Awaiting boarding......and sitting here bored to tears. A few fun items from my collected files...comments welcome.

http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2014/10/where-is-texas-instruments-as-ma-wave-reshapes-the-automotive-semiconductor-supplier-market.html/

- FUN QUOTE

        "Who gives a $%!& if it's Intel or Samsung beating them???
         Morris Chang said TSMC will slip behind to #2 in FinFET
         for 2015.  That's not good for the bottom line."

             - An anon Wall St. guy explains why TSMC shares
               have dropped 14% over these last 3 weeks

  - FUN QUOTE

        "The latest unconfirmed stories floating around say that
         GlobalFoundries walked away from IBM's proposal to sell
         its East Fishkill and Burlington fabs for $2 billion,
         saying the price was too high."

             - Rick Merritt, Editor (EET 08/04/14)


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2783520/Is-Samsung-trouble-Tech-
giant-s-profits-set-plummet-60-Apple-s-iPhone-6-lures-customers-away.html

ARM and TSMC expect first 10nm tape-outs in late 2015

October 3rd, 2014 at 3:03 am - Author Anton Shilov

ARM Holdings and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. on Thursday outlined some details regarding transition of chip production to 10nm FinFET manufacturing technology. The company’s reaffirmed that risk production of chips made using 10nm FF fabrication process will start in late 2015.

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CEO HOSES DOWN CHIP WAR FEARS

14.10.14 | 05:39 Uhr | 9 mal gelesen | So gefunden auf reuters.com SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd does not expect a price war to break out in the semiconductor industry next year even though it is ramping up capacity, the chief executive of the world's biggest memory chip maker said on Tuesday.

http://www.cemag.us/news/2014/10/hidden-life-semiconductor-materials