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- Jul 30, 2010 [Main News]
Panasonic to absorb Sanyo and Panasonic Electric works - Jul 26, 2010 [Main News]
CEATEC Japan 2010 aims at peak-level attendance - Jul 26, 2010 [Machinery & Equipment]
MHI bonds SiC and GaN with silicon wafer at room temperature - Jul 23, 2010 [Main News]
Elpida entering flash memory business in alliance with Spansion - Jul 22, 2010 [News Flash]
Samsung, Toshiba intending to standardize high-speed SSD interface - Jul 21, 2010 [Main News]
Wafer industry organization revises forecast upward - Jul 20, 2010 [News Flash]
Sony, Tohoku University develops 100W output blue-violet laser - Jul 16, 2010 [Main News]
Sanyo sells its semiconductor unit to ON Semiconductor - Jul 16, 2010 [News Flash]
SanDisk extends joint operation to Toshiba's fifth NAND fab - Jul 15, 2010 [News Flash]
Toshiba to form TV sales JV in China - Jul 14, 2010 [News Flash]
Nissan forced to halt production because of LSI shortage - Jul 13, 2010 [Main News]
Hitachi, KDDI add RFID function to mobile phones - Jul 9, 2010 [News Flash]
Top-tier printers take the initiative in establishing e-book association - Jul 8, 2010 [News Flash]
Panasonic readies home-use storage battery systems for 2011 commercialization - Jul 7, 2010 [Main News]
Update: Renesas aiming for 1/3 of LTE market through $200 million deal with Nokia - Jul 6, 2010 [Machinery & Equipment]
Ulvac offering non-destructive measuring system for solar cell conversion efficiency - Jul 5, 2010 [News Flash]
Olympus acquires Innov-X Systems - Jul 5, 2010 [News Flash]
Sanyo to sell its semiconductor unit to On-Semiconductor: Media reports - Jul 2, 2010 [Main News]
Sharp to supply thin-film solar cells for Thai power plant - Jul 1, 2010 [The Semiconductor Industry News]
Japan's chip industry may miss out on the global market recovery - stuck in a culture obsessed with excessive quality - Jul 1, 2010 [Main News]
Panasonic acquires IPS Alpha Technology for its LCD production base - Jun 30, 2010 [News Flash]
EV promotion association takes off - Jun 25, 2010 [News Flash]
Hayabusa sample container may hold gas from asteroid - Jun 24, 2010 [News Flash]
Elpida develops 2-gigabit GDDR5 - Jun 24, 2010 [Main News]
MEMS R&D in Tsukuba Innovation Arena almost ready for practical operations - Jun 23, 2010 [News Flash]
Panasonic develops high-sensitivity terahertz detector operating at room temperature - Jun 23, 2010 [News Flash]
Toshiba to supply motors to Ford - Jun 22, 2010 [Main News]
Update: Elpida to ally with UMC and Powertech for TSV - Jun 22, 2010 [News Flash]
1000 papers to be presented at Renewable 2010 conference - Jun 22, 2010 [Main News]
Toshiba proposing Wi-Fi SD card promotion - Jun 19, 2010 [News Flash]
METI to finalize renewable roadmap - Jun 18, 2010 [Main News]
Hitachi targets threefold expansion of battery business by 2014 - Jun 18, 2010 [News Flash]
B-to-B ratio increases in May - Jun 18, 2010 [News Flash]
NEDO selects 19 companies for US-Japan smart grid project - Jun 17, 2010 [News Flash]
Fujitsu and Toshiba agree to merge mobile phone businesses - Jun 14, 2010 [Devices]
Renesas targeting high-power blue laser market - Jun 11, 2010 [Main News]
Toshiba and Fujitsu to merge mobile phone operations: Media reports - Jun 10, 2010 [Main News]
NEC and CHMC merge in attempt to create top mobile phone supplier in Japan - Jun 9, 2010 [News Flash]
Docomo starts operational test for LTE commercial service due in Dec. - Jun 9, 2010 [News Flash]
TEL and Ebara to collaborate on ruthenium - Jun 9, 2010 [Main News]
WSTS forecasts record-high shipments on value basis for 2010 - Jun 8, 2010 [News Flash]
Data format standardization for Japanese eBooks to begin - Jun 7, 2010 [Devices]
Sharp develops thinnest-bezel display for multiscreen digital signage - Jun 4, 2010 [News Flash]
Itochu allies with GE for renewable energy investment - Jun 3, 2010 [The Semiconductor Industry News]
Korea's lead in semiconductors and LCDs is widening
Will Japan be left far behind? - Jun 3, 2010 [News Flash]
Panasonic to boost LCD panel production to 17 million next year - Jun 2, 2010 [News Flash]
Digital Textbook and Teaching Consortium to be formed - Jun 1, 2010 [News Flash]
Renesas joins Symbian Foundation - Jun 1, 2010 [News Flash]
Sony develops rollable OLED - May 31, 2010 [News Flash]
Epson collaborates with Philips on projector light source - May 31, 2010 [News Flash]
Renesas Electronics ranked in top 5 in 1Q 2010 - May 28, 2010 [Main News]
Sony and three partners to launch e-book platform for Japanese market - May 27, 2010 [Main News]
NHK STRL sets 20-year agenda - May 27, 2010 [News Flash]
Sanyo to supply HIT solar panels for large power plant in Italy - May 26, 2010 [Main News]
iVDR finds professional applications overseas - May 25, 2010 [News Flash]
Spansion resets Japan operation - May 22, 2010 [News Flash]
B-to-B ratio drops further in April with billing increase - May 21, 2010 [Main News]
NEDO draws up lithium-ion battery R&D roadmap - May 21, 2010 [News Flash]
Sony to introduce Internet TV based on Google TV platform in the autumn - May 20, 2010 [News Flash]
Renesas and AMD to collaborate on USB3.0 promotion - May 19, 2010 [News Flash]
Sharp to expand blue LED production - May 18, 2010 [News Flash]
Lithium atom observed - May 18, 2010 [Devices]
Elpida develops 2-gigabit DDR mobile DRAM less than 50mm2 - May 17, 2010 [Main News]
Japan's semiconductor equipment sales and market both trending upward - May 14, 2010 [Main News]
Fujitsu develops high-contrast color e-paper - May 13, 2010 [Main News]
Elpida seeking alliance with logic makers for TSV-based one-chip solution - May 10, 2010 [Main News]
Toshiba restores operating profitability in turnaround - Apr 28, 2010 [The Semiconductor Industry News]
METI subsidizing companies' green tech initiatives - 42 subsidies worth 30 billion yen already granted - Apr 26, 2010 [Main News]
