The Week In Review: Sept. 17
By Mark LaPedus
Ongoing hype around cloud computing is creating misperceptions about the technology, according to Gartner.
GlobalFoundries wants to be No. 1 in the foundry business, according to a report from The Business Review. GlobalFoundries has appointed Joe Chen as its new sales head for Greater China.
After 2014, China will boast the world’s largest LED epitaxy and chip production capacity base, according to SEMI.
SEMI reported that worldwide semiconductor manufacturing equipment billings reached $10.34 billion in the second quarter of 2012. The billings figure is 4% lower than the first quarter of 2012 and 13% lower than the same quarter a year ago.
Applied Materials has approved a quarterly cash dividend of $0.09 per share.
Mentor Graphics said that its Calibre LFD signoff lithography checking tool has been certified by TSMC for its 20nm IC manufacturing process.
ARM is winning the processor wars in the smartphone and tablet markets. Intel has intensified its battle against ARM. Intel has provided more details about its fourth-generation Core processor family for ultrabooks and tablets.
Featuring a new biometric identification technique, Intel has demonstrated how to eliminate passwords.
Veeco achieved a major breakthrough to reduce defects from multi-layer deposition of mask blanks used for extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUVL).
Samsung held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new memory fab in Xi’an, China. Once completed, the new facility will make use of 10nm-class technology in producing NAND flash memory chips.
Five companies will account for 64% of total semiconductor CapEx in 2012, according to IC Insights.
IHS iSuppli forecasts the iPhone 5 will be a major success in the market, helping to drive Apple’s smartphone shipments in 2012 to 149 million units, up 60% from 93 million in 2011.
Smartphone shipments are forecast to reach 567 million units in 2012, and nearly double that by 2016, according to DisplaySearch.
The global discrete power semiconductor market is predicted to grow by 3.7% in 2012, reaching a total market value of $13.4 billion, according to a recently published report from IMS Research.
The traditional uses of RFID for the identification of animals, people, and within the automotive sector are continuing to grow and are projected to increase by $2.8 billion from 2012 to 2017, according to ABI.
Tags: ABI Research, Applied Materials, ARM, China, cloud computing, DisplaySearch, Gartner, GlobalFoundries, IC Insights, IHS iSuppli, IMS Research, Intel, LEDs, Mentor Graphics, RFID, Samsung, SEMI, TSMC, Veeco