There are more than more than 550 fabless semiconductor companies competing in China today, but more than 100 of them will disappear within two years, according to market research firm iSuppli.

Amid a fab-tool downturn, North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted a book-to-bill ratio of 0.93 in October, up from 0.70 in September, according to SEMI.

Advances in nanotechnologies for medicine and biology will be detailed at the upcoming International Electron Devices Meeting.

Ambric Inc., one of a handful of startups pursuing aggressive multicore chip designs aimed at applications in areas such as video processing, is closing down and will sell its assets after failing to secure a $15 million series C round of venture capital funding.

Chip manufacturing equipment provider KLA-Tencor will reduce its global workforce by about 900 people as one of several cost-reduction actions in an effort to lower its quarterly run rate by $165 million to $170 million, the company said.

Qualcomm has made available a software development kit for the company's Brew Mobile Platform, a mobile operating system platform that supports handsets and mobile devices across 3G technologies.

SiPort Inc. has established a memorial fund for the victims of the recent fatal shootings at the chip startup.

Actel Corp. has expanded its foundry alliance with Taiwan's United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC).

Semiconductor consumption by electronics manufacturers in the Chinese market grew by 23 percent last year, as China consumed more than a third of the chips produced globally for the first time, according to a study by PricewaterhouseCoopers.

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Morris Chang, chairman and founder of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (TSMC), has been named recipient of the 2008 Robert N. Noyce Award.

Hewlett-Packard Co. posted stronger-than-expected results and forecast full-year profit above Wall Street estimates, underscoring its resilience to an economic crisis that has dragged down other tech companies.

A federal judge found Qualcomm in contempt of an injunction entered last December that was designed to prevent the company from infringement of two patents, according to Broadcom.

Surprise! The World Semiconductor Trade Statistics (WSTS) group is the latest entity to lower its chip forecast.

The global semiconductor industry is lining up behind green technologies, but a tough economy is throwing more roadblocks in the way of further investment.

ON Semiconductor and Microchip Technology have abandoned their joint bid to acquire Atmel.

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