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| Intel ships fixed 6-series chipsets to Taiwan makers |
2/28/2011 |
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Asustek Computer, Gigabyte Technology, Micro-Star International (MSI) and Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) have all received small-volume shipments of fixed 6-series chipsets from Intel and will begin delivery of new P67, H67 and H61-based motherboards shortly.
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| Nvidia unveils Dual-core graphic card |
2/25/2011 |
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Nvidia is expected to unveil its dual-GPU GeForce GTX 590 graphics card in mid-March 2011 at the earliest and AMD will release its Radeon HD 6990 a month later.
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| Rexchip to produce Mobile DRAM |
2/25/2011 |
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Rexchip Electronics will start trial production of mobile DRAM products employing Elpida Memory's designs in May 2011.
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| Flextronic cut staff at Taiwan operation |
2/25/2011 |
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Flextronics International has laid off some of its staff working in the desktop and all-in-one (AIO) PC units of its plant in Taiwan due to lower-than-expected performance in 2010.
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| Ramtron hurted by IBM's slow ramp up |
2/24/2011 |
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As reported, IBM appears to be struggling with its foundry ramp for Ramtron. In 2009, Ramtron entered into a foundry services agreement with IBM. The companies planned to install Ramtron’s FRAM semiconductor process technology in IBM's Burlington, Vermont, advanced wafer manufacturing facility.
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| Google to introduce Cloud Connect for MS Office |
2/24/2011 |
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The company says it takes Office files, uploads them to Google's servers and gives them a unique Web address so they and can be accessed through Google Docs from any Internet-connected device. The files can also be accessed from within Office.
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| NEC Medias, thinnest smartphone |
2/24/2011 |
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Thin continues to be in for new smartphones: the NEC Medias N-04C, launched by NTT DoCoMo in Japan on Thursday, is about 8 millimeters thick.
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| Light Squared's proposed 4G will jam GPS |
2/24/2011 |
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4G networks - a good thing, right? A super-fast data connection, access to anything, anywhere. But maybe not so great, says GPS manufacturer Garmin, if you want to know exactly where you are.
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| Nand market collapse is coming |
2/23/2011 |
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But don’t look now, the NAND flash party may be nearly over. Hynix, Micron, Samsung and Toshiba have or will ramp up new NAND fabs-a move that could cause a capacity glut and falling prices. At present, NAND sells for $1.60 per gigabyte. By mid-2012, NAND is expected to fall and hit $0.65 per gigabyte, a 40 percent drop,
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| Jabil to take back 3 European factories |
2/23/2011 |
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"Although the transgressions of the purchaser that led to this action were beyond our control, we could not stand-by and allow the circumstances to deteriorate further, risking more serious consequences to our stakeholders."
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| China brings on own mobile search engine |
2/22/2011 |
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China currently has 457 million Internet users, according to the latest official count. About 303 million of those users go online via their mobile phones. China Mobile is the country's largest mobile carrier with nearly 590 million customers.
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| Microsoft to open Kinect SDK to developers |
2/22/2011 |
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"Supporting this community and enabling creativity around natural user interfaces (NUI) is important to us, and our hope is that this SDK will ignite further creativity in an already vibrant ecosystem of enthusiasts,"
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| Samsung developing Wide I/O DRAM for mobile |
2/21/2011 |
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The 1-Gbit WIO DRAM can transmit data at 12.8-Gbytes per second, increasing the bandwidth of mobile DDR DRAM eightfold, while reducing power consumption by approximately 87 percent. The bandwidth is also four times that of LPDDR2 DRAM, which is approximately 3.2-Gigabytes per second, Samsung said.
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| Other carriers to get iPhone as well |
2/21/2011 |
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It seems that the AT&T contract has either been altered or dissolved before the expiry date; Apple is unlikely to have drafted a similar document with Verizon Wireless now that the iPhone brand has been firmly established as one of the leaders in the smartphone market
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| Libya government shut off internet |
2/21/2011 |
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First, Libya blocked news sites and Facebook. Then, beginning Friday night, according to Arbor Networks, a network security and Internet monitoring company, announced that Libya had cut itself off from the Internet. Hours later the Libyan dictator’s solders started slaughtering protesters.
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| Verizon iPhone might have been selling to existing users |
2/21/2011 |
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Arment suggested that most Verizon iPhones have been sold to existing iPhone or iPod touch users. In this scenario, customers getting the Verizon iPhone could already own most or all of the App Store software they would be interested in buying.
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| WiFi will continue to expand |
2/18/2011 |
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Wi-Fi functionality becomes a standard feature in a host of electronic devices from televisions to cameras to car entertainment systems, according to market research firm IHS iSuppli.
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| iSupply see semi inventory climbing |
2/18/2011 |
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Semiconductor suppliers had 83.6 days of inventory (DOI) at the end of the fourth quarter of 2010, up a surprising 5.5 days, or 7 percent, from 78.1 days in the previous quarter, according to IHS. Inventory was at its highest level since the second quarter of 2008
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| Apple created shortage on touch panel |
2/18/2011 |
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Touch panels are currently suffering the most serious shortage due to Apple holding control over the capacity of major touch panel makers such as Wintek and TPK, and with US-based RIM, Motorola and Hewlett-Packard (HP) also competing for related components, second-tier players are already out of the game.
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| Abu Dhabi keep Global foundries as a contender |
2/17/2011 |
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As part of a recent and complex transaction, AMD reduced its stake in GlobalFoundries from about 30 percent to 14 percent. In the deal, ATIC now owns 86 percent of GlobalFoundries, a U.S.-based silicon foundry vendor. Previously, ATIC owned 70 percent.
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