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| Gigabyte release new Graphic card |
3/27/2012 |
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GIGABYTE Technology, a leading manufacturer of motherboards and graphics cards unveils the latest GV-N680D5-2GD-B graphics cards.
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| Altera, TSMC develop 3D IC test vehicle |
3/26/2012 |
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Altera and TSMC have announced the joint development of what they claim is the world's first heterogeneous 3D IC test vehicle using TSMC's chip-on-wafer-on-substrate (CoWoS) integration process.
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| Samsung to build NAND Flash in Xian |
3/23/2012 |
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The production at the new plant is scheduled to begin in the second half of 2013. Early January, the South Korean government granted an approval to Samsung to proceed with the plan.
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| MEM industry to set into high growth |
3/23/2012 |
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The "big bang" in MEMS consumer applications is generating a wave that is washing back into automobile infotainment and sports and well-being applications have similarities to medical without some of the stricter testing and clinical trials requirements.
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| Google's Asia Street View is not without trouble |
3/23/2012 |
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In Japan, Google was required to reshoot its street level photos in 12 cities in 2009 after complaints the vehicle plying Japan's narrow streets, was photographing the insides of people's homes.
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| Google to deliver environment adaptive advertising |
3/23/2012 |
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The premise of US patent 8,138,930 is that a phone, or other device, can detect a lot more than the current location of the user, it often knows the local temperature as well as the ambient sound and light levels, all of which the Chocolate Factory wants to use in order to better target advertisements.
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| New venture to offer Free WiMax |
3/22/2012 |
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Skype founder Niklas Zennstrom’s new FreedomPop project plans to offer “free wireless broadband” to their customers.
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| Megaupload: Can't afford to keep customer data anymore |
3/22/2012 |
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Carpathia Hosting filed an emergency motion this week in U.S. federal court in Virginia seeking protection from the expense of hosting the data of up to 66 million users. It says it is using more than 1,100 servers to store the 25 million gigabytes of data.
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| US imposed terriff on Chinese solar panels |
3/21/2012 |
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The proposed tariffs come in response to a complaint filed by a group of seven photovoltaic panel makers led by Solarworld AG (Bonn, Germany) which has manufacturing operations in California and Oregon.
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| Recapturing the relevance of the PC |
3/21/2012 |
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"End-user surveys tell us that few people consider media tablets as replacements for their PCs, so later this year when there is a new Microsoft operating system, available in sleek new PC form factors, we believe consumer interest in PCs will begin to rebound,”
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| Elpida's bond swaps to be auctioned |
3/20/2012 |
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The bankruptcy filing of Japanese chipmaker Elpida Memory Inc. has triggered a rare auction for credit default swaps linked to the company's bonds, with the market looking at a recovery rate of just under 20%.
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| iPad teardown unveils BOM cost |
3/20/2012 |
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Major factors driving up the BoM include the addition of the high-resolution Retina display, LTE wireless and a larger-capacity battery, according to the firm.
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| Elpida to accept bids from financial backers |
3/20/2012 |
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Elpida plans to hold the first round of bidding before the end of this month and a second round next month, according to the report. Elpida hopes to complete its reconstruction and emerge from bankruptcy in July, according to the report.
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| Net Zero offers free broadband wireless teaser |
3/20/2012 |
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To sign up for its "free" plan, customers pay $50 for a wireless USB card and receive up to 200 megabytes per month, enough for e-mail and Web-surfing but insufficient for video streaming.
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| SMIC obtained funding for Beijing expansion |
3/19/2012 |
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The money comes from a consortium of banks led by the China Development Bank and the Export-Import Bank of China. The loan is mainly intended to support expansion and technology development for SMIC's 300-mm wafer fab in Beijing.
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| Rumor: New Google Nexus to be at $199 |
3/19/2012 |
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Android and Me claims that an employee from a U.S. supply chain company says the rumored 7-inch tablet will cost $149, while The Verge claims to have sources that say it will be $199.
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| Trend goes to bigger display on smartphone |
3/19/2012 |
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The trend is clearly moving towards larger displays, which I think of as a good thing most of the time. The Nexus is mostly comfortable at 4.65-inches, and 4.5-inch displays are damn near perfect when it comes to a nice balance between mobile video/gaming and usability.
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