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Semiconductor: A solid state substance that can be electrically altered. Certain elements in nature, such as silicon, perform like semiconductors when chemically combined with other elements. A semiconductor is...; Full Semiconductor Definition >>

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$21.5 bln worth of semiconductors sold in January 2008: $21.5 bln worth of semiconductors sold in January 2008i thinksemi conductors are widely used in most of machines that,s why they have a good income.http://laptops.baysworld.com; Tags: Semiconductors, January 2008, semiconductor; Discussion threads 2008-03-24
$255.6 bln worth of semiconductors sold in 2007: The Semiconductor Industry Association reported that global sales of semiconductors grew for the sixth-consecutive year, reaching a record $255.6 bln in 2007, an increase of 3.2% from the $247.7 bln reported in 2006. Worldwide sales in December 2007 were $22.3 bln, an increase of 2.5% compared to the $21.7 bln...; Tags: Semiconductor, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, AM; Blog posts 2008-02-24
Worries about PC sales snowball; Intel downgraded: Worries about PC sales snowball; Intel downgradedIdiotsTo show how much deep thought goes into these announcements, they downgraded not only Intel but every other semiconductor manufacturer, including those who make embedded silicon for things like cellphones -- and who are actually seeing increased sales and revenue.All it takes is to...; Tags: Sales strategy, Sales force management, Microsoft Office, Semiconductors, Investment, GDP, Intel Corp., U.S. GNP, sales, PC sale, semiconductor, PC; Discussion threads 2008-01-04
semiconductor sales up 2.3% in November 2007: Worldwide sales of microprocessors were up 2.3% in November 2007, boosted by strong demand for consumer products, the Semiconductor Industry Association said. Chip sales rose to $23.1 bln in November 2007, up from $22.5 bln in November 2006. Year-to-date chip sales were at $231 bln, up 2.8% from $225 bln...; Tags: Semiconductor, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, site admin; Blog posts 2007-12-31
ZDNet security, semiconductor blogs open for user submissions: We've added a few more blogs to our user submission experiment: Zero Day and Chipland. For background, we opened up some of our blogs for user submitted blog posts on Nov. 1. We started out with Web 2.0 Explorer, which examines Web 2.0 technologies, Between the Lines,...; Tags: Security, Blog, Semiconductor, Blogging, Internet, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2007-11-12

