Greetings, dear readers and friends, in the new year. May you all have all the success and prosperity in 2009! An eventful year in semiconductors has passed by us. For me, personally, it has been a tremendous 2008, ending with Electronics Weekly of UK selecting my blog (Pradeep Chakraborty’s Blog) as the world’s best inContinue reading “Reviewing global/Indian semicon industry in 2008 — top posts”
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Semicon outlook 2009: Global market could be down 7pc or more
Friends, I’ve just got off a very interesting, but predictable, webcast on the outlook for the global semiconductor industry organized by Semiconductor International. The news coming out of this webcast is not very good for the industry. And as the moderator commented toward the end, I’d say too, “I hope these guys are all terriblyContinue reading “Semicon outlook 2009: Global market could be down 7pc or more”
Global semicon could decline by over 5pc in 2009!
The year 2008 will soon be relegated to history, albeit with the dubious distinction of handing out an extremely unforgettable year for the memory chip makers! This trend was starkly evident, as a major downturn in this segment caused revenue to fall for nearly all suppliers and contributed to negative results for the overall semiconductorContinue reading “Global semicon could decline by over 5pc in 2009!”
On possible Samsung-SanDisk deal; AMD’s fab-lite path
Last week, the global semiconductor industry has been hearing and reading about two big speculative stories: a) A possible acquisition of SanDisk by Samsung, and b) A possible chance of AMD taking the fab-lite route. First on Samsung’s buyout (possible) of SanDisk! There have been rumors of a possibility of Samsung acquiring SanDisk. While itContinue reading “On possible Samsung-SanDisk deal; AMD’s fab-lite path”
Semicon to grow 4-8pc in 2008; ASPs trending up
It has really been a tumultuous year for semiconductors, which has held up very well, despite the memory market turmoils, so far. Just a day ago, Future Horizons reported on the June sales for semiconductors. According to Malcolm Penn, chairman and CEO, June’s WSTS results brought both good and bad news! The good news beingContinue reading “Semicon to grow 4-8pc in 2008; ASPs trending up”
NAND update: Market likely to recover in H2-09
iSuppli’s recently published a report on the current NAND market conditions, which highlighted that Micron had managed to buck the weak NAND market conditions, and was actually closing the gap with Hynix in Q2 2008. To find out more about the global NAND Flash market scenario, I managed to discuss the health of the NANDContinue reading “NAND update: Market likely to recover in H2-09”
Indian semiconductor market growing thrice as fast as global market
As per the India Semiconductor Association (ISA) and Frost & Sullivan (ISA-F&S), India’s 2007 annual growth in the semiconductor market is nearly triple the rate at which the global semiconductor market is currently expanding. The actual total market (TM) was $2.69bn and total available market (TAM) was $1.26bn. By 2009, the TM will likely growContinue reading “Indian semiconductor market growing thrice as fast as global market”
Will Z-RAM lead DRAM rebound?
Most of us have and use swanky mobile phones with enough memory to store videos, songs, clips, images, etc. And we certainly love playing with those wonderful devices. However, have we ever wondered where is all that memory coming from? There’s DRAM, and then, there’s Z-RAM. Another news! It was reported recently that record salesContinue reading “Will Z-RAM lead DRAM rebound?”
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