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Will Teradyne Inc. enter the DRAM test market? Raj Seth, an analyst with Cowen and Co.

On June 25, 2009 , shareholders approved the reappointment of Toshio Maruyama , formerly Advantest's president and CEO, as a director, and an extraordinary board meeting on the same date elected Maruyama to the position of Advantest Corporation's chairman of the board and representative director.

Amid losses and layoffs, ATE giant Advantest Corp. has reshuffled its management ranks.

Cree is a $3 billion company that trades over 1.5 million shares a day. My favorite semiconductor stock is also a $3 billion company, yet only trades a mere 8,000 shares on an average day.

The eBeam Initiative, a forum dedicated to the education and promotion of a new design-to-manufacturing approach known as design for e-beam , today announced that steering group members D2S, Inc., e-Shuttle, Inc.

Elpida Memory Inc. and Advantest Corp. posted record annual losses after a glut of computer- memory chips drove down prices and forced semiconductor companies to cut production.

Qualcomm Incorporated second quarter sales fell 5.4% to $2.46 billion and net loss was $289 million or 18 cents a share.

Asian stocks dropped for the first time in five days after U.S. retail sales unexpectedly declined and the stronger yen dimmed the earnings outlook for Japana s electronics and auto companies.

NIWOT, CO, March 26, 2009 The Semiconductor Test Consortium , the leading proponent of the development and adoption of value-added open test standards that benefit the semiconductor industry, has fulfilled its original charter.

SANTA CLARA, CA, Feb. 26, 2009 Advantest , a semiconductor test equipment supplier, has announced that MoSys, a Silicon Valley provider of high-density system-on-chip memory intellectual property , has selected ...

Poor corporate earnings sent down Hong Kong and Seoul shares by about 1%, while Japan treads water and Australia gains slightly.

Japanese stocks gave up early gains and edged into the red Thursday, as bearish sentiment among foreign investors overpowered gains from a weaker yen.

Japan's manufacturers cut production by a record 10 percent in January and household spending plunged, adding to evidence that the economy remains in its worst recession in 60 years.

The other shoe has dropped at Japanese ATE giant Advantest Corp. Amid huge losses, Advantest plans to cut 3,400 jobs, or 26 percent of its headcount, by its fiscal year 2008, which ends March 31.

Japana s manufacturers cut production by a record 10 percent in January and household spending plunged, adding to evidence that the economy in its worst recession in 60 years.

Asian stocks fell, as the MSCI Asia Pacific Index resumed its worst start to the year in two decades, on renewed concern the deepening global recession is hurting corporate earnings.

Japan's Nikkei average rose 1.9 percent on Thursday as Nissan Motor jumped on news that it plans smaller output cuts, helping ease market fears about slumping demand, while a weaker yen boosted other exporters.

Advantest Corp. , the worlda s biggest maker of memory-chip testers, plans to cut 26 percent of its workforce by March to help weather a slump in demand that led it to forecast its first loss in six years.

Asian stocks rose for the first time in three days, led by bank and technology shares, as Japan and Australia widened efforts to revive economic growth and memory- chip prices surged.

Advantest Corp. reported a 10.7 billion yen group net loss for the nine months ended Dec.