Sony to pull out of 32-nano research: Sony to pull out of 32-nano researchInteresting move...The worlds largest user of electronics wants out of doing R&D. Have to admit, that strikes me as strange.The Statement Contradicts Itself!!! :DFirst: The production facility that's being sold to Toshiba is the one built over 8yrs ago to house PS2 chip...; Tags: Semiconductors, Sony Corp., semiconductor, chip; Discussion threads 2007-11-07
IBM silicon rejects reborn in solar panels: Just a wafer thin. Yes, indeedy, when the Monty Python crew penned that infamous line in their movie, "Meaning of Life" that hadn't one iota of a clue what it could mean for the solar energy industry. And now, here's the point of this blog. There's word...; Tags: Wafer, Semiconductor, IBM Corp., Semiconductors, Manufacturing, Hardware, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2007-10-31
Infineon a big winner in iPhone teardown: EE Times commissioned Semiconductor Insights to tear down the iPhone and dissect its innards. The key takeaways: Infineon is the chip of choice; there are many shared iPod parts that made design easier; and Apple brands a bunch of components to hide the names.The report notes the following:The first thing...; Tags: Personal Technology, Mobile, iPhone, Hardware Infrastructure, Apple; Blog posts 2007-07-02
Images: HP-Nanolitho's imprint lithography tool: System will let semiconductor manufacturers produce chips sporting wires measuring a few atoms wide.; Tags: Semiconductors, semiconductor maker, atom, semiconductor, manufacturer, chip, tool; Image galleries 2007-05-01
Sun converts carbon dioxide into fuel: We all know that the increasing concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has a major impact on the Earth climate. But now, chemists at the University of California at San Diego UCSD have developed "a device that can capture energy from the sun, convert it to electrical energy and...; Tags: Science &, Nature, Engineering &, Innovation, Energy &, Environment; Blog posts 2007-04-22
The birth of semiconductor 2.0: According to several articles in the press, an Austrian company has opened a new chip printing factory. But there is a twist. The chips produced by this factory, dubbed Semiconductor 2.0 by the company, will be organic semiconductors, and will be produced by inkjet printers. Here are two links to...; Tags: Nanotechnology, Health &, Medicine, Engineering &, Innovation; Blog posts 2007-03-14
3-D flexible computer chips: Engineers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have isolated a single-crystal film of semiconductor from the substrate on which it is built. Then they transferred this very thin film -- 200 nanometers thick -- on plastic. Both sides of the film can host active components and several layers can be stacked,...; Tags: semiconductor, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Blog posts 2006-07-23
Painting a semiconductor: Making electronic chips and other devices is a dirty and expensive process. Building them from chemical solutions have been tried for a while because of the low costs. But the resulting chips were not really good performers. Now, researchers at the University of Toronto have created a semiconductor which is...; Tags: semiconductor; Blog posts 2006-07-18
Asian semiconductor market to grow to $203 bln in 2010: Asian semiconductor market to grow to $203 bln in 2010china Asian semiconductor market to grow to $203 bln in 2010 by ZDNet's ZDNet Research -- Annual semiconductor consumption in the booming Asian market will jump from $136.5 bln in 2005 to $203 bln in 2010, reports In-Stat. After the 2001...; Tags: Semiconductors, semiconductor, Asian semiconductor market, semiconductor market; Discussion threads 2006-05-02
semiconductor market leaders in 2005: Intel, Samsung, TI: Intel finished the 2005 in the first place on the semiconductor market with a 15% market share fueled in large part by a 13% gain in revenues. Total global semiconductor sales reached $237.1 bln in 2005, a 3.6% increase over 2004, iSuppli said. The three top semiconductor firms – Intel,...; Tags: semiconductor, Intel Corp.; Blog posts 2006-03-20
Base station RF semiconductor market to reach $4 bln in 2008: Sales of RF semiconductors used in base stations are estimated to grow from $2.97 bln in 2005 to $3.96 bln in 2008, Frost & Sullivan said.; Tags: Base station RF; Blog posts 2006-03-07
semiconductor revenues to grow 5.3% in Singapore and 10.3% in Malaysia: 2005 semiconductor revenue in Singapore will grow 5.3% to $5.3 bln; in Malaysia, it will grow 10.3% to $9 bln. Singapore and Malaysia will also experience electronic equipment production revenue growth of 5.5% and 6.9%, respectively, for the year, Gartner says.; Tags: Semiconductors, semiconductor; Blog posts 2006-02-07
Chinese semiconductor assembly and test services to grow 28.4% in 2005: The semiconductor assembly and test services market in China and Hong Kong saw continuous growth in 2004 and 2005. The market is estimated to grow 28.4% to reach $1.2 bln in 2005, compared with $944 mln in 2004, Gartner says.; Tags: Semiconductors, semiconductor; Blog posts 2006-02-06
semiconductor sales to grow by 9% in 2006: Handelsbanken Capital Markets has raised its forecast for the 2005 semiconductor market annual growth from 4% to 6%. The company predicted that the market would grow a further 9% in 2006.; Tags: Semiconductors, semiconductor, Handelsbanken Capital Markets, sales; Blog posts 2006-02-04
semiconductor assembly and test services up 12.6% in 2005: Semiconductor assembly and test services revenue continued to increase in Q3 2005, and it is forecast to grow 12.6% to $15.2 bln for the year. Revenue will drop slightly in Q1 2006 before increasing for the rest of the year, Gartner reports.; Tags: Semiconductors, semiconductor; Blog posts 2006-01-06

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Semiconductor Manufacturing International Co.: Semiconductor Manufacturing International is mainly engaged in the computer-aided design, manufacturing, packaging, testing and trading of integrated circuits and other semiconductor services, and manufacturing design...; Semiconductor Manufacturing International Co. company page on BNET »