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That is what some of the top executives in the U.S. computer chip industry said Thursday about the possibility of the Capital Region becoming the next Silicon Valley or Austin, Texas, where multiple chip "fabs" have been built and the technology sector grew for decades at a feverish pace.

Shares in Renesas Electronics fell more than 11 percent on Monday to a record low after news it will sell loss-making operations and cut at least 12,000 jobs as Japan's chip sector grapples with its biggest shake-out in a decade.

The company that Elpida displaced from the third rank was Micron Technology, which is likely to acquire Elpida.

United Microelectronics expects continual sequential growth in revenues in the second and third quarters of 2012, according to company CEO Sun Shih-wei. The foundry expects its second-quarter 2012 shipments to grow about 15% on quarter and overall utilization to rise to more than 80% in the second quarter, Sun indicated.

In one of the more ironic developments ever to transpire in the dynamic random access memory market, now bankrupt Elpida Memory in the first quarter managed to outperform the overall industry and its close competitors, allowing it to rise one position to take the third rank among global suppliers.

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Semiconductor companies are those that create the products that enable the technology that consumers know and love today.

Taiwan LED manufacturers are looking to replace sapphire substrates with silicon substrates to produce LED epitaxial chips, which will help with mass production and lowering costs of the chips as well as lower prices for LED lighting.

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The market for dynamic random access memory is expected to partially reverse the drastic losses it incurred in 2011 and achieve revenue growth this year, the result of balanced supply and demand following the exit of major manufacturer Elpida Memory , says IHS iSuppli .

Reports of Apple placing large chip orders with Elpida Memory may only signify the company's attempts to diversify its supply partners and not affect the larger chip market, analysts say.

A combination of factors helped rip a chunk out of Samsung's market capitalization as its shares fell over 6 percent Wednesday, reacting primarily to reports that Apple had placed large chip orders to Japanese rival "Samsung shares were already facing pressure since offshore investors began cutting back on risk during the latest streak of ... (more)

Micron Technology is in the news this week because of the likelihood that the company will soon be the rehabilitation sponsor for Elpida Memory.

Powerchip Technology has unveiled plans to reduce its paid-in capital by 60%, or about NT$33.24 billion , to NT$22.16 billion in order to improve the net worth of its stock, according to the company.

Micron Technology, Inc. , today confirmed it is engaged in discussions with Elpida Memory, Inc.'s trustees to acquire Elpida's business.

Micron Technology has reportedly won exclusive rights to acquire Elpida Memory and will have to pay for the company $2.5 billion or even $3.75 billion.

Micron Technology today announced that Brian Shirley, vice president and general manager of Micron's DRAM Solutions Group, will present at the 2012 Jefferies Global TMT Conference on Tuesday, May 8 at 9:30 a.m. ET .

BASED Micron Technology is the likely winner in the bidding for Elpida Memory Inc, Japan's public broadcaster NHK reported, in a deal that would help the failed Japanese chipmaker sustain operations and repay creditors.

The Japanese chipmaker Elpida Memory, who filed for bankruptcy protection in February, is close to being acquired by U.S.-based Micron Technology.

The acquisition of Elpida Memory and its assets, including technologies and a DRAM plant in Hiroshima, Japan, would not "strategically benefit" the company, SK Group's chairman Chey Tae-won told reporters after a board meeting without elaborating, Reuters news-agency reports.