https://www.semiconportal.com/en/ ja Copyright 2011 Fri, 22 Apr 2011 22:47:19 +0900 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Demand for high-resolution small and medium-size LCD panels for smartphones and tablet PCs is growing so rapidly that a large gap between supply and demand is expected to open up this year. Sharp Corp. has announced a new LCD technology employing oxide-material-based thin-film transistors, which could be a solution to the tight supply situation. The panel features performance on a par with that of low-temperature polysilicon LCDs but can be mass produced on existing amorphous-silicon TFT LCD production lines. https://www.semiconportal.com/en/archive/news/main-news/sharp-to-introduce-new-igzo-te.html https://www.semiconportal.com/en/archive/news/main-news/sharp-to-introduce-new-igzo-te.html Business Main News News Center Fri, 22 Apr 2011 22:47:19 +0900 Renesas Electronics Corp. has moved up the resumption of mass production at its quake-stricken Naka fab to June 15 for the 200mm line from July, the original timing announced on March 28. The schedule for the 300mm line, which the company expects to be up and running again in July, is unchanged. https://www.semiconportal.com/en/archive/news/main-news/110422-renesas-naka-resumption.html https://www.semiconportal.com/en/archive/news/main-news/110422-renesas-naka-resumption.html Business Main News News Center Naka resumption vacuum Fri, 22 Apr 2011 22:46:02 +0900 Apple has decided to invest in Toshiba's LCD plant for its next-generation iPhone and Sharp has been eliminated from the candidates, reported business daily Nikkan Industrial News, but Sharp strongly denied the report. https://www.semiconportal.com/en/archive/news/main-news/110420-sharp-toshiba-lcd-iphone-apple.html https://www.semiconportal.com/en/archive/news/main-news/110420-sharp-toshiba-lcd-iphone-apple.html Business Main News News Center Apple LCD Sharp Toshiba iPhone Wed, 20 Apr 2011 20:10:58 +0900 Both billing and booking of Japan-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment in March increased from February but as billing surpassed booking, the book-to-bill ratio ended up at 0.95, according to the Semiconductor Equipment Association of Japan (SEAJ). https://www.semiconportal.com/en/archive/news/news-flash/110420-seaj-bb-ratio-march.html https://www.semiconportal.com/en/archive/news/news-flash/110420-seaj-bb-ratio-march.html Business News Center News Flash March SEAJ book-to-bill ratio Wed, 20 Apr 2011 13:25:23 +0900 Sharp Corp. and Taiwan's AU Optronics Corp. signed a patent cross-license agreement today, putting an end to the dispute they have been fighting over amorphous TFT LCD-related patents since January. https://www.semiconportal.com/en/archive/news/news-flash/110415-sharp-auo-accomodation.html https://www.semiconportal.com/en/archive/news/news-flash/110415-sharp-auo-accomodation.html Business News Center News Flash AUO LCD Sharp infringement patents Fri, 15 Apr 2011 20:07:27 +0900 The notorious rolling outages were cancelled on April 8, but anticipated power shortages in Kanto and Tohoku this summer are raising the anxiety level and concentrating minds. The government intends to ask industry, transportation, retailing, public facilities, households, indeed all sectors in eastern Japan, to drastically curtail electricity consumption to achieve a maximum 25% cut in peak demand. https://www.semiconportal.com/en/archive/news/main-news/110414-electricity-saving-25percent-summer.html https://www.semiconportal.com/en/archive/news/main-news/110414-electricity-saving-25percent-summer.html Business Main News News Center outages peak saving summer Fri, 15 Apr 2011 19:22:06 +0900 Fujitsu Ltd.'s Mie fab in Mie Prefecture, western Japan, will fabricate 20-30% of the chips that would normally have been fabricated at the company's three quake-stricken fabs in Tohoku. Meanwhile, Fujitsu is hurrying to get those fabs ready for a partia resumption of fabrication on April 20, the target date. https://www.semiconportal.com/en/archive/news/main-news/110414-fujitsu-semiconductor-production-transfer.html https://www.semiconportal.com/en/archive/news/main-news/110414-fujitsu-semiconductor-production-transfer.html Business Main News News Center Fujitsu Mie fab production shift Thu, 14 Apr 2011 16:53:03 +0900 Renesas Electronics Corp., one of the most quake-stricken companies, resumed operations at two more front-end fabs, following the resumption of operations at the Tsuruoka and Tsugaru fabs last month. Inventory and production at these four fabs will enable Renesas to fulfill about 70% of orders in the period from March 11, when the Great East Japan Earthquake struck, through to the end of May. For the main Naka fab, where restoration work is currently underway, the company's target is to resume operation in July. https://www.semiconportal.com/en/archive/news/main-news/110412-renesas-recovery-update.html