Docomo, Renesas, four mobile phone vendors join forces to build mobile phone platform - Apr 23, 2010 [Main News]
Sanyo to build solar panel plant at Panasonic's plant: media report - Apr 23, 2010 [Devices]
Elpida countering Samsung with 4Gbit DDR3 development - Apr 22, 2010 [News Flash]
B-to-B ratio drops in March as billing rises sharply - Apr 21, 2010 [The Semiconductor Industry News]
Nichia to invest 40 billion yen in LED production - Apr 20, 2010 [Main News]
Sony to provide systems for filming FIFA World Cup in 3D - Apr 19, 2010 [News Flash]
Promos to start fabricating Elpida's 63nm DRAM in July - Apr 19, 2010 [News Flash]
ITC will investigate alleged infringement of Sony patents by TV EMSs - Apr 16, 2010 [News Flash]
Japanese equipment market recovering but slowly - Apr 16, 2010 [News Flash]
Mitsubishi Motors to secure lithium-ion batteries for 60,000 EVs by 2012 - Apr 15, 2010 [Main News]
Toshiba receives order from Honda for SCiB lithium-ion battery - Apr 13, 2010 [Main News]
Sharp to supply Microsoft's long-rumored KIN series - Apr 13, 2010 [Main News]
Mass production of stationary-use lithium-ion battery starts - Apr 12, 2010 [News Flash]
Panasonic adopts Bluespec's EDA toolset - Apr 9, 2010 [Main News]
METI selects four areas as preliminary operators of smart grids - Apr 9, 2010 [News Flash]
Elpida files lawsuit against Infineon for patent infringement - Apr 7, 2010 [Main News]
Smart Community Alliance launched for smart grid business - Apr 6, 2010 [Main News]
MIC suggests unlock SIM - Apr 6, 2010 [News Flash]
Nissan, Renault, Daimler agree on capital and business alliance - Apr 6, 2010 [Main News]
Hitachi develops 10-year lifetime lithium-ion battery - Apr 2, 2010 [Business]
Alps first to receive INCJ investment funding - Apr 2, 2010 [Main News]
Sharp to offer 3D displays for mobile devices - Apr 1, 2010 [Main News]
Titan Kogyo develops lithium titanium oxide for lithium-ion batteries - Mar 31, 2010 [News Flash]
Japanese vendors' billing and booking recover to mid-2009 level - Mar 30, 2010 [News Flash]
Mazda licenses hybrid technology from Toyota - Mar 30, 2010 [Main News]
Sharp launches thin-film solar panel plant - Mar 29, 2010 [News Flash]
Panasonic launches new lithium-ion plant - Mar 26, 2010 [Main News]
Tokyo Electron’s Higashi hands over CEO post to president Takenaka - Mar 25, 2010 [Main News]
Elpida drops TIMC from its DRAM business strategy - Mar 25, 2010 [Main News]
Japan forms association to standardize EV quick-charger - Mar 25, 2010 [News Flash]
Fujitsu Microelectronics to become Fujitsu Semiconductor - Mar 24, 2010 [The Semiconductor Industry News]
China does the heavy lifting for global IT and environmental industries - Mar 24, 2010 [News Flash]
Nintendo will introduce 3D game machine by March 2011 - Mar 23, 2010 [News Flash]
Toshiba to build the fifth NAND fab - Mar 23, 2010 [Main News]
Toshiba's 20-year next-gen. reactor development attracts Bill Gates - Mar 19, 2010 [Main News]
Japanese chipmakers suffered most in the 2009 downturn - Mar 19, 2010 [News Flash]
B-to-B ratio keeping over 1 with booking and billing both on the rise - Mar 19, 2010 [News Flash]
Itochu, Toda to form JVs for lithium-ion battery materials - Mar 19, 2010 [News Flash]
Ulvac to begin production of LED equipment in China - Mar 18, 2010 [News Flash]
Funai applies its low-cost strategy to LED TV - Mar 18, 2010 [News Flash]
Hitachi High-Technologies aims for 50% increase in equipment sales - Mar 17, 2010 [Devices]
Dowa starts offering deep ultraviolet LED chips - Mar 17, 2010 [News Flash]
Sumco's business on the rise: securities company - Mar 17, 2010 [News Flash]
Elpida back in profit this fiscal year: Nikkei - Mar 16, 2010 [News Flash]
Renesas, NEC Electronics clear all antitrust hurdles - Mar 16, 2010 [News Flash]
Elpida to migrate to 35nm within this year - Mar 12, 2010 [Main News]
Three "cells" are key technology for low-carbon society - Mar 11, 2010 [Main News]
Nikon ships double-pattern ArF lithography system with NA of 1.35 - Mar 11, 2010 [News Flash]
Ube Material starts offering low-cost ITO alternative - Mar 10, 2010 [News Flash]
Sanken Electric to boost U.S. semiconductor production - Mar 8, 2010 [News Flash]
Toshiba to act as Blu-ray licensor - Mar 5, 2010 [News Flash]
Konica Minolta partners with Konarka for organic thin-film photovoltaics - Mar 5, 2010 [The Semiconductor Industry News]
Nichia plans to quadruple LED production with new fab by 2012 - Mar 5, 2010 [Main News]
Update: Elpida acquires Spansion's R&D resources - Mar 3, 2010 [Devices]
Lumiotec starts sampling OLED light - Mar 2, 2010 [News Flash]
Billing and booking continue growing in December - Feb 26, 2010 [News Flash]
NEC entrusts new three-year term to new president - Feb 26, 2010 [The Semiconductor Industry News]
Semiconductor equipment shortage looming
- V-shaped semiconductor market recovery triggers shortage panic - Feb 25, 2010 [Devices]
Renesas introduces RX microcontroller for motor control - Feb 24, 2010 [Main News]
Fukuoka to step up semiconductor R&D - Feb 18, 2010 [News Flash]
B-to-B ratio keeping over 1 with booking and billing both on the rise - Feb 18, 2010 [Main News]
Toshiba to build second SCiB lithium-ion battery plant - Feb 17, 2010 [News Flash]
Japanese equipment market recovery going well - Feb 17, 2010 [Main News]
Mitsubishi reports development of capacitor/battery hybrid system, high conversion efficiency of solar panels - Feb 10, 2010 [News Flash]
ISSCC: Toshiba develops technology to realize low-voltage LSIs - Feb 9, 2010 [News Flash]
ISSCC: Sony develops millimeter-wave wireless intra-connection technology for board-level data transmission - Feb 8, 2010 [Main News]
Toshiba reports profit in 3Q, but lowers fiscal-year forecast - Feb 5, 2010 [News Flash]
Hitachi appoints new president - Feb 5, 2010 [News Flash]
Sony reports profit for 3Q/FY2009 - Feb 4, 2010 [News Flash]
Pioneer to tie with Mitsubishi Chemical for OLED - Feb 3, 2010 [Devices]
