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| Taiwan goverment approved TSMC China Fab |
10/1/2010 |
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An application by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) to fabricate on 0.13-micron technology at its Songjiang 8-inch fab in Shanghai was approved by the Investment Commission of Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) on September 29, 2010.
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| Samsung to develop Flash storage interface format |
10/1/2010 |
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Samsung is developing its own Universal Flash Storage (UFS) interface standard in the first half of 2011, in a move to standardize a command set required to be supported by all embedded and removable memory card interfaces.
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| AMD to delay Radeon HD 6000 GPU |
9/28/2010 |
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AMD has recently postponed the launch schedule of its next-generation Radeon HD 6000 series GPUs from the original October 12 to November 2010.
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| TSMC to expand China 8-inch Fab |
9/27/2010 |
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is ramping up the monthly capacity at its Songjiang 8-inch fab in Shanghai to 50,000 wafers by the end of 2010
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| Component prices set to ease |
9/24/2010 |
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After more than a year of increases, prices for discrete components are set to begin to decline in the first quarter of 2011 as demand softens during the seasonally slow period.
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| GTM Research reports on Smart Grid market |
9/24/2010 |
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U.S. Smart Grid Market Forecast: 2010–2015,” GTM Research revealed that the US smart grid market will grow more than 70 percent, from $5.6 billion in 2010 to $9.6 billion by 2015.
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| Rumors: 7 inch iPad is in development |
9/24/2010 |
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In August, the Chinese-language Economic Daily News claimed that Apple was pursuing an iPad with a smaller screen and lighter weight, because the current 9.7-inch device is too big and heavy for some users. That report alleged that the new model will cut its weight from 700 grams to 500 grams.
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| CDMA version iPhone is ready |
9/24/2010 |
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Electronista reports that Pegatron is set to produce "3-4 million units" of a CDMA iPhone 4 by next February, there's no doubt that someone other than AT&T is finally going to get their hands on the #1 selling phone in the US.
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| Sharp to acquire solar developer |
9/23/2010 |
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"We are excited to have reached a definitive agreement for Sharp to acquire Recurrent Energy, a leading solar project developer and generating company with a 2 GW pipeline. It is essential for Sharp to function as a developer in the photovoltaic field, in order to further expand its business in this area,"
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| Samsung announced 4G LTE |
9/23/2010 |
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Samsung Mobile has announced the launch of what it claims is the world's first 4G LTE-enabled, multi-mode, CDMA handset, the Samsung Craft SCH-r900.
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| Japanese start up offers platform for EV manufacturing |
9/23/2010 |
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Founded by Hiroshi Shimizu, a professor at Keio University, in August 2009, SIM-Drive has emerged as one of Japan’s more promising technology ventures. Shimizu has led development of electronic vehicles with in-wheel motor technologies over the last 30 years at Keio University and as SIM-Drive’s president.
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| iPad to reach reach mass market |
9/23/2010 |
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The Apple tablet will be “a secondary computing device for those who already have a primary computer, a primary device for those who could not previously afford a Mac, and the first Apple product that will be a success in the enterprise,”
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| Micheal shows new Dell Tablet |
9/23/2010 |
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Dell is only one of several computer makers lining up with tablets to challenge the iPad. Other vendors jumping into the market include Hewlett-Packard, Asus, Samsung and others.
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