"...Infineon had also received lower orders than expected for an unnamed project to supply HSDPA chips for high-speed Internet phones, leading analysts to speculate Apple's new iPhone would launch at lower volumes..."

"...The committee under the Ministry of Knowledge Economy that includes 10 experts from the government, academia and the industry, said that the plan does not pose a serious threat to national security..."

"...the adjustments would mostly affect higher-end chips, but would not say how big they would be or when they would occur...The industry is still healthy but we face some structural profit pressure. In the short term we also face pressure from inflation and oil prices..."

"...Who is to say it will be Intel taking market share from ARM and not the other way? Intel will probably always be able to make a microprocessor that runs faster, but ARM can do one that uses less power. We are still a long way ahead in that..."

"...Sony hasn't decided whether it will commercialize the product...The battery's sensitized solar cells have an energy-conversion efficiency of 10%, which is said to a practical application standard..."

"... Infineon plans to sell its own shares via a capital increase to KKR in a deal that would make the private equity firm the largest investor in the German chipmaker with a 40-50% stake..."

"...Toshiba senior VP said NAND flash prices will either be flat or go up a bit in July-September...demand for Toshiba's high-capacity flash memory chips was strong, adding that the company was currently receiving orders for about 5% more than it could supply..."

"...Following our meeting with Nanya, we believe that it is highly likely that Micron will purchase Qimonda's stake at Inotera following the recent JV establishment between Nanya and Micron, according to id Daniel Amir, an analyst with Lazard Capital Markets... "

"...Intel said they are ramping the fab up as fast as they can...Intel started powering up the plant and checking its machinery on Friday and output resumed on Sunday..."

"....company chief executive Halla cautioned that the technology, dubbed Solar Magic was just beginning field trials and was six months away from certification..."

Plans for high-speed wireless Internet will benefit Intel – an investor in the Sprint Nextel-Clearwire WiMax venture – and analysts expect other chip makers to gain from Intel's position and increased spending on similar networks.

"...A Lehman Brothers analyst said if assuming that around 30% of monthly capacity was affected by the power outage, this may affect around 3-4% of monthly global DRAM supply for the coming one or two months..."

Henry Samueli, Broadcom's chairman of the board and chief technical officer, and David A. Dull, senior vice president and general counsel, will take leaves of absence from the company due to a civil complaint filed against them Wednesday by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission related to the company's stock option granting practices.

BrightSource, a developer of utility-scale solar energy projects, has secured a total of US$115 million in additional corporate funding from its Series C round of financing. This brings the total capitalization to over US$160 million for BrightSource (Oakland, Calif.).