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The Justice Department is taking a long look at Nvidia, the semiconductor designer that has dominated the market for high-end AI computer chips used to train large language models (LLMs), [...]

ENGINEERS at American innovation hubs such as Bell Labs, IBM, Texas Instruments, and Fairchild Semiconductor led the development of the transistor and the integrated circuit in the middle of the [...]

Apple and Samsung remained the world's largest buyers of semiconductor chips in 2013, but the intensifying battle between the two for the hearts and minds of consumers in their product [...]

By James Carbone The share of the global integrated circuit market held by companies headquartered in the Asia-Pacific region is steadily rising, according to a new report by researcher IC [...]

Citing a decline in average selling prices for microprocessors, DRAMs and NAND flash, the Semiconductor Industry Association has cut its IC forecast for the year. The SIA lowered its forecast […]

A new Strategy Analytics study, "Automotive Semiconductor Vendor 2006 Market Shares," cites an increase of $1.12 billion in chip vendors' automotive-electronics-related revenues last year over 2005. With combined revenues of […]

Advanced Micro Devices, having moved from the sidelines to front and center on Intel Corp.'s radar., last week said revenue in the first quarter would be lower than a year […]

The 10 largest OEMs consumed a third of all semiconductors purchased in 2006, according to early results from a recent study by Gartner Inc. The OEMs accounted for $84 billion […]

AMSTERDAM, Jan 24 - Mobile phone sales may be booming worldwide but many suppliers of component chips aren't happy. Chip makers are complaining that strong demand for affordable cellphones in […]

(Recasts, adds comments, background) TOKYO, Jan 15 - Sales of Japanese equipment used to make microchips are likely to post their second straight year of double-digit growth next year, bolstered […]

Hot holiday shopping numbers for consumer electronics helped drive up global semiconductor sales in November. Worldwide semiconductor sales hit $22.7 billion in November. That's 11.3% higher than the $20.4 billion […]

The semiconductor industry this year is expected to hit the peak of its current growth cycle, but chipmakers won't hit the same revenue growth rates as in previous peak years, […]

The three-month average of global semiconductor sales in May exceeded expectations, at $19.75 billion, a 9.4 percent jump from the year-ago total of $18.05 billion, according to World Semiconductor Trade […]

According to a just-released report from the Darnell Group (www.Darnell.com), the market for digital power ICs will surge to nearly $800 million in sales within five years. The 237-page, Second [...]

Gartner Inc. reiterated its bullish chip forecast for 2006, but warned of consolidation in the IC industry. Gartner said in a report that it expects chip sales to grow 10.6 […]

The Asia-Pacific semiconductor market is projected to cool in 2006, while the Americas, Europe and Japan are expected to grow, according to the World Semiconductor Trade Statistics (WSTS). In Asia-Pacific, […]

Global sales of chip-making equipment totaled $32.88 billion in 2005, down 11 percent from the previous year, the industry association SEMI reports. The Worldwide Semiconductor Equipment Market Statistics report, compiled […]

Intel Corp. is reportedly preparing a server CPU component based on four processor cores and expects to ship the product early next year. Reuters said Justin Rattner, Intel's chief technology […]

Staff The automotive integrated circuit (IC) market will grow 6.9% to $13.9 billion in 2006, representing about 7% of the $292.8 billion worldwide IC market, according to a new study [...]

Staff Computers will account for half of all integrated circuits sold in 2005. The computer IC market will rise 7.3% to $96.5 billion in 2005 from $89.9 billion in 2004. [...]

LONDON - The 2006 semiconductor market is set to achieve double-digit percentage annual growth over 2005, according to Advanced Forecasting, a market research company. The market is expected to turn […]

The front-end equipment market for copper processing of IC interconnects grew slightly more than 36% in 1999, according to our recent analysis. With 300mm on the back burner, we predict […]

MILAN, ITALY - STMicroelectronics expects to benefit from strong demand for flash memories from cellular phone makers and set-top box manufacturers, particularly for 32-Mbit devices, which are in short supply. […]

The big market numbers for flexible circuits worldwide are being driven by just one major factor: mobile phones. This huge market is driving the development of material and process technologies […]

Worldwide revenues of the total optoelectronics IC segment grew 10% in 2005 over 2004, and unit sales grew 16% (see Figure), according to data from World Semiconductor Trade Statistics (WSTS). [...]