when such