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Tessera wins appeal in chip-packaging patent lawsuit

...by the US International Trade Commission (ITC) that affirmed chip manufacturers Qualcomm, Spansion, ATI Technologies, Freescale Semiconductor and ST Microelectronics had infringed on Tessera's... Read more

22 December, 2010 by Jack Clark

Spansion sees profits in flash memory's future

...the flash memory market. But which company will ship the first products? Spansion, created from a flash-memory joint venture started by AMD and Fujitsu... Read more

29 November, 2007 by Michael Kanellos

Spansion redevelops mobile phone chip architecture

...it says will improve mobile phone performance and reduce costs for manufacturers. Spansion, a former collaborative venture between Fujitsu and AMD, told ZDNet UK that... Read more

3 April, 2007 by David Meyer

Four-bit-per-cell Flash memory demoed

Spansion, the memory products manufacturer, has demonstrated four-bit-per-cell Flash memory... Read more

27 September, 2006 by Richard Thurston

Renamed Philips Semi wins US passport contract

...a restaurant at a beach resort. AMD transformed its flash unit into Spansion, while Infineon's flash unit became Qimonda Read more

1 September, 2006 by Michael Kanellos

AMD suffers in price war

...not counting the results of AMD's flash memory group last year. Spansion, the flash memory division, separated from the company in December through an... Read more

21 July, 2006 by Tom Krazit

AMD posts stellar growth

...First Call. (The $780m recorded last year did not include $447m from Spansion, AMD's former flash memory venture that was spun off from the... Read more

13 April, 2006 by Tom Krazit

AMD denies executive rumours

...AMD in April of last year after the company spun off its Spansion flash memory division. Some interpreted the memo as a harbinger of Ruiz... Read more

10 April, 2006 by Tom Krazit

AMD beats expectations

...up until the final five days of the quarter, when AMD's Spansion joint venture offered shares to the public. Analysts surveyed by Thomson First... Read more

19 January, 2006 by Tom Krazit

Hybrid drive to extend notebook battery life

...a fast data retrieval rate. Samsung primarily produces NAND while Intel and Spansion produce NOR. Similarly, Intel and Spansion are concocting hybrid products. Notebooks containing... Read more

26 April, 2005 by Michael Kanellos

Intel reveals flash card plan

IDF: The chipmaker is to start manufacturing NAND flash memory in an effort to gain a share of the market for data storage in consumer devices Read more

3 March, 2005 by Michael Kanellos

Samsung shows off hard-drive based mobile

...integrate telescopic zoom lenses into their phones, said Bertrand Cambou, CEO of Spansion, the flash memory joint venture between AMD and Fujitsu. Holding a $700... Read more

7 December, 2004 by Michael Kanellos and Yong Young Kim

Intel climbs flash rankings

...the market, seeing revenues grow by only 1 percent to hit $582m. Spansion, a joint venture between AMD and Fujitsu, meanwhile, saw sales sink. Revenue... Read more

17 November, 2004 by Michael Kanellos

AMD outlines chip strategy

The chipmaker is aiming new ranges of chips at both the high and low ends of the market, and wants to take on market leader Intel in the corporate desktop space Read more

15 November, 2004 by Michael Kanellos

AMD exposes flash plans

Spansion, the flash memory division of AMD, will come out with new chips... Read more

9 November, 2004 by Michael Kanellos

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