Robot platform Palro on sale in Japan - Feb 2, 2010 [Main News]
NEC Electronics and Renesas reveal post-merger shape of overseas operations - Feb 1, 2010 [News Flash]
Billing and booking continue growing in December - Jan 29, 2010 [Main News]
Elpida establishing production network involving Taiwanese DRAM makers - Jan 28, 2010 [Main News]
Sony starts introducing TransferJet-ready products - Jan 26, 2010 [Main News]
Tokyo Electron to construct plant for etch systems - Jan 22, 2010 [Main News]
Fujitsu appoints new president - Jan 22, 2010 [Main News]
Sanyo ramping up pickup production in Indonesia - Jan 21, 2010 [Main News]
AUO to purchase FED technology from Sony affiliate - Jan 21, 2010 [News Flash]
B-to-B ratio keeping over 1 with booking and billing both on the rise - Jan 19, 2010 [The Semiconductor Industry News]
Green car venture companies at the dawn of the new automotive era - Jan 18, 2010 [Main News]
Panasonic collaborates with Tesla in Li-ion batteries - Jan 15, 2010 [Main News]
Mitsubishi builds SiC power device pilot line - Jan 13, 2010 [Main News]
Manufacturing equipment will surpass 2008 in 2011: SEAJ - Jan 12, 2010 [Main News]
NEC Electronics, Western Digital jointly develop USB3.0 driver for HDDs - Jan 12, 2010 [News Flash]
Fujitsu Microelectronics starts working with TSMC - Jan 8, 2010 [Devices]
Panasonic develops high-efficiency 152-inch 3D PDP display - Jan 6, 2010 [Main News]
Emerging markets and green technology will define 2010 - Jan 5, 2010 [Main News]
Sharp forms solar JVs in Europe - Dec 28, 2009 [Main News]
Sharp, Toyoda Gosei LED cross-licensing deal - Dec 25, 2009 [The Semiconductor Industry News]
Investment in Japanese companies' LED production facilities to surge in 2010 - Dec 24, 2009 [News Flash]
Billing and booking continue growing in Nov. - Dec 22, 2009 [Devices]
Panasonic starts offering 3.1Ah lithium-ion battery - Dec 21, 2009 [Main News]
Global electronics production to grow 7% in 2010: JEITA - Dec 18, 2009 [Devices]
Elpida offering 65nm 1-gigabit DRAM cost-competitive with 50nm devices - Dec 18, 2009 [News Flash]
B-to-B ratio drops in November, but booking and billing both on the rise - Dec 16, 2009 [Main News]
Renesas Electronics to devote 100 days to formulating strategy - Dec 16, 2009 [News Flash]
Japanese equipment market recovery stalls - Dec 15, 2009 [News Flash]
Renesas, NEC Electronics sign merger agreement - Dec 14, 2009 [Main News]
Lithium-ion system, key to Sanyo's energy solutions business - Dec 14, 2009 [Devices]
Renesas offers one-package DrMOS with 91% conversion efficiency - Dec 11, 2009 [News Flash]
Tokyo Cathode Laboratory allies with Form Factor on MEMS probe - Dec 10, 2009 [Main News]
Panasonic develops one-chip GaN inverter IC on silicon substrate - Dec 10, 2009 [News Flash]
Panasonic announces completion of tender offer for Sanyo shares - Dec 9, 2009 [News Flash]
SDK develops ultra-smooth-surface SiC epitaxial wafers - Dec 8, 2009 [Main News]
Toshiba-developed spin transistor may lead to revolutionary devices - Dec 4, 2009 [Main News]
Worldwide semiconductor equipment market heading for record decline in 2009: SEMI - Dec 4, 2009 [News Flash]
TEL Joins Sematech's Front End Processes Program - Dec 3, 2009 [Main News]
Semicon Japan shrinks drastically - Dec 1, 2009 [Main News]
Full-scale operation of Sharp's 10G LCD fab by next October - Nov 30, 2009 [News Flash]
Positive billing and booking resumed on year-on-year basis in October - Nov 27, 2009 [Main News]
Does Japan need the world's fastest supercomputer? Budget screening provokes backlash - Nov 26, 2009 [The Semiconductor Industry News]
Global water treatment business to be worth 100 trillion yen by 2025
- Big chance for Japanese materials manufacturers and trading companies- - Nov 25, 2009 [News Flash]
Toshiba to form SoC chip assembly JV in China - Nov 24, 2009 [News Flash]
SDK starts electrolyte business for stable automotive lithium-ion batteries - Nov 24, 2009 [Devices]
Elpida develops 6-Gbps GDDR5, the world’s fastest - Nov 20, 2009 [Main News]
Sony’s recovery and growth scenario dependent on new network services - Nov 19, 2009 [News Flash]
B-to-B ratio drops in September, but booking and billing both on the rise - Nov 18, 2009 [News Flash]
Toshiba develops small-molecule photo resist for EUV lithography - Nov 18, 2009 [Devices]
Sanyo to offer general-purpose lithium-ion battery systems - Nov 17, 2009 [News Flash]
Canon acquiring Océ to gain No.1 spot as printer solution provider - Nov 16, 2009 [News Flash]
Konica Minolta to build pilot line for roll-to-roll coating OLED production - Nov 16, 2009 [News Flash]
Japanese equipment market recovery pauses - Nov 13, 2009 [Main News]
Elpida to secure DRAM capacity by shrinking to 40nm process and through production partnerships - Nov 13, 2009 [News Flash]
Semiconductor equipment sales recovery on track - Nov 11, 2009 [News Flash]
Elpida makes Winbond its DRAM supplier - Nov 11, 2009 [News Flash]
Pioneer and Sharp start optical disk JV - Nov 9, 2009 [Main News]
NEC develops packaging technology for 28nm and beyond - Nov 6, 2009 [News Flash]
Elpida to source DRAM from ProMOS - Nov 6, 2009 [News Flash]
Casio and Toppan to form JV for OLED production - Nov 5, 2009 [Main News]
Mitsui's NF3 gas plant hit by explosion - Nov 5, 2009 [News Flash]
Toyota to withdraw from F1 - Nov 4, 2009 [Main News]
Panasonic to start tender offer for Sanyo shares - Nov 2, 2009 [Main News]
Overwhelming market share in batteries hindering Panasonic's acquisition of Sanyo - Oct 30, 2009 [Main News]
Japanese equipment vendors' sales almost recover to last year's level - Oct 29, 2009 [Main News]
Partners forming Renesas Electronics report nearly 100 billion yen in combined losses - Oct 28, 2009 [Main News]
Removable iVDR hard disk cartridge approved as ISO standard - Oct 27, 2009 [Main News]
Tokyo Motor Show, a snapshot of Japans auto industry at a turning point - Oct 26, 2009 [News Flash]
