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| Open source mobile codec picks up support |
5/20/2010 |
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Google announced at its annual Google I/O event in San Francisco it will make the V8 codec available as open source code with a royalty free license as part of a new WebM project. Google said it will pair V8 with the Vorbis open source audio codec and support the two in its Chrome browser and YouTube service.
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| European Commission set to fine memory companies |
5/19/2010 |
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The total fine is expected to be about 300 million euros (about $370 million), although it is expected that many of those accused will have accepted the European Commission's proposed fine in return for a 10 percent discount, the reports said.
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| Dell and IBM to field test low power ARM server |
5/19/2010 |
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"We're going from an era of general purpose processors to application-specific processors, and now we will go from general-purpose computers to application-specific servers," he said. "People will start to examine these machines and they will tend to be more appliance-like,"
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| Apple release iPhone OS 4 to developer |
5/19/2010 |
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Including features such as third-party app multi-tasking, the ability to organize apps in groups, a unified in box for email, Bluetooth keyboard support, and more.
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| Taiwan manufacturers go hi-gear on Capex |
5/18/2010 |
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No.1 foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) plans to spend US$4.8 billion on expansions this year, almost 80% more than the capital it laid out last year. United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC) has decided to spend US$1 billion, nearly double its 2009 expenditure. The island`s dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chipmakers plan to raise an estimated NT$138.9 billion (US$4.3 billion) to finance their expansions their plans.
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| Now, LEDs are in short supply |
5/18/2010 |
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''The supply situation is tight due to increasing demand from backlighting for TVs and general lighting markets,'' he said. ''Vendors expect this situation to persist until the end of the year at least.''
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| ProMos moved up om DRAM producer ranking |
5/18/2010 |
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''Powerchip's strong performance means that it took the No. 5 ranking from Taiwanese rival Nanya Technology. Nanya's weak performance is a result of low utilization rates at its fabs as the company moves to Micron's 40-nm process.''
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| YouTube viewer passes 3 networks on primetime |
5/18/2010 |
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YouTube’s viewership now exceeds that of all three networks combined during their “primetime” evening time slot, with more than 2 billion views per day, Google announced Sunday.
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| DRAM vendors play push-pull on DDR3 contract prices |
5/17/2010 |
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“PC vendors are disagreeing with Samsung on its new prices for DDR3 chips, which has left May contract prices unsettled, the sources indicated, commenting that it is difficult for the chip vendor to raise prices during the weak season,” the report states.
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| NOR supply caught short |
5/17/2010 |
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"upsurge in NOR demand--an expansion that started in the second half of 2009 and that has continued since then--has left suppliers scrambling to fulfill orders. And despite capacity increases and close-to-maximum fab utilization levels among NOR suppliers, lead times have ballooned for clients awaiting product,”
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| Intel in talk to buy Infineon Wireless |
5/17/2010 |
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The sources said that is a lot of interest in Infineon's mobile phone business at Intel. However, Infineon is not yet convinced that sale of one of its prime assets and a major part of its overall turnover makes sense.
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| Foxconn Shen Zhen - a pressure pot? |
5/17/2010 |
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This is the sixth Foxconn employee to commit suicide by jumping since the beginning of 2010, and two other employees have been hurt trying to kill themselves, the report said.
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| Deleting of Facebook accounts rises |
5/14/2010 |
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But there has been much uproar online about Facebook's alleged lack of concern for the privacy of its users' personal information, and its clear that some people have become so upset that they're leaving the networking site, which has more than 400 million members.
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| Cree simplifies LED light manufacturing |
5/14/2010 |
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All a fixture manufacturer needs to do is drop in an optional heat sink to accommodate high-temperature applications, such as down lights for insulated ceilings, and then design the external fixture package. The result is a low-power, long-life solid-state-lighting luminaire.
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| Samsung dramatically increased Capex |
5/14/2010 |
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Samsung is expected to make an announcement at a ground-breaking ceremony for a wafer fab due to take place on Monday (May 15). Such a large sum would represent a more than doubling of Samsung's existing, industry-leading capex plan and it is hard to see how the chip equipment industry could ramp up quickly enough.
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| Adobe promotes openess in mobile Flash |
5/14/2010 |
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Sure, it'd be easy to fire back against Steve Jobs and company for so publicly disparaging Adobe and Flash, but Adobe's taking of the high road -- through a new advertising campaign that actually praises Apple and its iPhone and iPad while stating a position on openness -- is a strong tactical maneuver.
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| Merger to fight against counterfeit components |
5/13/2010 |
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“NEDA and ECA have been united with respect to their fight against counterfeit product and in support of the authorized channel," said Robin B Gray, Jr, NEDA executive vice president, in a statement. "It makes good business sense to combine our efforts for maximum effectiveness."
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| Motorola to bring 4G to Russia |
5/13/2010 |
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"Our collaboration with Motorola marks a new phase in InformInvest’s business strategy in delivering innovative wireless technologies for the Russian market," said Igor Marchenko, vice president, Inform Invest Group.
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| Cadence to absorb Denali |
5/13/2010 |
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The transaction expands Cadence's solution portfolio to deliver efficient and cost-effective system component modeling and IP integration. The transaction was unanimously approved by the Cadence and Denali boards of directors.
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| Sprint 4G phone to go for $200 |
5/13/2010 |
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EVO’s best features is the ability to use it to share the WiMAX connection with up to eight other devices via Wi-Fi, will also cost extra. $30 per-month extra, in fact. It will be interesting to see what happens to this plan if and when the EVO is updated from Android 2.1 to 2.2, which has native tethering built-in to the OS
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| Otellini upbeat on processor market |
5/12/2010 |
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The company also said it remains "highly confident" that it will achieve its financial goals for the current quarter despite rising concerns about European economies amid Greece's financial crisis.
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| MEM gyroscope to revolutionize smartphone experience |
5/12/2010 |
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Just as the Apple iPhone opened the eyes of handset vendors to how a MEMS accelerometer could harness motion to change from portrait to landscape views, the MotionPlus game controller for Nintendo's Wii "has stimulated the imagination of handset makers" by proving "how well a six-axis solution—a three-axis accelerometer plus three-axis gyroscope—works by making the motion recognition smoother and more precise,"
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| Spansion emerged from bankruptcy |
5/12/2010 |
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Spansion said it entered Chapter 11 reorganization with over $1.5 billion in debt. It emerged with less than $480 million in debt and approximately $230 million in cash, which is supplemented with an undrawn credit line of up to $65 million.
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| Another lost iPhone prototype show up in Vietnam |
5/12/2010 |
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Images of what appears to be an iPhone similar to the one at the center of last month's Apple-Gizmodo flap have surfaced on Vietnamese language web site, Taoviet. The images include a complete hardware teardown, with close-ups.
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