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Intel Defies Layoff Trend – Spends $7 Billion Protecting 7,000 Jobs

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 20:47:00 GMT

By Don MillerAssociate EditorMoney Morning At a time when U.S. employers are laying off workers in record numbers, Intel Corp. (INTC) announced yesterday (Tuesday) that it would spend $7 billion... Money Morning is here to help investors profit handsomely on this seismic shift in the global economy. Money moves markets. But Money Morning lets you move first. [More...]

Analyst Comments: Altera, Texas Capital, CuraGen, Solar Panel Stocks

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:43:03 GMT

Altera (ALTR) recently reported revenues of $336 million in Q1:FY2008, exceeding our estimate of $326 million, mainly due to growth in sales of new products. Japan was the strongest market as sales grew 15% quarter-over-quarter and 19% year-over-year. EPS of $0.27 beat our estimate of $0.21 and street consensus of $0.23. Gross margin dipped to 65.1% from 65.7% generated in the year-ago quarter but improved from 64.1% in the previous quarter. ALTR generated 41% of...[More...]

Recent Data Shaking My Positive Semiconductor Outlook

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 14:23:25 GMT

My December 4, 2007 RealMoney article:Recent data points are shaking my confidence in the near-term outlook for semiconductor stocks.After being bearish for more than a year I had turned cautiously bullish earlier this year because it looked like potential supply (which I measure as orders for new semiconductor equipment) was coming back in line with demand (which I measure as the year/year change in semiconductor revenues. Unfortunately, the latest data show this trend weakening faster than I thought it would.On Monday, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) released their sales report for October, saying worldwide semiconductor sales rose to $23.1 billion, an increase of 5 percent over the $22 billion repor[More...]

Paperstand (KFT, CHRT, BZH, EMC, VMW, C, CFC)

Thu, 16 Aug 2007 13:49:38 GMT

According to the WSJ, Kraft (KFT) is in the early stages of finding a buyer for its Post cereals business, the No. 3 US cereal maker by sales after Kellogg and General Mills. A logical bidder would be PepsiCo (PEP). Post may fetch as much as $3bn. Kraft has sent financial information on the unit to potential bidders and if the unit is successfully auctioned, a deal could be signed later this year.According to the WSJ, Charter Comm.'s (CHRT) controlling shareholder, Paul Allen, is considering a wide range of options for the co, including a privatization and sale. Mr. Allen, who controls a 51.7% stake in Charter and 91% of the voting power, said in a regulatory filing that he may pursue a privatization in which he would acquire all of the stock he doesn't own. At Charter's current stock price, that would amount to abo[More...]

SHEARMAN & STERLING: Back to the Future

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:46:00 GMT

Shearman senior partner Rohan Weerasinghe refuses to dwell on his firm's past.
That trajectory saw Shearman increase its average profit per equity partner (PEP) by 60 per cent between 2004 and 2007.
Although the global economic meltdown has affected Shearman at least as much as the other top New York full-service firms, the firm has also faced internal issues that have led to the loss of a string of key partners.

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Job Cuts Spread; County Unemployment Rate Climbs Again

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 20:15:00 GMT

Feb. 2--Lane County's jobless rate continued its climb in December, to 9.5 percent, according to the state Employment Department.
It was the county's highest December rate in 24 years -- since it hit 10 percent in 1984, the department said.
That's 2,162 more than in November and 7,918 more than December 2007, according to department figures.

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AMD's Spin-Off: Abu Dhabi to the Rescue

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:57:00 GMT

Chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices took the wraps off a long-awaited reorganization on Oct. 8, announcing a plan to spin off its manufacturing operations into a separate company that it will jointly own with investors from Abu Dhabi.
The new company, Foundry Co., will be comprised of AMD's (AMD) factories in Dresden, Germany, and one yet to be built in Saratoga, N.Y. Essentially a for-hire factory, Foundry will make AMD chips under contract but also have the freedom to win business from other chip companies.
Foundry joins the ranks of such chip foundry companies as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM); United Microelectronics (UMC), also of Taiwan; Chartered Semiconductor (CHRT) in Singapore; and IBM Microelectronics, a unit of computing giant IBM (IBM).

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Chartered Reports Results for Third Quarter 2009

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:49:00 GMT

Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd. (Nasdaq:CHRT)(SGX-ST:CHARTEREDSC), one of the world's top dedicated semiconductor foundries, today announced its results for third quarter 2009.
"Chartered revenues and revenues including our share of SMP were up approximately 19 percent in third quarter 2009 compared to the previous quarter.
We ended the quarter with a net loss attributable to Chartered of $4.7 million, including transaction costs of $8.4 million relating to the proposed acquisition of Chartered by Advanced Technology Investment Company (ATIC) of Abu Dhabi, which is a substantial improvement of approximately $35 million over the prior quarter," said George Thomas, senior vice president and CFO of Chartered.

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ATIC Makes Bid to Acquire Chartered

Sun, 06 Sep 2009 22:48:00 GMT

Advanced Technology Investment Company LLC (ATIC) of Abu Dhabi and Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing (Chartered) of Singapore today announced a definitive agreement whereby ATIC would acquire Chartered, one of the world's top dedicated semiconductor foundries.
The proposed acquisition will be effected by way of a scheme of arrangement under section 210 of the Companies Act of Singapore, subject to the approval of Chartered shareholders and the sanction of the High Court of Singapore.
Details can be found in the joint scheme announcement that has been filed with the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited (SGX), as well as in the scheme document to be sent to Chartered shareholders.