Trio establishing chip assembly JV - Oct 23, 2009 [News Flash]
Sharp develops solar cell with 35.8% conversion efficiency - Oct 22, 2009 [Devices]
Toshiba to sell DMFC for charging mobile gear - Oct 22, 2009 [The Semiconductor Industry News]
Demand for power devices is about to explode
- Why Toshiba is aggressively investing in power devices - Oct 22, 2009 [News Flash]
B-to-B ratio drops in September, but booking and billing both on the rise - Oct 21, 2009 [News Flash]
Nikon acquires Metris NV - Oct 21, 2009 [News Flash]
Spansion Japan to sell 300mm NOR facility - Oct 20, 2009 [Machinery & Equipment]
Disco develops dual-spindle manual loading dicing saw - Oct 19, 2009 [News Flash]
Japanese semiconductor equipment market recovering but still small - Oct 16, 2009 [News Flash]
Hitachi Via preparing equipment production in China - Oct 16, 2009 [Main News]
Elpida expects to move into the black in 2Q - Oct 15, 2009 [News Flash]
Semiconductor equipment sales continue recovering on year-on-year basis - Oct 14, 2009 [News Flash]
Rohm to acquire US MEMS vendor Kionix - Oct 14, 2009 [Devices]
CEATEC: Murata develops 50-micron-thick capacitors - Oct 13, 2009 [Main News]
Week in Review: CEATEC at the crossroads - Oct 9, 2009 [Main News]
CEATEC: Dye-sensitized solar panels at the showground - Oct 9, 2009 [Main News]
CEATEC: Standard cell halving lithium-ion battery cost from Panasonic - Oct 8, 2009 [Main News]
CEATEC 2009 trumpets new energy and 3D displays - Oct 8, 2009 [News Flash]
Elpida develops 40nm 2-Gbit DDR3 SDRAM - Oct 6, 2009 [Main News]
CEATEC: Toshiba develops Cell processor-based TV - Oct 6, 2009 [News Flash]
NEC Electronics offering Autosar 3.0-compatible software package - Oct 2, 2009 [Main News]
SSDM2009 expected to attract record attendance - Oct 1, 2009 [Main News]
Renesas, Panasonic jointly run pilot line for 32/28nm SoC LSI development - Oct 1, 2009 [Main News]
Japan FTC issues cease and desist order to Qualcomm - Sep 30, 2009 [News Flash]
Japanese semiconductor vendors' sales improving - Sep 29, 2009 [Main News]
Sharp introducing LED TVs - too late or competitive? - Sep 28, 2009 [Main News]
Week in Review: Tokyo Game Show opens following 5-day holiday - Sep 28, 2009 [News Flash]
Murata shows off upgraded robot girl - Sep 28, 2009 [Devices]
Elpida to offer 2-Gbit-DDR2 mobile RAM - Sep 25, 2009 [The Semiconductor Industry News]
Change of government will accelerate new energy policy
- Target of 30% cut in CO2 emissions from 2005 level creates shockwaves - - Sep 24, 2009 [News Flash]
Honda develops monocycle personal mobility device - Sep 18, 2009 [News Flash]
Toshiba's SoC assembly JV delayed - Sep 18, 2009 [News Flash]
B-to-B ratio improves for Japanese semiconductor equipment in August - Sep 18, 2009 [Main News]
Sharp develops new UV2A liquid crystal alignment technology - Sep 17, 2009 [Main News]
Renesas Electronics to get 200 billion yen investment - Sep 17, 2009 [News Flash]
Sanyo allies with Dutch TomTom for built-in car navigation systems - Sep 16, 2009 [News Flash]
NEC Electronics and Renesas signing merger contract - Sep 15, 2009 [Main News]
NEC, Casio, Hitachi form mobile phone JV to escape "Galapagos syndrome" - Sep 15, 2009 [News Flash]
Docomo to sell entire stake in U Mobile - Sep 14, 2009 [News Flash]
NEC's mobile unit and Casio/Hitachi mobile JV will merge - Sep 14, 2009 [Main News]
Sharp develops 500mW blue laser - Sep 11, 2009 [News Flash]
Semicon Japan 2009 still accepting additional exhibitors - Sep 11, 2009 [Main News]
Wafer majors reveal sluggish business forecasts - Sep 10, 2009 [News Flash]
Sharp space-use solar panels to power car in trans-Australia race - Sep 9, 2009 [The Semiconductor Industry News]
SDK prepares 6-inch sapphire wafer-based production for blue LED chips - Sep 8, 2009 [Main News]
New plant to boost Showa Shell's solar cell production capacity to 1GW - Sep 7, 2009 [Main News]
Update: Stock market responds favorably to reports on Toshiba's outsourcing - Sep 7, 2009 [Main News]
Sharp to sell 6G LCD line to China - Sep 4, 2009 [News Flash]
Verbatim purchases Holland's Freecom - Sep 4, 2009 [Devices]
Tokyo Electron Device to offer Apical' dynamic range compression LSI - Sep 4, 2009 [News Flash]
Fuji Chimera forecasts 131-fold expansion of 3D display market - Sep 3, 2009 [Main News]
Fujitsu Microelectronics acquires Freescale's RFIC unit - Sep 3, 2009 [News Flash]
NEC Electronics co-sponsors student design contest in China - Sep 3, 2009 [News Flash]
Fujitsu Microelectronics licenses ARM Cortex-M3 - Sep 2, 2009 [The Semiconductor Industry News]
Impact of Corning's suspension of glass production may be minor - Sep 2, 2009 [News Flash]
Riken develops care robot for easy moving of patitents - Sep 2, 2009 [News Flash]
Sony to sell Mexican TV plant to Hon Hai - Sep 1, 2009 [Main News]
Japan forms consortium for next-generation power device development - Aug 31, 2009 [News Flash]
Panasonic, Sanyo report progress in preparing tender offer - Aug 31, 2009 [News Flash]
Japanese vendors' equipment business keeps rising - Aug 28, 2009 [News Flash]
NEC, Hitachi, Casio may merge mobile-phone development - Aug 28, 2009 [Devices]
Sharp's NetWalker positioned between mobile phones and netbooks - Aug 27, 2009 [The Semiconductor Industry News]
Hitachi's semiconductor operations far from negligible
Green technology and new energy are the big break - Aug 27, 2009 [News Flash]
Fujitsu pursuing fab-lite model, expanding contract with TSMC to 28nm - Aug 26, 2009 [News Flash]
Renesas and NEC Electronics to get 200 billion yen aid for merger: Nikkei - Aug 25, 2009 [News Flash]
NEDO to present results of Grants for Young Researchers - Aug 24, 2009 [News Flash]
LED production equipment continues growing in 2009: YRI - Aug 21, 2009 [Main News]
Nikon will skip EUV beta system - Aug 20, 2009 [Main News]
PlayStation 3 powered by 45nm Cell engine to hit market in September - Aug 19, 2009 [News Flash]
