84 news items tagged Spansion
China IC firm sets milestone with rollout of 3D NAND flash
Wednesday 15 November 2017Yangtze River Storage Technology (YMTC) under the Tsinghua Unigroup has successfully developed 32-layer 3D NAND flash chips, marking a new milestone and major technological breakthrough...
Cypress enters race to buy ISSI
Thursday 14 May 2015Cypress Semiconductor announced on May 13 that the company has made an offer to buy Integrated Silicon Solution (ISSI) for US$19.75 per share in cash.
Spansion and Macronix reach settlement agreement
Tuesday 27 January 2015Spansion and Macronix International announced on January 27 that they have settled all outstanding patent disputes and actions, including their respective complaints at the US International...
Cypress and Spansion to merge
Tuesday 2 December 2014Cypress Semiconductor and Spansion have signed a definitive agreement to merge in an all-stock, tax-free transaction valued at approximately US$4 billion. The post-merger company...
IC suppliers gear up for automobile memory chip market
Friday 28 November 2014With the global automobile electronics market set for strong growth in 2015, a number of semiconductor firms including Micron Technology, Spansion, Micronix International, Winbond...
China-based foundry house XMC ties up with Spansion to develop 3D NAND flash chips
Wednesday 1 October 2014China-based 12-inch wafer foundry house XMC reportedly has teamed up with Spansion to jointly develop and produce 3D NAND flash chips, with trial production to begin in 2016 and volume...
Spansion inks cross licensing agreement with Winbond
Friday 19 September 2014Spansion has announced the signing of a cross-license agreement with Winbond Electronics, allowing both companies access to each other's flash memory patent portfolio.
Allied Telesis to cease imports of Spansion devices alleged of infringement
Wednesday 27 August 2014Japan-based Allied Telesis has agreed to a consent order to cease all US imports of products containing Spansion devices alleged of patent infringement, according to a statement from...
Macronix files patent infringement complaints with USITC against Spansion and its customers
Tuesday 31 December 2013Macronix International and Macronix America have have filed a patent infringement law suit against Spansion, Inc, Spansion LLC, Spansion (Thailand) and certain of their customers...
Spansion gearing up for Japan MCU market
Thursday 21 November 2013Having acquired Fujitsu's MCU unit, Spansion is set to expand its presence in Japan with a focus on industrial and other application-specific applications.
Macronix files petitions with USPTO challenging validity of Spansion patents
Thursday 14 November 2013Macronix International announced on November 14 that the company has filed petitions with the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for an inter partes review, challenging the validity...
Macronix files patent complaints against Spansion for infringement of 7 flash memory patents
Thursday 3 October 2013Macronix International announced on October 3 that it has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Spansion LLC and Spansion in the US for infringement of seven Macronix patents...
Spansion Serial NOR and NAND Qualified as Xilinx Supported Flash for Zynq-7000 All Programmable SoC
Wednesday 18 September 2013Spansion Inc. (NYSE: CODE), a global leader in Flash memory-based embedded systems solutions, today announced that the Spansion FL-S family of Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) Flash...
Macronix vows to defend against Spansion patent suit
Thursday 15 August 2013Macronix International has responded to Spansion's patent suit filing with the US ITC as saying the company will fully defend itself against allegations of patent infringement.
Spansion sues Macronix over flash patents
Thursday 15 August 2013Spansion has filed complaints against Taiwan-based Macronix International alleging past and ongoing widespread violations of Spansion's patents in a broad and growing range of Macronix...
Spansion and XMC announce licensing agreement
Friday 2 August 2013Spansion and China-based 300mm semiconductor foundry XMC have announced an agreement for XMC to license Spansion's floating gate NOR flash technology. The agreement expands the companies'...
The advantages of NOR flash for embedded applications are well known. It is fast, and it allows software to run and modify its contents highly reliably because it functions in a random...
Spansion to buy Fujitsu MCU and analog unit
Thursday 2 May 2013Spansion on April 30 announced that the company had reached a deal with Fujitsu Semiconductor, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fujitsu, to acquire the microcontroller and analog business...
Spansion, XMC extend partnership to 32nm
Tuesday 19 March 2013NOR flash memory supplier Spansion has announced that its existing partnership with China-based 12-inch IC foundry XMC now extends to 32nm.
Focused on embedded flash: Q&A with Spansion EVP Glenda Dorchak
Monday 11 March 2013Spansion recently announced a joint development with United Microelectronics (UMC) to integrate its proprietary embedded charge trap (eCT) flash memory technology with the foundry's...
Spansion expands serial flash memory portfolio
Wednesday 19 September 2012Spansion has announced production of a new low-density serial flash memory family to expand its product portfolio and address additional applications in the consumer segment and in...
Spansion, ChipMOS extend partnership
Tuesday 26 June 2012Packaging and testing firm ChipMOS Technologies (Bermuda) has announced that subsidiary ChipMOS Taiwan and Spansion have extended their ongoing agreement through April 2014.
Spansion gearing up for SLC NAND
Friday 1 June 2012Spansion has started sampling the company's first single-level cell (SLC) NAND flash memory, built using SK Hynix' 4Xnm process technology, and packaged and tested by Spansion itself...
Spansion expands R&D in China
Thursday 3 May 2012Spansion has announced that the firm is expanding its design and product development in China to focus on cost-competitive serial NOR flash memory solutions for specific applications...
Spansion, SK Hynix team up for SLC NAND
Tuesday 3 April 2012Spansion has announced an alliance with SK Hynix to introduce SLC NAND products at the 4x, 3x, and 2x nodes. As part of the relationship, the pair will enter into a patent cross-licensing...
- Hundreds being laid off as Cypress and Spansion merge in $5B deal, internal memo shows (Mar 12) - San Jose Business Journal
- Spansion intros 1.8V high-speed serial NOR flash memory (Mar 5) - Company release
- Spansion launches industrial-grade eMMC memory (Nov 10) - Company release
- USITC investigates alleged infringement of Macronix patents by Spansion (Aug 19) - Company release
- Spansion vs. Renesas flash MCU war: Smoke but no fire? (December 13) - EE Times
- Spansion launches family of flexible MCUs for industrial "Internet of Things" (November 18) - Company release
- Spansion licenses ARM processor technology to power embedded systems for auto, industrial and consumer applications (September 16) - Company release
- Spansion expands serial flash memory portfolio (July 24) - Company release
- Spansion and UMC announce joint technology development and licensing agreement (March 4) - Company release
- Spansion, UMC cooperate on 40nm process (March 4) - Company release