"...Contracts to buy Micron stock for $12 by June 16 more than doubled to 55 cents... total of 94,322 Micron call contracts were traded as of 1:35 p.m. in New York, more than six times the average..."

"...The spending will be made during 2007 to refine its memory chip production process and boost productivity, Samsung said in a filing to the Korea Exchange. It did not provide other details..."

"...The first phase of the new plant is expected to begin operation in 2008 reaching 50MW of thin film solar cell production capacity in 2009...Thin-thin solar cells will use less than 2% of the silicon required to manufacture equivalent crystalline silicon PV products..."

"...A 55-gallon drum of old wafers might previously have gone to a local hobbyist for $100 or so...But as demand for processed, high-grade silicon substrates began to escalate in 2004, TI re-examined its policies and started selling its scrap wafers to makers of solar energy gear..."

Metalink Ltd., which provides wireless and wireline broadband communications technology, said Wednesday it opened a new regional office and design center in Taiwan to support local partners and customers. The Israeli company said the 12-person office, which will include research, sales and support workers, will be headed by Alister Chu, who previously served as a manager for biometrics technology company AuthenTec.