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Chartered Updates Guidance for Third Quarter

Sun, 06 Sep 2009 21:48:00 GMT

Today, in a mid-quarter update, Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing
improvement in our business, mainly coming from our mature technologies.
mid-point of our revised guidance for revenues including our share of

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Rockchip Collaborates With Synopsys and Chartered to Achieve First- Pass Silicon Success ; Rockchip Utilizes Chartered's 65nm Process and Synopsys' Technology and Services Portfolio For Tapeout of Next-Generation Multimedia SoC

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:58:00 GMT

FUZHOU, China, MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., and SINGAPORE, Aug. 3 / PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Fuzhou Rockchip Electronics Company, Ltd., Synopsys, Inc. and Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd. today announced that Rockchip has achieved first-time silicon success on its next-generation multimedia system-on-a-chip (SoC), using a combination of Synopsys' tools, intellectual property (IP) and services with Chartered's 65-nanometer (nm) manufacturing technology.
The RK28 chip was designed with Synopsys' full RTL-to- GDSII flow using best-in-class technology from the Galaxy(TM) Implementation and Discovery(TM) Verification Platforms, as well as DesignWare(R) IP, and implemented in Chartered's advanced low-power (65nm LP) process.
"Our EDA and manufacturing partners played key roles in the success of our program.

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Rockchip Collaborates with Synopsys and Chartered to Achieve First-Pass Silicon Success

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 12:56:00 GMT

Fuzhou Rockchip Electronics Company, Ltd., Synopsys, Inc. and Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd. today announced that Rockchip has achieved first-time silicon success on its next-generation multimedia system-on-a-chip , using a combination of Synopsys' tools, intellectual property and services with Chartered's 65-nanometer manufacturing technology. The RK 28 multimedia SoC, Rockchip's first mass-production 65nm chip designed in China and targeted primarily for the China market, is an application processor for mobile handheld devices. The RK28 chip was designed with Synopsys' full RTL-to-GDSII flow using best-in-class technology from the Galaxy Implementation and Discovery Verification Platforms, as well as DesignWare IP, and implemented in Chartered's advanced low-power process.[More...]

ARM, Chartered, IBM, Samsung, and Synopsys Collaborate to Deliver Vertically Optimized Solution for 32/28nm Mobile SoC Designs

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:57:00 GMT

In a move that addresses fundamental challenges in creating advanced systems-on-chips , ARM [; ], Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd. , IBM , Samsung Electronics, Co., Ltd., and Synopsys, Inc. today announced at the Design Automation Conference an agreement to develop a comprehensive technology enablement solution for the design and manufacture of mobile Internet-optimized devices. The objective of this collaboration is to leverage innovations in material science, mobile multimedia implementation and SoC design to lower risk and improve time-to-market for advanced mobile products.[More...]

Chartered Reports Results for Second Quarter 2009

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:51:00 GMT

Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd. (Nasdaq: CHRT)(SGX-ST: CHARTEREDSC), one of the world's top dedicated semiconductor foundries, today announced its results for second quarter 2009.
We ended the quarter with a net loss attributable to Chartered of $39 million, which is a substantial improvement over the prior quarter," said George Thomas, senior vice president and CFO of Chartered.
Revenues including Chartered's share of SMP were up 45.5 percent from $253.5 million in first quarter 2009, primarily due to strength in the communications sector and followed by the consumer and computer sectors.

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Chartered Offers 65nm RF Platform to Enable Single-Chip Wireless Applications

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:29:00 GMT

Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing (Nasdaq:CHRT) (SGX:CHARTEREDSC), one of the world’s top dedicated foundries, today announced a robust 65-nanometer (nm) RF platform specifically geared for developers of single-chip RF products. The Chartered process offering, jointly developed with IBM, is based on Chartered’s enhanced 65nm low-power process (65nm LPe), and includes an IBM RF physical design kit (PDK) available from Chartered. This RF Platform comes with broad RF design enablement from leading analog IP suppliers and the Wireless SoC Platform Alliance (WISPA) consortium.[More...]

Chartered Begins Production Ramp of Enhanced 65nm Low-Power Process; Improves Power Utilization by 30-50 Percent

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:27:00 GMT

Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing (Nasdaq:CHRT) and (SGX:CHARTEREDSC), one of the world’s top dedicated foundries, today announced the general availability of an enhanced version of its 65-nanometer (nm) low-power (LP) process, called 65nm LPe. The 65nm LPe process utilizes innovative leakage-reduction techniques to significantly improve system-on-chip (SoC) standby power consumption by up to 50 percent. The result is a lower-power process especially suited for battery-operated and cost-sensitive mobile applications that require active standby conditions, such as mobile handsets, multimedia players or personal internet devices. The process is also supported by a robust range of IP specifically optimized for the lower leakage capabilities.[More...]

Chartered Updates Guidance for Second Quarter

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:56:00 GMT

Today, in its scheduled mid-quarter update, Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd. (Nasdaq:CHRT) (SGX:CHARTEREDSC) revised its second quarter 2009 guidance, which was originally provided on April 24, 2009.[More...]