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| ARM renews research cooperation with University of Michigan |
9/13/2011 |
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Krisztian Flautner, vice president of R&D at ARM (Cambridge, England), is a former student of Trevor Mudge, Bredt Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Michigan, who leads the research.
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| ST Ericsson to open technical office in Silicon Valley |
9/13/2011 |
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The company's NovaThor Tech Center will provide local technical support and be a meeting place for partnerships and demos. It currently has a staff of about 50, rising to about 150 over the next 18 months.
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| Microsoft to separate its Win8 from legacy |
9/13/2011 |
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Microsoft has suggested that Windows 8 will use Hyper-V virtualization to run legacy applications (those designed for Windows 7 and earlier), so Microsoft can break free of the legacy technology and move Windows to a new level, as Apple did when it virtualized its old System 7 architecture a decade ago and came up with Mac OS X.
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| Double ordering of Japanese IC caught up with reality |
9/12/2011 |
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He said that Japanese chip exports rose sharply in July, but the quicker than expected recovery had revealed that many customers double ordered in the months after the earthquake. "Ironically, the rebound in Japan¡¯s exports in July probably prompted many customers to cancel orders in August,"
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| Not to give up T-Mobile without a fight |
9/12/2011 |
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The comments, filed in federal court in Washington, D.C., Friday, are AT&T's first formal reply to the government's effort to block the deal. At the heart of the rebuttal is the notion that T-Mobile USA is too weak to be an effective competitor and its removal from the market wouldn't harm consumers.
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| Analyst Amazon will challenge iPad sales |
9/12/2011 |
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"We believe Amazon's entry into the tablet market could provide a shot in the arm to the non-Apple tablet market. As we have discussed in previous reports, entry into the tablet market by Amazon or Microsoft (NASDAQ:AMZN) could make for reshaped market conditions,"
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| Is Windows on ARM really compatible> |
9/12/2011 |
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"There will be some stuff that's compatible between the architectures and there will be completely new applications written for the new API and native languages which are going to have to be ported,"
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| TSMC report 3Q11 sales up by 6% |
9/9/2011 |
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TSMC has announced that consolidated revenues grew 6.2% sequentially and 0.7% from a year ago to US$1.29 billion in August 2011.
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| MSI unveils new gaming notebooks |
9/9/2011 |
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MSI has launched two new gaming notebooks, the GT780DX and GT683DX featuring the Intel Core i7 processors and Nvidia discrete graphics chips.
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| AMD adds lineup of AMD Fusion APUs |
9/8/2011 |
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AMD has announced availability of its new A-series Accelerated Processing Unit (APU) A4-3300 and A4-3400 desktop processors, bringing the entry-level desktop APU price down to US$70.
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| UMC report operating loss in 4Q11 |
9/7/2011 |
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UMC report its third-quarter 2011 operation fall short of its forecast made in early August, and suffer an operating loss in the fourth quarter.
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| Elpida file patent lawsuit against Nanya |
9/7/2011 |
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Elpida Memory have filed a lawsuit against Nanya Technology in the US, claiming that Nanya had infringed on its DRAM patents and demanding compensation from the Taiwan-based company.
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| HTC August revenues hit record |
9/7/2011 |
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HTC has reported consolidated revenues of NT$45.32 billion (US$1.56 billion) for August, a monthly record representing an increase of 0.47% on month and 87.44% on year
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| ProMOS suspended from Taiwan stock market |
9/6/2011 |
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ProMOS Technologies trading has been suspended on Taiwan's over-the-counter (OTC) securities market starting today (September 6) after failing to submit its financial results for the first half of 2011.
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| Intel cut CPU prices |
9/6/2011 |
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Intel has recently launched several new Sandy Bridge-based processors, while has also reduced the price of some existing CPUs to defend from AMD's competition with APUs.
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