Thursday, September 03, 2009

Layoffs, Layoffs

As Mitch Reifel reports in Linked-In CMOS/CCD Image Sensor Group discussions, Kodak has shuttered its CMOS sensor group. The group was the home of many technological innovations. Unfortunately the nice ideas have not translated into the market success. Sad story.

Another layoff story brought to my attention is Cypress/Fillfactory site layoffs. My understanding is that a significant part of Filfactory staff has been let go. Formerly I wrote that Fillfactory is profitable inside Cypress - it looks like I was grossly wrong. Another sad story.

Update: Kodak CIS group layoffs message disappeared from the Linked-In group. Still, Kodak layoffs are real, confirmed by other sources.

Update #2: The validity of information about Cypress/Fillfactory layoffs is questioned in comments. Till the official confirmation one should see it as an unconfirmed rumor.
Posted by Vladimir Koifman at 22:42

11 comments:

  1. MitchSeptember 4, 2009 at 12:41 AM

    Hey, I got a mention on your blog! I'm famous! :-)

    Feel free to drop me a line at mreifel@tessera.com if you want to connect directly.

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 4, 2009 at 1:18 AM

    So, what happens to the ten year Kodak/Motorola deal?

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 4, 2009 at 4:36 AM

    OVT is hiring now (small amount openning), hope the layoffed people can get new home

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  4. Vladimir KoifmanSeptember 4, 2009 at 7:00 AM

    Mitch,

    > Hey, I got a mention on your blog! I'm famous! :-)

    Actually, you have been mentioned a long time before, you are already famous:

    http://image-sensors-world.blogspot.com/2007/02/tessera-packaging-offering.html

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  5. tricky1906September 4, 2009 at 5:58 PM

    Caeleste (ex Cypress/FillFactory people who left on their own) is also hiring. www.caeleste.com
    So the world turns around ...

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  6. AnonymousSeptember 4, 2009 at 10:50 PM

    All of the Kodak CMOS sensors have been moved to their obsolete devices list.

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  7. AnonymousSeptember 5, 2009 at 3:11 AM

    CMOSIS is also hiring. They contain much more of the talent from the old Fillfactory than Caeleste.

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  8. AnonymousSeptember 5, 2009 at 9:21 AM

    The Kodak story is true.

    The Cypress/FillFactory story is NOT true however.

    I'm not going to bother naming my sources to back up what I'm saying, as I'm not the gossiping kind.

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  9. AnonymousSeptember 5, 2009 at 10:45 AM

    What isn't true? That both Caeleste and Cmosis are hiring? That most former Fillfactory key people are today in one of these companies? Or that Cypress/Fillfactory is firing people each quarter since Q1?

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  10. AnonymousSeptember 9, 2009 at 9:07 AM

    Time shall tell who gains from lay-offs :)
    Possible scenarios, post lay-off win-win, win-lose, lose-win, lose-lose
    Lets discuss sensor news !!

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  11. AnonymousSeptember 20, 2009 at 7:03 AM

    Kodak's sunnyvale facility to be closed at the end of Sept.
    100 people laid off.
    CMOS is over at Kodak.

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