After a massive capex splurge on its semiconductor division over the last three years, Toshiba is radically cutting back its chip investments over the coming year.

The pace of Taiwan's economic decline has slowed down, but a much-anticipated rebound is still far way, the chairman of one of Taiwan's biggest companies said Monday.

The two biggest producers, Samsung Electronics and Hynix Semiconductor, won larger shares of the shrinking market in DRAM chips in the first quarter, industry research firm DRAMeXchange said on Monday.

The world's largest maker of solar cells reported a net profit of 19.8 million euros (US$27.0 million) for the first quarter of 2009, better than expected. But it slashed its 2009 sales outlook for the third time since December.

China's contract chipmakers, battered by a sharp downturn in demand for semiconductors, will survive the recession and become increasingly competitive over time, according to an Accenture executive.

MIPS Technologies on May 8 announced Synopsys has acquired its Analog Business Group in an all-cash transaction for US$22 million.

CHIA Song Hwee's upbeat tone when he spoke to BT after Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing's first-quarter results announcement might seem discordant at other times.

The Torqx SSD line is one of Patriot's latest releases designed with Patriot's new cutting-edge technology that adds 64MB of DRAM cache in conjunction with its current equipped NAND technology.

As photovoltaic energy nears grid parity in select regions of the world and the industry's cell manufacturers work to lower costs further, the PV industry is becoming a serious on-grid alternative. This growth is reflected in a materials market for PV module manufacture that is expected to skyrocket in coming years, according to a new report from Linx Consulting.

The electronics supply chain remains pessimistic and appears to believe we have not yet seen the bottom of the recession, according to a survey of more than 230 electronics supply chain decision makers.

Cypress Semiconductor has announced it is sampling SRAM devices on 65nm linewidth. The new 72-Mbit QDR2 and DDRII memories leverage process technology developed with foundry partner UMC.

In my opinion, it's time for Taiwan's DRAM makers to merge, consolidate--or give up. The time is now. Not next quarter or next year. Now! There is a plan to consolidate Taiwan's DRAM makers, but so far, no one has budged.

"The global economic slowdown continues to limit demand for all semiconductor devices," said Mario Ruscev, CEO of FormFactor.

Apple is building a significant capability to design its own computer chips, a strategy shift that the company hopes will create exclusive features for its gadgets and shield Apple's work from rivals.

Infineon Technologies AG Thursday posted a narrower net loss in the fiscal second quarter but remained downbeat in its full-year outlook as the economic downturn continues to slam demand for consumer-electronic goods.