Sumitomo Precision taking over Aviza's MEMS equipment business - Aug 19, 2009 [News Flash]
NEC Electronics licenses DivX Plus HD technology - Aug 18, 2009 [Main News]
METI building a nanotechnology R&D center in Tsukuba - Aug 14, 2009 [Main News]
Shizuoka quake rocked Corning plant - Aug 13, 2009 [News Flash]
Semiconductor equipment sales recovering on year-on-year basis - Aug 7, 2009 [News Flash]
Toshiba to shift mid- and small-sized LCD production to JV in China - Aug 6, 2009 [News Flash]
Toshiba targets 350 billion yen recovery in operating profit this fiscal year - Aug 5, 2009 [Main News]
TEL and Tanaka Kikinzoku team up to recycle 2Xnm process material - Aug 4, 2009 [News Flash]
Elpida to take over Qimonda's graphics DRAM business - Aug 3, 2009 [News Flash]
Nissan unveils electric car Leaf - Jul 31, 2009 [Main News]
Sony teams up with Sharp for LCD panel production - Jul 30, 2009 [The Semiconductor Industry News]
Super Heat Pump-fruit of Japanese innovation
Heat pump emerges as the star among candidate renewables - Jul 29, 2009 [News Flash]
Japanese vendors' equipment business keeps rising - Jul 28, 2009 [News Flash]
Renesas, NEC Electronics merger delayed until August - Jul 28, 2009 [News Flash]
JFTC to order Qualcomm to stop unfair business practices - Jul 27, 2009 [News Flash]
Sharp, Sony to conclude contract on 10th generation LCD fab - Jul 27, 2009 [Main News]
Toppan to start on-chip filter process service for 300mm wafers - Jul 24, 2009 [News Flash]
Mitsubishi Motors introduces electric car - Jul 24, 2009 [Main News]
AIST provides new national standards for length - Jul 23, 2009 [News Flash]
B/B ratio jumps up in June - Jul 21, 2009 [Machinery & Equipment]
Panasonic develops 3D profilometer - Jul 17, 2009 [Main News]
Sumitomo Electric develops pure green semiconductor laser - Jul 16, 2009 [News Flash]
Toyota to supply hybrid system to Mazda: Media reports - Jul 15, 2009 [News Flash]
Ushio acquires 49% of US laser company: step toward 100% acquisition - Jul 14, 2009 [Main News]
2009 will see 25% production drop: wafer industry organization says - Jul 13, 2009 [News Flash]
Semiconductor equipment sales were second worst, but improving - Jul 10, 2009 [News Flash]
Sharp increases LCD fab capacity by 10% - Jul 10, 2009 [The Semiconductor Industry News]
China, Taiwan makers expanding solar cell production capacity - Jul 9, 2009 [Main News]
Sanyo to offer iVDR digital tuner - Jul 8, 2009 [Main News]
Update: Sharp, Sony to continue negotiation on 10G LCD joint operation - Jul 6, 2009 [News Flash]
Hard times for Japan's semiconductor equipment vendors to continue: SEAJ - Jul 6, 2009 [Devices]
Mitsumi to offer 1.5mm-thick GSP chip - Jul 3, 2009 [News Flash]
Academia-industry project: slash LSI power dissipation to 1/10 - Jul 3, 2009 [Main News]
Global MEMS market to grow to 663 billion yen by 2013: Fuji Chimera - Jul 2, 2009 [Main News]
DNP, Molecular Imprints ally to prepare imprint masks for 22nm process - Jul 2, 2009 [News Flash]
Japanese vendors' booking continue improving - Jul 1, 2009 [Main News]
Hitachi launches consumer electronics company - Jun 30, 2009 [Main News]
Elpida to get 160 billion yen in support - Jun 29, 2009 [News Flash]
Brain waves control wheelchairs - Jun 29, 2009 [News Flash]
Elpida to get 200 billion yen support from government and banks: Nikkei - Jun 25, 2009 [News Flash]
Dainippon Screen acquires Sokudo - Jun 24, 2009 [The Semiconductor Industry News]
MEMS: hyped but market size is 1/40 of semiconductors
-Small playing field crowded with 30 foundries brings no profit- - Jun 24, 2009 [News Flash]
Showa Shell and Saudi Aramco to launch solar power generation project - Jun 22, 2009 [Machinery & Equipment]
Ulvac's subsidiary to offer QCM system to handle small-quantity sample - Jun 19, 2009 [News Flash]
Elpida to apply for government aid: media reports - Jun 19, 2009 [News Flash]
Toshiba, NEC Electronics extending joint R&D with IBM to 28nm - Jun 18, 2009 [News Flash]
B/B ratio continues rising in May - Jun 18, 2009 [Main News]
Nikon's upcoming ArF immersion litho rivals ASML system - Jun 17, 2009 [Devices]
Mitsubishi Electric to introduce low power-loss IGBT module - Jun 16, 2009 [Main News]
NEC Electronics new architecture to scale down analog circuits - Jun 15, 2009 [News Flash]
Toshiba develops gate stack technology for 16nm node - Jun 15, 2009 [News Flash]
B/B ratio of Japanese market drops again in April - Jun 12, 2009 [Main News]
NEDO secondary cell project targets fivefold increase in energy density - Jun 11, 2009 [News Flash]
Funai patents: ITC's import ban applied to Vizio digital TVs - Jun 10, 2009 [News Flash]
Semiconductor equipment sales continue rising in April - Jun 10, 2009 [Main News]
NEDO and Japanese companies to build smart grid in U.S. - Jun 9, 2009 [Main News]
Sharp positions itself as "eco-positive" company - Jun 5, 2009 [Main News]
Canon to start construction of digital still camera plant - Jun 5, 2009 [News Flash]
Hitachi develops streaming technology to realize 12 Gbps distribution - Jun 4, 2009 [Business]
Photovoltaic cell shipments drop in 1Q/09 - Jun 4, 2009 [Business]
Nikon to acquire Metris, Belgium - Jun 4, 2009 [Main News]
WSTS: Global chip market to shrink 21.6%, Japanese market 28.5% - Jun 3, 2009 [Main News]
Update: Showa Shell aiming at a global 10% share with CIS solar cells - Jun 3, 2009 [Business]
Sony and Samsung JV’s 8G LCD fab comes on stream - Jun 2, 2009 [Machinery & Equipment]
Advantest develops high-speed DDR3 memory tester - Jun 1, 2009 [News Flash]
Sharp develops "natural color" display - Jun 1, 2009 [Main News]
Sumco to slash small-diameter wafer production by 30% - May 29, 2009 [Main News]
Ebara decides to withdraw from fuel cell business - May 29, 2009 [News Flash]
SanRex focuses on high-performance SiC diodes - May 28, 2009 [The Semiconductor Industry News]
When, if ever, will the recovery of Japan's semiconductor industry begin?