https://www.semiconportal.com/en/archive/news/main-news/110412-renesas-recovery-update.html Business Main News News Center Renesas resumption supply Tue, 12 Apr 2011 18:08:11 +0900 A M7.4 aftershock on Thursday night jolted much of northern Honshu, including Sendai, the largest city in Tohoku. This was a setback for plants in the region, forcing them to temporarily halt recovery work because of power outages and the need to check for possible further damage. https://www.semiconportal.com/en/archive/news/main-news/110408-m74-aftershock.html https://www.semiconportal.com/en/archive/news/main-news/110408-m74-aftershock.html Business Main News News Center aftershock Fri, 08 Apr 2011 20:32:15 +0900 Freescale Semiconductor announced it won't reopen the quake-stricken Sendai fab in Miyagi Prefecture, which was originally scheduled to close at the end of this year, in view of the impact of the disaster – direct damage to the facilities, disrupted utilities and continuing aftershocks. https://www.semiconportal.com/en/archive/news/news-flash/110407-freescale-sendai-fab-closure.html https://www.semiconportal.com/en/archive/news/news-flash/110407-freescale-sendai-fab-closure.html Business News Center News Flash Freescale Sendai fab closure Thu, 07 Apr 2011 17:57:58 +0900 The ongoing crisis at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, as well as having a dire impact on the daily lives of many people, is a major reason why a swathe of Japan is suffering from drastic shortages of electricity that are disrupting industry from production through to distribution and sales. The Semiconductor Industry Research Institute Japan (SIRIJ), a think tank, estimates rolling power outages make front-end fabrication impossible and that continuous provision of limited power supplies will force fabs to operate at 40%-60% of the normal level. https://www.semiconportal.com/en/archive/news/main-news/110406-sirij-semiconductor-power-shortage.html https://www.semiconportal.com/en/archive/news/main-news/110406-sirij-semiconductor-power-shortage.html Business Main News News Center SIRIJ power supply scheduled outages semiconductor Wed, 06 Apr 2011 19:13:35 +0900 Prime Minister Naoto Kan and his cabinet decided on April 1 to call the disaster triggered by the M9.0 earthquake on March 11 the Great East Japan Earthquake, taking into consideration the loss of life and great damage suffered by communities across much of eastern Honshu and the gravity of the situation at the crippled Fukushima Daiich nuclear plant. https://www.semiconportal.com/en/archive/news/news-flash/110404-great-east-japan-earthquake-name.html https://www.semiconportal.com/en/archive/news/news-flash/110404-great-east-japan-earthquake-name.html Business News Center News Flash Great East Japan Earthquake M9.0 earthquake Mon, 04 Apr 2011 17:09:18 +0900 Renesas Electronics Corp. has signed a contract to sell its Roseville fab in California to Telefunken Semiconductor GmbH & Co. KG for about $53 million as part of streamlining measures based on the strategy formulated through the 100-day project following the merger in April 2010. https://www.semiconportal.com/en/archive/news/main-news/110401-renesas-roseville-sale-telefunken.html https://www.semiconportal.com/en/archive/news/main-news/110401-renesas-roseville-sale-telefunken.html Business Main News News Center 100-day project Renesas Roseville Telefunken microcontrollers Fri, 01 Apr 2011 15:24:59 +0900 "We can' yet grasp the full extent of the damage wrought by this mega-quake that hammered eastern Japan. At present, the priority is to save life, provide first aid, and restore the basic essentials for human existence. Manufacturing output is bound to fall. Plants in Tohoku producing materials essential for semiconductors and LCDs suffered heavy damage. The fear is that Intel, Samsung, Toshiba and the like won' be able to produce as many IC chips as they want,"said a senior official of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), while watching clips of the frightful tsunami—black, muddy, armed with debris—devouring everything in its path. https://www.semiconportal.com/en/archive/news/news-by-sin/110331-izumiya-march-earthquake.html https://www.semiconportal.com/en/archive/news/news-by-sin/110331-izumiya-march-earthquake.html News Center The Semiconductor Industry News Izumiya Tohoku earthquake materials supply Thu, 31 Mar 2011 18:56:47 +0900 Rolling power outagesattributable to a shortage of generating capacity in the aftermath of the M9.0 earthquake and tsunami are hampering the recovery of business, even in the areas that suffered little or no damage. https://www.semiconportal.com/en/archive/news/main-news/110330-impact-rolling-outages.html https://www.semiconportal.com/en/archive/news/main-news/110330-impact-rolling-outages.html Business Main News News Center TEPCO Tohoku Electric Power scheduled outages Wed, 30 Mar 2011 19:18:44 +0900