"...is expected to produce around 300,000 raw wafers per month...a "substantial" proportion of the fab's output would go to Samsung..."

Lam Research posted a higher quarterly profit on Wednesday, but its stock fell 6 percent after the supplier of tools for making microchips gave an earnings forecast that was lower than Wall Street expected.

"...is considering building its first semiconductor factory in Asia in Dalian, China...the plant may cost $3 billion to $3.5 billion to build...."

"...Lam Research tumbled despite reporting second-quarter 2007 profit that far surpassed Wall Street expectations..."

"...We expect 2007 to be another year of increased sales, confirming the company's growth trajectory toward our goal of 5 billion euros in sales by 2010..."

Sources at Intel Israel claim that the company's Fab 8 facility in Jerusalem is to be closed down, and that its flash memory operations - including the Fab 18 facility in Kiryat Gat - are going to be sold.

Earnings dropped as Intel fended off Advanced Micro with price cuts and started manufacturing new chips to win back orders. Chief Financial Officer Andy Bryant forecast gross margin will narrow to about 50 percent this year...

But mobile phone workers, who for two consecutive years enjoyed lavish bonuses equivalent to half their annual pay, will see their bonuses drop to around 40 percent of their salary due to a fall in revenues and profits from the previous year.

The laboratory, which is the fourth operating base of NEC Electronics worldwide, will explore engine controls, transmission and body control systems using the new and applied technology. It aims to provide reliable, economic car systems.

"...AMD may have slashed server processor prices 40%, given that its quarterly processor revenue grew only 3%... it may take several months before the new AMD chips translate into fresh share gains..."

The Hynix computer-chip plant in west Eugene is asking to nearly triple the annual amount of one hazardous air pollutant it emits.

...solar stocks did well across the board even with Crude Oil dropping another 5.38%. This compared to last week when we saw the solar stocks decline across the board with Crude Oil dropping 7.76%...

Bluetooth chip maker CSR is acquiring two major players in the GPS technology sector and plans to incorporate their software to make GPS and PND devices a much cheaper and better performance option for handset makers.

"...The plant will make 65-nanometre multi-core processors...the new plant would total a "couple billion" dollars...."

"...Samsung said its 4Q profit fell 8% amid price declines for key products including flash and LCDs...we expect the business climate to be better this year..."

"...Toshiba claims Hynix is infringing two patents related to NAND flash...decisions are subject to review by the full commission... "

"...expected revenues from solar cells to rise 18 percent to 235 billion yen next year as it competes with Sanyo Electric and Kyocera..."

"...Apple is an Intel flash customer and there will be Intel flash in the i- Phone...Intel will make them with Micron...."