Rising tide in Taiwan, still low tide in Japan - May 28, 2009 [News Flash]
Japanese vendors' billing picking up - May 27, 2009 [News Flash]
Nikon restructures lithography production facilities - May 26, 2009 [News Flash]
New material realizes low-cost OLED emitting three primary colors - May 26, 2009 [Main News]
International joint robot R&D center launched in Kyushu - May 25, 2009 [News Flash]
NetFront most widely used browser for mobile phones in US and Europe: Access - May 25, 2009 [Main News]
NHK demonstrates multi-channel satellite 4Kx8K TV broadcasting - May 22, 2009 [News Flash]
Sanyo achieves 23% energy conversion efficiency - May 21, 2009 [News Flash]
B/B ratio turns upward in April - May 21, 2009 [Main News]
Hitachi GST acquires Western Digital's HDD substrate production facilities - May 20, 2009 [Main News]
Hitachi develops 4500W/kg lithium-ion battery for cars - May 20, 2009 [Devices]
Fujitsu starts offering 125°C-resistant FCRAM - May 19, 2009 [Devices]
NEC to begin sampling USB3.0 controller chip - May 19, 2009 [News Flash]
Toyota introduces 3rd generation Prius in Japan - May 18, 2009 [News Flash]
Fujitsu develops world's fastest CPU: 128 Gflops - May 15, 2009 [Main News]
Sanyo to build new lithium-ion battery plant for hybrid electric vehicles - May 15, 2009 [News Flash]
Toshiba files DVD patent infringement suit against Imation, etc. - May 14, 2009 [Main News]
Nikon battered by suppressed investment - May 13, 2009 [Main News]
Elpida reports 179 billion yen loss - May 12, 2009 [Main News]
NEC reports record-low sales - May 11, 2009 [Main News]
Toshiba plans sharp recovery but will stay in the red for two years - May 8, 2009 [Main News]
Panasonic reportedly tying up with Sumitomo Chemical for OLED TV - May 8, 2009 [Devices]
NEC Electronics to offer dual-core microcontroller - May 7, 2009 [Main News]
Renesas reports first operating loss - May 1, 2009 [News Flash]
Toshiba to acquire Fujitsu HDD business for SDD expansion - May 1, 2009 [Main News]
Update: Fujitsu partners TSMC for frontline chip fabrication - Apr 28, 2009 [News Flash]
Toshiba to outsource assembly process to JV - Apr 28, 2009 [Main News]
Renesas and NEC Electronics will merge next April - Apr 27, 2009 [Main News]
Toshiba starts sampling of 32nm-generation NAND chips - Apr 24, 2009 [Devices]
Rohm starts sampling of nonvolatile logic chip consuming no standby power - Apr 24, 2009 [News Flash]
Renesas and NEC Electronics agree on merger: Nikkei - Apr 23, 2009 [News Flash]
Electric companies showing keen interest in governmental bailout - Apr 22, 2009 [The Semiconductor Industry News]
For all the fuss, what would a Renesas - NEC Electronics merger mean? - Apr 21, 2009 [News Flash]
Hitachi will be profitable next fiscal year: new Hitachi president says - Apr 21, 2009 [News Flash]
Japan's Government planning semiconductor R&D center: Yomiuri - Apr 20, 2009 [News Flash]
B/B ratio continues at record low - Apr 20, 2009 [News Flash]
Toshiba revises projected FY2008 business results again - Apr 20, 2009 [Main News]
LED to OLED, major players predict at Lighting Japan - Apr 16, 2009 [Main News]
Renesas, NEC Electronics to merge operations says report - Apr 15, 2009 [News Flash]
Hiroshima University develops light-emitting silicon - Apr 14, 2009 [Main News]
Itochu acquires US and Japanese PV system integrators - Apr 13, 2009 [News Flash]
Japan to eliminate tariffs on Hynix DRAM chips - Apr 13, 2009 [The Semiconductor Industry News]
Lithium-ion capacitor production ramping up - Apr 10, 2009 [News Flash]
Facet crystal growth experiment starts in space - Apr 10, 2009 [News Flash]
Pioneer and Sharp to form optical disc JV - Apr 10, 2009 [News Flash]
Micron ends negotiations with TMC on DRAM alliance - Apr 9, 2009 [Main News]
Production technology "for sale": Sharp signals drastic change in strategy - Apr 8, 2009 [Main News]
Sharp to begin 10G LCD operation in October - Apr 7, 2009 [Devices]
Sanyo to offer smallest-ever power MOSFETs for mobile devices - Apr 6, 2009 [News Flash]
Applied Materials and Disco team up for wafer thinning technology - Apr 3, 2009 [Main News]
NEC Electronics concentrates advanced process R&D in Yamagata - Apr 2, 2009 [News Flash]
NEC develops interface enabling communication faster than USB3.0 - Apr 1, 2009 [Main News]
Toshiba to acquire Panasonic's stake in TMD Display Technology - Apr 1, 2009 [Main News]
Taiwan Memory to select both Elpida and Micron as DRAM partners - Mar 31, 2009 [The Semiconductor Industry News]
Semiconductor technology "osmosing" into environmental business - Mar 31, 2009 [News Flash]
Semiconductor equipment vendors' business records the worst ever - Mar 30, 2009 [News Flash]
Panasonic to close two plants in Japan - Mar 27, 2009 [Main News]
Nippon Steel starts offering SiC wafers - Mar 27, 2009 [News Flash]
Fuji Electric and TDK to merge UPS businesses - Mar 26, 2009 [News Flash]
Elpida to increase capital by new share issue - Mar 25, 2009 [Main News]
Renesas to introduce first RX microcontrollers - Mar 24, 2009 [Main News]
METI to boost photovoltaic industry - Mar 23, 2009 [News Flash]
B/B ratio drops to lowest level ever - Mar 23, 2009 [News Flash]
Hitachi, Mitsubishi to invest in Renesas - Mar 19, 2009 [Main News]
Update: Toshiba appoints new president and CEO - Mar 19, 2009 [News Flash]
Hitachi achieves 10gbits/s transmission compliant with 10G-EPON - Mar 18, 2009 [Materials]
Asahi Glass develops knottable optical fiber - Mar 18, 2009 [News Flash]
Toshiba appoints new president - Mar 18, 2009 [Main News]
AIST develops humanoid robot "who" looks like a real girl - Mar 17, 2009 [Materials]
IBM, Central Glass develop chlorine-resistant membrane for water filtering - Mar 17, 2009 [Main News]
Worsening outlook forces management changes at Hitachi - Mar 16, 2009 [News Flash]
Global semiconductor equipment sales dropping - Mar 16, 2009 [News Flash]
Elpida takes Rexchip under its management - Mar 13, 2009 [Main News]
Epson and Sony start talking about LCD business alliance - Mar 13, 2009 [News Flash]
Around 1000 Sanyo semiconductor employees to quit - Mar 12, 2009 [News Flash]
Photovoltaic system installation to drop 6% in 2009: Displaybank - Mar 11, 2009 [News Flash]
Omron to restructure or close poorly performing operations - Mar 11, 2009 [News Flash]
Taiwan to select DRAM partner within March - Mar 10, 2009 [Materials]
