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TowerJazz Expected to Nearly Double Production Capacity with Proposed Acquisition of Micron Technology Wafer Manufacturing Plant in Japan
TowerJazz, the global specialty foundry leader, announced today it has signed a non-binding term sheet contemplating its purchase of Micron Technology's fabrication facility in Nishiwaki City, Hyogo, Japan. The proposed purchase would nearly double TowerJazz's current internal manufacturing capacity, cost-effectively increasing production by 60,000 wafers per month.
AMD and Vizrt Collaborate to Power Immersive Viz Video Wall Experiences
AMD announced that the ATI FirePro V9800 professional graphics card was certified for Vizrt’s beta release of the Viz Engine™ 3.5 rendering solution. Viz Engine, which is one of today’s most powerful tools for rendering animated 2D and 3D scenes in realtime, powers the Vizrt Viz Video Wall ER™ solution commonly used by leading broadcasters worldwide.
AMD Amends Wafer Supply Agreement with GLOBALFOUNDRIES And Discloses GLOBALFOUNDRIES Investment-Related Noncash Gain of $492 Million
AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced that it amended its Wafer Supply Agreement (WSA) with GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc. The primary purpose of the amendment was to revise the pricing methodology applicable to wafers delivered in 2011 for AMD’s microprocessor and accelerated processing unit (APU) products. The amendment also modified AMD’s existing commitments regarding future increases in production of certain graphics processing unit (GPU) and chipset ...
AMD Honored on CRN’s 5-Star Partner Programs Guide for Second Consecutive Year
For the second consecutive year, AMD (NYSE: AMD) has received a 5-Star Partner Rating and has been named to CRN’s 2011 Partner Programs Guide for its AMD Fusion Partner Program (FPP). CRN’s Partner Programs Guide recognizes vendors with robust partner programs or products that provide the best possible partnering elements for channel success.
AMD Hires Mike Wolfe as New CIO
AMD announced it has appointed Mike Wolfe, age 52, as the company’s chief information officer. He brings more than 30 years of engineering and information technology experience, most recently as vice president of IT for product development and engineering at HP for the last five years. Wolfe will be responsible for managing AMD’s global technology infrastructure and will report into Thomas Seifert, senior vice president and chief financial ...
Ramtron Strengthens Its Management Team
U.S. semiconductor maker Ramtron International Corporation (Nasdaq: RMTR), a leading developer and supplier of ferroelectric-based low-power memory and integrated semiconductor products, announced today that Ying Shiau has been appointed vice president of customer satisfaction. In this newly created position, Mr. Shiau is responsible for directing Ramtron’s quality assurance program as well as managing the company’s product and test engineeri...
sercos international to Intensify Cooperation with ODVA
At Hannover Fair 2011, sercos international announced plans to continue and intensify its cooperation with ODVA, which began in November 2006. With the objective of advancing common interests and topics, sercos international will be involved as an active partner organization within the new ODVA machine initiative. A key focus of the cooperation is the worldwide marketing and expansion of CIP Safety, which is currently used as a bus-independent sa...
sercos Automation Bus on Track for Impressive Growth
With over 3 million real time nodes shipped, the sercos automation bus has achieved yet another milestone in its 25-year history. Despite the rapid growth of sercos' latest generation based on Industrial Ethernet, an end to sercos' conventional drive interface is not in sight. Based on an optical fiber ring with speeds of up to 16 Mbit/s, sercos II is still registering growth in the upper single digits.
Kingston Technology Revenues Climb to Record $6.5 Billion in 2010
Kingston Technology Corporation, the independent world leader in memory products, today announced that its global revenues in 2010 soared to a record $6.5 billion (U.S.), the highest ever in company history. The $2.4 billion increase in sales over 2009 was attributed primarily to a rise in average selling price (ASP) and increased shipment volume.
Inphi Announces Next Generation 100 Gigabit Ethernet CMOS SerDes Architecture
Inphi Corporation announced a new 100 GbE CMOS SerDes architecture, called iPHY, designed to enable the development of next generation low power and high port density 100 Gigabit Ethernet (100 GbE) solutions to address bandwidth bottlenecks in next generation data center and communications infrastructures.