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| Researcher says DRAM rebound to continue in 2010 |
10/23/2009 |
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The DRAM industry is likely to continue to rebound in 2010, according to market research firm iSuppli Corp., which said sequential growth in DRAM revenue and pricing during the second and third quarters was the strongest the industry has seen in at least five years.
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| Freescale and E Ink reach Ip agreement for eBook silicon |
10/21/2009 |
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Electronic-paper pioneer E Ink and SoC giant Freescale Semiconductor this morning announced an intellectual-property agreement that will allow Freescale to
integrate E Ink¡¯s Vizplex display controller IP onto Freescale¡¯s ARM-based microcontroller SoCs. The two companies both claim market leadership in their respective portions displays and system chips of the eBook market, so the agreement could influence the future direction of hardware architectures for the
devices.
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| Samsung has invested in Fusion-io |
10/21/2009 |
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Samsung has invested in Fusion-io, deepening the relationship between two significant players in the fast-growing flash-storage business.
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| sun plans to cut 3,000 jobs in the next 12 months |
10/21/2009 |
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With its proposed acquisition by Oracle Corp. being delayed by regulators, Sun Microsystems Inc. plans to cut 3,000 jobs across several regions over the next 12 months, the company said Tuesday .
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| Nokia has been exonerated in 3G patents dispute |
10/20/2009 |
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Nokia has been exonerated by the U.S. International Trade Commission in the case against InterDigital when the agency confirmed an earlier decision that the Finnish phone maker did not violate some of the King of Prussia, Pennsylvania-based wireless IP group's UMTS based 3G patents.
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| Xilinx and ARM announce development collaboration on programmable platforms. |
10/20/2009 |
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Xilinx Inc and ARM today announced they are collaborating to enable ARM processor and interconnect technology on Xilinx FPGAs. Xilinx is adopting ARM Cortex processor IP, using performance-optimized ARM cell libraries and embedded memories for its future programmable platforms. In addition, ARM and Xilinx are working to define the next-generation ARM AMBA interconnect technology that is enhanced and optimized for FPGA architectures.
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| SanDisk rolls 64Gbit 4X flash memory cards |
10/19/2009 |
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SanDisk Corp. has begun production shipments of memory cards based on the company's X4 flash memory technology. This technology holds four bits of data in each memory cell, twice as many as the cells in conventional multi-level cell NAND memory chips.
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| Window 7 to boost notebook space |
10/16/2009 |
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DRAM Exchange believes that Windows 7 has far better performance than Vista, incorporating better memory utilization, power management and interface.
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| SMIC to extend process to 40nm |
10/16/2009 |
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"Our 45-nm technology has been implemented at SMIC's 300-mm facility in Shanghai ahead of schedule and we look forward to a similar result at these additional geometries," said Richard Chang, president and CEO.
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| Taiwan DRAM companies face consolidations |
10/16/2009 |
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The venture, Taiwan Memory Corp. (TMC), has gained support from Japan's Elpida Memory Inc. But to date, TMC has received little or no support and its future also remains shaky.
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| Kingston secured sources by backing DRAM makers |
10/15/2009 |
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Industry sources have commented that Kingston's role as a supportive partner for financially-distressed DRAM makers allows the memory module house to minimize the impact of recent chip shortages especially for DDR2. Elpida Memory, Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) and ProMOS Technologies have given priority to Kingston.
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| Questions re-surfaced on China manufacturing |
10/15/2009 |
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But for many OEMs China has become costly and risky, and the whole notion of outsourcing has come into question. “I spent 25 years in the outsourcing industry, but I’m not a huge proponent,” said Barnhart. “It’s like dynamite. Treat it without care and it will kill you.”
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| DRAM prices up while DDR2/DDR3 changing over |
10/15/2009 |
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Last week, "demand for both 1-Gbit and 512-Mbit DDR2 devices in the spot market was still strong. Average spot pricing for the 1-Gbit DDR2 device increased 2.8 percent in comparison with 1.6 percent for DDR3 devices," according to Gartner.
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| Taiwan DRAM companies stock rebounced |
10/14/2009 |
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Morgan Stanley said in a report on Sept. 21 that the computer-memory industry’s three-year slump is over and chipmakers may see a recovery that may last two years.
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| NXP teams with Vifage to share technology |
10/14/2009 |
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At the agreement's core is the transfer of a part of Netherlands-based NXP’s CMOS IP rights and certain engineering talent and equipment to Fremont, Calif-based Virage. Virage Logic will establish an R&D center in Eindhoven providing on-going support to NXP and developing new products based on the acquired advanced CMOS I/O, analog mixed-signal, and SOC infrastructure IP.
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| Intel beats expectation on PC market |
10/14/2009 |
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Thanks to a surprising rebound in the PC market, Intel Corp. on Tuesday (Oct. 13) exceeded analyst expectations with its third-quarter results and a fourth-quarter sales target that, if accurate, would put the company essentially back to the same quarterly run rate it had before all hell broke loose.
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| Microsoft's Ballmer stays conservative on Win 7 |
10/13/2009 |
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Microsoft's marketing arm are in overdrive to promote the new OS. Microsoft went so far as to offer a 90-day trial of Windows 7 to enterprise users to help woo them to upgrade from Vista or XP.
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| DDR3/DDR2 Price Parity Achieved? |
10/13/2009 |
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Contract quotes for 2GB DDR2 modules went up to US$31.50 on average in the first half of October 2009, exceeding the level of US$31 that DDR3 parts achieved, according to data from DRAMeXchange. 1Gb DDR2 chips edged up to US$1.78, also surpassing 1Gb DDR3 at US$1.75.
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