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| Intel licenses Nvidia graphic technology |
8/11/2009 |
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Intel licensed SLI technology from Nivida to allow Nehalem processors and chipsets to support multiple graphics processors in high-end gaming systems and workstations.
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| 3-bit NAND flash race heating up |
8/11/2009 |
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The 3-bit-per-cell (x3) NAND race is heating up, as Intel Corp. and Micron Technology Inc. officially announced their initial offering in the arena.
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| Micron new LRDIMM (load-reduced) |
8/10/2009 |
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Micron Technology Inc. released the industry's first DDR3 load-reduced, dual-inline memory module (LRDIMM) early this month.
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| Major foundries July sales jump |
8/10/2009 |
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (TSMC) said sales were approximately NT$30.28 billion ($922.3 million) for July, an increase of 17.5 percent over June 2009
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| Kingston ships 160GB SSD |
8/10/2009 |
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Providing 1.5- and 3-Gbps SATA interfaces, the 80- and 160-Gbyte SSDNow M Series solid-state drives have 250-Mbps read and 70-Mbps write speeds in a 2.5-in. form factor.
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| IDT plans to shut down Oregon Fab |
8/7/2009 |
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IDT is moving towards a fabless model. As part of the plan, IDT will shut down its fab in Oregon and will transfer the production to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
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| Inotera reports narrow losses |
8/7/2009 |
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Inotera Memories, a joint venture between Micron Technology and Nanya Technology, saw its net loss for second-quarter 2009 narrow to NT$4.11 billion (US$125 million) compared to a loss of NT$5.32 billion in the prior quarter.
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| Sony to sell $199 eReader |
8/6/2009 |
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Sony will begin selling this month the cheapest digital book reader for the United States, heating up the competition with Amazon.com Inc in the small but fast-growing market for electronic readers.
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| Altera to cut 3% of work force |
8/6/2009 |
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Altera plans to layoff 87 workers, reducing its total workforce by a little more than 3 percent, the company said in a regulatory filing.
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| Nanya reports Revenue Improvement |
8/6/2009 |
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Nanya Technology has announced revenues for the second quarter ended June 30, 2009 increased 31% sequentially to NT$8.09 billion (US$247 million),
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| A-Data revenue up 26 % |
8/5/2009 |
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Memory-module maker A-Data Technology has announced revenues for July 2009 increased 26% on month to NT$2.59 billion (US$79.3 million).
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| VIA 's July revenue falls 32% |
8/5/2009 |
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VIA Technologies has posted revenues of NT$412 million (US$12.6 million) for July 2009, representing decreases of 0.73% sequentially and 32.57% on year.
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| WinBond to exit Dram Business |
8/5/2009 |
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Winbond Electronics plans to lower its sales proportion from standard DRAM to 10% in 2010, and gradually phase out the business, according to company president Tung-Yi Chan.
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| Winbond to license Qimonda GDDR Technology |
8/4/2009 |
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Winbond announced that its board of directors has approved a proposal to enter a product transfer and technology licensing agreement with Qimonda for licensing the GDDR specification.
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| Seagate to close Singapore Operation |
8/4/2009 |
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Seagate Technology said it will close its hard-disk drive manufacturing plant in Singapore by the end of next year and lay off about half of its 4,000 workers.
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| Microsoft to ship IE with Windows 7 in Europe |
8/3/2009 |
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Microsoft said it would not separate its Internet Explorer (IE) Web browser from versions of Windows 7 shipped to the European Union when the new operating system launches worldwide in October.
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| Intel halts shipment of SSD Drive |
8/3/2009 |
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Intel has suspended shipments of its recently launched 34nm NAND flash-based SSDs due to the discovery of a bug that could render the drives inoperable on systems
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