Mitsubishi Gas starts sampling of resist for EUV lithography - Mar 10, 2009 [Main News]
JSR and Tri Chemical ally for 22nm materials - Mar 9, 2009 [News Flash]
Japan's consumer electronics market showed modest growth in 2008: GfK - Mar 6, 2009 [Devices]
NEC to offer SoC chip for advanced car audio systems - Mar 6, 2009 [News Flash]
Taiwan to set up new DRAM company, tie-up with Elpida still pending - Mar 5, 2009 [Main News]
Mitsubishi to enter solar power generation business in Europe - Mar 5, 2009 [Main News]
Toppan Forms develops Ag ink printable at 100 degrees Celsius - Mar 5, 2009 [Main News]
NEC to consolidate LCD fabs - Mar 4, 2009 [Main News]
Global slump hammers Chinese semiconductor sector: Allegro - Mar 3, 2009 [Main News]
Hamamatsu Photonics develops high-sensitivity, compact imager - Mar 3, 2009 [News Flash]
Nissan to build plant in Portugal for EV-use lithium-ion batteries - Mar 2, 2009 [Business]
Update: Sony appoints Stringer president and CEO - Mar 2, 2009 [News Flash]
Panasonic's TOB bid for Sanyo shares delayed for two months - Feb 27, 2009 [News Flash]
Sony appoints Stringer president and CEO - Feb 27, 2009 [Main News]
Asahi Glass and Sematech to work on commercial EUV mask blank technology - Feb 27, 2009 [News Flash]
Taiwan postpones announcement of DRAM restructuring guidelines - Feb 26, 2009 [Main News]
Solar cell shipments grew 33% to 313 MW: JPEA - Feb 26, 2009 [News Flash]
DRAM market hit bottom in 1Q09: IC Insights - Feb 26, 2009 [News Flash]
Tokyo University prints organic transistor with 1-micron channel - Feb 25, 2009 [The Semiconductor Industry News]
Sharp in talks on sale of LCD facilities to buyer from China - Feb 25, 2009 [News Flash]
Japan to standardize software for automotive control - Feb 25, 2009 [News Flash]
TOK joining Sematech for EUV photoresist development - Feb 24, 2009 [News Flash]
Current management to run Spansion Japan - Feb 24, 2009 [News Flash]
Kyocera to expand solar module assembly fourfold in China - Feb 23, 2009 [Main News]
Nintendo to introduce 3rd gen. DS handheld in US - Feb 23, 2009 [News Flash]
JSR and IBM to collaborate on materials for 32nm and 22nm nodes - Feb 20, 2009 [Main News]
Silicon Sea Belt Summit opens in Fukuoka - Feb 19, 2009 [The Semiconductor Industry News]
OLED lighting era just around the corner -- Ventures spring up in Japan - Feb 19, 2009 [Main News]
Mitsubishi Electric achieves 18.9% record-high efficiency for multicrystalline silicon solar cell - Feb 17, 2009 [News Flash]
Toshiba to acquire Fujitsu HDD business - Feb 17, 2009 [Main News]
Ministry initiates study of wireless power supply technology - Feb 17, 2009 [Main News]
Sanyo to expand solar cell capacity - Feb 16, 2009 [Devices]
Toshiba promoting mobile Internet phone in Europe - Feb 16, 2009 [Main News]
Silicon production in Japan at record high in 2008 but wafer sales drop - Feb 13, 2009 [News Flash]
Toshiba and Volkswagen agree on EV collaboration - Feb 13, 2009 [News Flash]
Nikon forming joint research center with French partner Essilor - Feb 13, 2009 [Main News]
Pioneer withdrawing from TV business - Feb 12, 2009 [News Flash]
Spansion Japan seeks bankruptcy protection - Feb 12, 2009 [The Semiconductor Industry News]
Showa Denko enters SiC epiwafer business - Feb 10, 2009 [News Flash]
2008 mobile phone shipments in Japan fell below previous year's level - Feb 10, 2009 [News Flash]
NEC develops new memory architecture for system-on-chip LSI - Feb 9, 2009 [Main News]
Elpida weighing measures for survival - Feb 9, 2009 [News Flash]
Toshiba develops 128-Mbit FeRAM with 1.6Gbyte/sec transfer rate - Feb 6, 2009 [Devices]
NEC Electronics offering SoC chip for 12-megapixel camera phones - Feb 6, 2009 [News Flash]
Honda introduces the low-cost hybrid Insight - Feb 6, 2009 [News Flash]
Sharp adopts Virage Logic IP for next-gen. image sensor chips - Feb 5, 2009 [Main News]
Panasonic forecasts a big net loss for fiscal 2008 - Feb 5, 2009 [Main News]
Indian and Japanese semiconductor firms can grow further...together - Feb 4, 2009 [News Flash]
Elpida may apply for public funds: Nikkei reports - Feb 3, 2009 [Main News]
Sharp drop now, but rise in FPD demand surely coming: DisplaySearch - Feb 2, 2009 [Main News]
Hitachi forecasts jaw-dropping 700 billion yen net loss - Feb 2, 2009 [Main News]
Renesas forecasts sharp sales drop and big loss - Jan 30, 2009 [Main News]
Big loss urges Toshiba to consider semiconductor consolidation to survive - Jan 29, 2009 [News Flash]
Sony delaying G10 LCD JV investment - Jan 28, 2009 [Main News]
46 million digital terrestrial broadcasting receivers shipped in Japan - Jan 27, 2009 [Main News]
Fujitsu to terminate HDD head business - Jan 27, 2009 [Main News]
Toshiba postponing construction of new fabs - Jan 26, 2009 [News Flash]
Hitachi scholarship program for South African power generation engineers - Jan 26, 2009 [Main News]
Sanyo and Nippon Oil form thin-film solar cell JV - Jan 23, 2009 [News Flash]
Sony's revised forecast for this year: big loss! - Jan 22, 2009 [News Flash]
Mitsubishi Chemical licenses Cree's GaN substrate technology - Jan 21, 2009 [News Flash]
DRAM business merger of Elpida and ProMos at hand, NHK reports - Jan 21, 2009 [The Semiconductor Industry News]
Bravo! Batteries poised for explosive growth, with lithium-ion out in front! - Jan 20, 2009 [New Products]
Elpida develops 32bit-configuration 1Gbit XDR DRAM - Jan 19, 2009 [News Flash]
S.E.S. seeks court protection - Jan 16, 2009 [Main News]
Semiconductor and FPD sales projections: SEAJ - Jan 16, 2009 [News Flash]
Toshiba and Renesas each expect to lose 200 billion yen - Jan 16, 2009 [News Flash]
Sanyo to slash 1200 jobs from semiconductor business - Jan 15, 2009 [The Semiconductor Industry News]
New business budding in adversity: 2009 - Jan 14, 2009 [The Semiconductor Industry News]
Kyocera to invest 50 billion yen in solar cell business - Jan 14, 2009 [News Flash]
Toshiba in talks with Fujitsu to buy its HDD business - Jan 13, 2009 [Main News]
Difficult times are an opportunity for renewed progress: tough-talking Panasonic - Jan 9, 2009 [News Flash]
TDK revises forecasts: red ink and loss of 8,000 jobs - Jan 8, 2009 [News Flash]
Sony and Sandisk expand Memory Stick capacity to 2 TB - Jan 7, 2009 [Main News]
Asahi Kasei to acquire Toko's semiconductor unit - Jan 6, 2009 [News Flash]
