Taiwan's electronics manufacturers are facing a potential suspension of some production as soon as this month because of a lack of water.

Revenue for the semiconductor industry will be between 0% and -5% in 2002 as the industry continues to struggle with demand issues, according to Dan Niles, director of semiconductor research for Lehman Bros.

Recent advances in mobile phone technology have generated demand for memory with high levels of functionality and capacity. However, there is no standardisation in the packaging of the chips that power them.

The ACCC will not intervene in the proposed merger between Hewlett-Packard and Compaq, ACCC Chairman, Professor Fels has announced.

Marantz and Denon are set to merge operations, creating a global leader in the premium audio-video consumer electronics industry.

Silicon wafer area shipments fell 29% and silicon industry revenues declined 31% in 2001, according to figures from Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International.

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (BSIG) has said that it has certified over 500 Bluetooth-enabled products, marking a milestone for the short-range technology.

In-Stat/MDR has announced the results of its Networking Quarterlies: Multiservice WAN Switches report for the fourth quarter of 2001 (4Q 01).

VLSI Research has published its list of the top 10 equipment suppliers to the chip industry for 2001. Unsurprisingly, the research company noted 2001 was the worst year in semiconductor history.

Royal Philips Electronics has launched a semiconductor passive integration technology that the company said will lower costs for handset manufacturers.

IBM has announced that is has created what it believes is the fastest semiconductor circuit, operating at speeds of more than 110GHz and processing an electrical signal in 4.3 trillionths of a second.

Fujitsu has announced its success in realising the world's first high-performance Linux cluster system using direct access file system (DAFS) high-speed file sharing protocol and InfiniBand inter-memory data transfer.

Intel has launched its Pentium 4 processor for laptops and notebooks in Australia.

Worldwide sales of semiconductor equipment fell to $56 billion in 2001, a 41% decline from the $95 billion reported in 2000, according to data released by Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI).

Although LCD sales increased for both the Branded (formerly Open) and OEM (formerly closed) markets, this increase was insufficient to offset the fall in CRT sales, according to IDC.