Melani Warod

The economic crisis spreads in the whole world, all trades and professions are assaulted, the semiconductor industry is difficult to be righteous alone in a community where the general moral tone is low naturally. EETimes listed the ten semi-conductive enterprises (or a certain field) in the predicament a few days ago ,They or in losing state, or may be purchased, seek to go bankrupt and protect, or the circumstances are in a greatly reduced state compared with what it used to be.

Note: This list was arranged in an order according to the English first letter, did not successively divide.

1,AMD

The second largest microprocessor manufacturer in the world. In in after there become owner of is Dong Da crocodile, it is factory Company (Fabless) not to can be regarded as by each already nowadays . Can such new business mode bring and transform? Will you please really stop loss, make profits again at the end of this year? It is really an opportunity that European Union's anti-momopoly to Intel is punished severely.

2,Automatic test equipment (ATE) Industry

Manufacturers such as the whole is a scene of miserable and gloomy atmosphere, Advantest, CredenceLTX, Teradyne, Verigy,etc. all suffer the loss in the large-area.

3,Cadence Design Systems Inc. (CDNS)

Over the past 20 years, Cadence has been EDA (electronic design automation) all the time Leading enterprise,getting more suitable in experience but last year, be lost by 1,850 million dollars, not only lose by thrones first, the talents of management group are a large amount of loss too. The intersection of wealth and newspaper release soon first quarter such as company, when the time comes may reduce to third.

4,Singapore licenses the semiconductor

Suffer the loss repeatedly, light the intersection of horse and tin that control interest consider, sell it. It was exactly the United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi investment company of advanced technique (ATIC) investing in AMD, facilitating its manufacturing operations to split that was put forward newly and is purchased and offered . One day, give AMD take the place of the intersection of license and semiconductor of worker and divide GlobalFoundries that come out, may become whole family from AMD perhaps.

5,Fly and think of Karl

Suffered the loss continuously in a plurality of quarters in the past, the debt burden was very heavy. Though sustained load expire by 7,500 million from nearly 10 billion U.S. dollar already, will let, fly, think Karl bear several hundred million dollars every year.

6,Great Britain flies and insults

It splits goes out to be strange to dream of, up to, drive crane, go by the west already, Great Britain fly to, it insults one's own days to be too very sad, perhaps should far away from DRAM trade early. Urgent economic aid of seeking the German government that Great Britain flies and insults that it is said.

7,Little victory yard (Magma Design Automation)

This EDA manufacturer is only 147 million dollars for 2009 wealth annual incomes, net deficiency reaches 127 million dollars. A rumor has claimed all the time this company may be purchased in a last few months, or sell and raise funds privately.

8,Auspicious Sa's science and technology, NEC electron

Two Japanese enterprises are seeking to amalgamate, but may cause greater nightmare, will have lost, lost market share for many years even after being united by marriage.

9,Core world of China (SMIC)

This business of China maximum semi-conductive factory is taking a favorable turn, but the profit is still hard to tell, and it has been a big problem all the time that technology lagged behind the international most advanced level continuously.

10,Taiwan DRAM industry

South Asia, strength brilliant luxuriant and the intersection of China and Nation, China inferior Have already struggled for a long time in losing the mire. The government of Taiwan has established Taiwan to store the company (TaiwanMemoryCo.) ,Make great efforts to impel every amalgamation to recombinate, but the result is very little so far.

The award that it is nominated that it is the semi-conductive enterprises not good of some other recent developments finally, give them one " " (indicating a suggestion, a request or a mild command):

Happy to depend on the gentle semiconductor (ASAT) , advanced semiconductor (ASMC) of Shanghai Asyst, Axcelis, Electroglas, must reach, sea wrestler, Lam, Mattson, it is beautiful light, MIPS, Novellus, NXP, Photronics, strange to last reaching, Spansion, Sony, jointly signed circular telegram

Asyst, Spansion, strange to dream of, up to, apply for Chapter, 11 go bankrupt, protect already among them.