subject: The Semiconductor Industry "ten Dangerous Company" Announced Infineon Election - [print this page] These days, can have good performance results Semiconductor Industry can be very few, each company had to some extent are not too good ... and here is the U.S. version of the order EETimes out of 10 (or more) semiconductor companies particularly dangerous situation, they are likely to continue in addition to face loss, may also be acquired, filed for bankruptcy, even in the year was out of the market; following under the company name in English alphabetical order, a detailed list.
AMD. AMD now has a fabless company, and whether such a business model of this processor suppliers benefit remains to be seen. AMD is also not clear whether the bleeding and to catch up with rival Intel (Intel) ...
Automatic test equipment (ATE) industry. All suppliers in this area are disadvantaged, including Advantest, Credence / LTX, Teradyne, Verigy and other companies are facing huge losses. How can the pain last? Look for more integration and ...
CadenceDesignSystems. In the leading EDA supplier for 20 years on the throne until the Cadence, a year hit a rough patch, losing the first position (along with a lot of money and the management team); according to the company's upcoming first-quarter data, Cadence is now possible fell to third. Cadence in 2008, losses reached 1.85 billion U.S. dollars, including 1.36 billion U.S. dollars in non-cash impairment charges (non-cashimpairmentcharge).
Chartered Semiconductor (CharteredSemiconductorManufacturing). Rumor has it, this loss-making foundry is easy to master; the latest news from the Middle East, but the Chartered denied.
Freescale Semiconductor (FreescaleSemiconductor). Freescale over the past few quarters, a string of big losses and saddled with heavy debts; Although the company's long-term debt has been reduced from 100 billion dollars to 75 billion U.S. dollars, but annual treatment cost of debt is still hundreds of millions of dollars.
Infineon (Infineon). Infineon did not know that they will much sooner than out of DRAM business? It is understood that this loss of the German company is seeking financial assistance.
MagmaDesignAutomation. Magma recently announced net loss for fiscal 2009 reached 127 million U.S. dollars, revenue was 147 million U.S. dollars; market and rumors, this EDA vendors could be acquired, or sold to private equity firms.
Renesas-NEC. The two Japanese companies are merging, but may face integration difficulties; The combined company could be in for years of loss ...
SMIC (SM IC ). The Chinese foundry industry's business is improving, but profits are elusive, there are backward in technology risk.
Taiwan DRAM suppliers. Including China and Asia (Inotera), Nanya (Nanya), PSC (Powerchip), ProMOS (ProMOS) and Winbond (Winbond), in the first quarter are significant losses; Although the Taiwan government is trying to push them to consolidate, but so far therefore made little. The government formed a Taiwanese memory company (TaiwanMemoryCo.), is not optimistic about the future.
In addition to these 10 companies, EETimes U.S. version of the company also listed several risk list "finalists", who include the ASAT, ASMC, Asyst, Axcelis, Electroglas, Elpida, Hynix, Lam, Mattson, Micron, MIPS , Novellus, NXP Semiconductors (NXP), Photronics, Qimonda, Spansion, Sony, UMC