JVC develops 7mm-thick LCD display - Jan 6, 2009 [News Flash]
Sanyo to cut 1,000 jobs at its semiconductor operation - Jan 5, 2009 [News Flash]
Toshiba launches solar systems business - Jan 5, 2009 [News Flash]
Economic recovery expected in first half of 2010: Nikkei poll - Dec 26, 2008 [News Flash]
Taiwanese authorities urge tie-ups among struggling Taiwan-Japan-US DRAM makers - Dec 25, 2008 [The Semiconductor Industry News]
White LED revolution flaring up -First radical change since Thomas Edison - Dec 24, 2008 [News Flash]
Toshiba to build SCiB battery plant - Dec 22, 2008 [Main News]
Sanyo's energy business gives Panasonic an appetite for the acquisition - Dec 22, 2008 [News Flash]
Global electronics to grow by 2% in 2009: JEITA forecasts - Dec 19, 2008 [Main News]
Tomy's i-Sobot humanoid robot wins Grand Prize in METI's Robot Awards 2008 - Dec 18, 2008 [News Flash]
Panasonic's Sanyo buyout negotiations reach agreement - Dec 16, 2008 [Main News]
Kyushu Univ. team develops printable disposable DFB dye lasers - Dec 16, 2008 [News Flash]
Toshiba to cut production for almost one month - Dec 15, 2008 [News Flash]
TEL postpones construction of new plant - Dec 12, 2008 [Main News]
Higher productivity is a must: ISMI briefing on 450mm transition - Dec 11, 2008 [Main News]
Sharp's expansive solar cell strategy targets grid parity by 2010 - Dec 10, 2008 [News Flash]
Nikon upgrading DP ArF immersion litho with NA1.35 - Dec 9, 2008 [News Flash]
Sony cutting 8,000 jobs and closing 5-6 plants to save 100 billion yen - Dec 9, 2008 [News Flash]
Sumco expanding silicon wafer capacity for solar cells - Dec 4, 2008 [New Products]
Semicon Japan: ASML's double-patterning system debuts - Dec 3, 2008 [New Products]
Semicon Japan: Ulvac to offer ultra-thin-film lithium-ion battery production system - Dec 3, 2008 [Main News]
Semicon Japan: Equipment market to continue declining in 2009: SEMI - Dec 1, 2008 [New Products]
Dainippon Screen develops IPA-free wafer-drying technology - Nov 27, 2008 [The Semiconductor Industry News]
Growing power device demand fueling 8-inch wafer revival - Nov 27, 2008 [News Flash]
Sharp forming JV to manufacture solar cells in Europe - Nov 26, 2008 [Main News]
Asian contribution to increase at ISSCC 2009 - Nov 25, 2008 [News Flash]
Nichia and Sharp cross-license LEDs and laser diodes - Nov 21, 2008 [News Flash]
FTTH subscription growth leveling off - Nov 21, 2008 [New Products]
Toray doubles polyimide coating sensitivity - Nov 19, 2008 [Main News]
TEL, NanoGram to jointly work on solar cell tools - Nov 19, 2008 [Main News]
Worldwide semiconductor market down 2009 and up 2010: WSTS - Nov 17, 2008 [News Flash]
Flash memory cards to grow at double-digit rate: JRIA - Nov 14, 2008 [Main News]
NEDO to collaborate with Spanish R&D agency on a program for solar cells - Nov 14, 2008 [Main News]
Sanyo develops "energy harvesting" device to generate electricity from walking vibration - Nov 13, 2008 [New Products]
Nikon to offer double patterning ArF immersion scanner this quarter next year - Nov 13, 2008 [New Products]
Sony develops 1225-megapixel CMOS sensor for mobile camera - Nov 12, 2008 [News Flash]
Panasonic contracts with IMEC for wide-ranging joint research - Nov 10, 2008 [Main News]
Elpida tackling emergency - Nov 7, 2008 [News Flash]
Panasonic and Sanyo boards agree to start talking on acquisition - Nov 7, 2008 [News Flash]
Rohm plans 5% job cut - Nov 5, 2008 [Main News]
NEC Electronics aims to beef up image-processing LSIs through capital tie-up - Nov 4, 2008 [Main News]
Visible light communications extends to mobile phones - Nov 4, 2008 [News Flash]
Panasonic in talks on acquisition of Sanyo - Oct 31, 2008 [News Flash]
Chipmakers in Japan to lower operating rates - Oct 31, 2008 [Main News]
Solar biz soars but still too small to compensate for Sharp's sales plunge - Oct 30, 2008 [News Flash]
Fujitsu revises fiscal year forecast downward - Oct 30, 2008 [Main News]
NEC Electronics expects 40nm products to contribute to results next year - Oct 28, 2008 [News Flash]
Elpida to put off China DRAM production plan - Oct 24, 2008 [News Flash]
Sony revises forecast, slashing operating profit by 57% - Oct 24, 2008 [Main News]
Renesas has yet to confirm reports it will outsource next-gen. chip production to TSMC - Oct 21, 2008 [News Flash]
NEC Electronics expects to make a loss this fiscal year, too - Oct 15, 2008 [New Products]
Tokyo Ohka offers TSV process supporting system - Oct 10, 2008 [Main News]
Panasonic and Renesas say 32nm SoC chip production technology is ready - Oct 10, 2008 [News Flash]
Numonyx and Elpida sign foundry agreement for NOR flash memory supply - Oct 1, 2008 [News Flash]
Rohm acquires Oki's semiconductor unit - Sep 26, 2008 [News Flash]
Renesas considering selling its German fab - Sep 26, 2008 [News Flash]
LSI test house Genesis to accept court-protected rehabilitation - Sep 24, 2008 [News Flash]
CEATEC: Trio to demonstrate cell phone with embedded intelligent car key - Sep 24, 2008 [New Products]
CEATEC: Epson Toyocom develops one-inch cube QMEMS crystal atmospheric pressure sensor - Sep 23, 2008 [News Flash]
CEATEC: Murata develops a unicycle-riding "girl" robot to demonstrate its gyro control technology - Sep 18, 2008 [News Flash]
Panasonic and Hitachi intensify their plasma TV collaboration - Sep 18, 2008 [News Flash]
Elionix to win grand prize for high-precision EB litho - Sep 17, 2008 [News Flash]
Microsoft and Pioneer enter into cross-licensing agreement - Sep 17, 2008 [News Flash]
NEC Electronics and ELMOS agree on business partnership - Sep 12, 2008 [News Flash]
Panasonic to introduce single-lens camera - Sep 12, 2008 [News Flash]
Toshiba invests in CriticalBlue for multicore processor software - Sep 11, 2008 [News Flash]
NEC Electronics joins IBM-led next-gen. chip process development team - Sep 9, 2008 [News Flash]
METI to ease subsidy requirements for solar power installation - Sep 9, 2008 [News Flash]
Nissan develops automotive inverter using SiC diodes - Sep 8, 2008 [News Flash]
European consultant urges CEATEC, Japan's electronics show, to be more international - Sep 4, 2008 [News Flash]
Alchip selects Sony Semiconductor group for advanced packaging solutions - Aug 5, 2008 [Main News]
Olympus, Panasonic jointly propose standard for compact digital interchangeable lens cameras
