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| 4G Wireless to create 1.6 million jobs |
1/19/2012 |
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The growth of 4G networks will lead to job creation in a wide array of industries. Smartphone and tablet makers will ramp up production of 4G phones, wireless networks will employ more workers to build and service their new infrastructure, and software developers will write applications that can take advantage of the added capacity and speed of 4G networks.
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| Apple to reveal e-textbook services |
1/19/2012 |
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That service is expected to be a way for a broad range of schools, publishers and others to develop learning material in a digital format, these people said.
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| Elpida to show restructuring plan by month end |
1/18/2012 |
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Elpida hopes to show to its creditor banks, as the struggling chipmaker faces a slew of upcoming corporate bond and loan repayments, the Mainichi Shimbun reported in its Sunday morning edition.
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| Morris Chang makes forecast for global semi industry |
1/18/2012 |
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Morris Chang, the chairman and CEO of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd., has cut his forecast for the annual growth of the global semiconductor industry in 2012 to 2 percent, according to reports.
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| Cyber warfare between countries |
1/18/2012 |
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Israeli hackers quickly retaliated yesterday against Monday's online disruption of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange and El Al Airlines' websites by launching a counterstrike, taking down the websites of the Saudi Stock Exchange and the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange.
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| UltraBook to induce demand on Flash |
1/17/2012 |
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In addition to Ultrabooks, which mostly rely on SSDs, there's also increased demand for NAND flash memory for eMMCs (used in smartphones) and Wi-Fi wireless mobile storage devices, such as the Wi-Drive launched by Kingston Technology and the StoreJet Cloud launched by Transcend.
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| Asian companies joined the patent rush |
1/17/2012 |
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IBM maintained its lead in winning US utility patents in 2011, but Samsung is closing in and other Asian tech giants are on the rise, gaining on US companies.
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| Taiwan is now world number one semi producer |
1/17/2012 |
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Taiwan held 21 percent, Japan held 19.7 percent and Korea 16.8 percent, the Americas region has 14.7 percent of the IC manufacturing capacity and China, with 8.9 percent now accounts for more wafer capacity than Europe.
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| Nokia Windows smartphone offered free with contract |
1/17/2012 |
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The Lumia 710, Nokia's first Windows Phone to hit the U.S., barely went on sale on Jan. 11 and already Wal-Mart is undercutting other retailers by giving the new phone away for free on a two-year contract.
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| Flash revenue to overtake DRAM |
1/16/2012 |
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IC Insights (Scottsdale, Ariz.) projects that flash memory revenue will hit $32.8 billion in 2012, up 11 percent from 2011. Meanwhile, the firm predicts that DRAM sales will slide to $30.3 billion, down 3 percent from 2011 due to softening average selling prices (ASPs), according to the firm.
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| TI manager gets innovation award on memory technology |
1/16/2012 |
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Moise is most widely recognized for development of 130-nm ultra-low power ferroelectric memory (FRAM), which enables medical, consumer and industrial products to work more efficiently and longer on a single charge.
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| Acer appoints new CFO |
1/13/2012 |
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Acer held a meeting on January 12 with the board of directors and approved the appointment of Eva Ho as the new chief financial officer (CFO) and spokesperson of Acer, effective on March 1, 2012.
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| Apple buys Anobit |
1/12/2012 |
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Apple said it had bought Israel's Anobit, a maker of flash storage technology whose chips it already uses in gadgets such as the iPad.
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| LG unveil 84-inch 3D TV |
1/11/2012 |
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LG Electronics will unveil the world's largest 3D Ultra Definition (UD) TV at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.
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| Intel, Motorola inked mobile partnership |
1/11/2012 |
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Intel and Motorola Mobility have announced that the two companies have entered into a multi-year, multi-device strategic relationship that includes smartphones which Motorola will begin shipping later this year using Intel Atom processors and the Android platform.
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| Foxconn reports record high December revenues |
1/11/2012 |
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Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) reported unconsolidated December revenues of NT$316.944 billion (US$11 billion), a 3.17% increase on month and 29.53% increase on year
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