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| DRAM prices may return to cost levels |
6/3/2009 |
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DRAM prices stand a good chance of returning to cost levels in the third quarter of 2009, but they may not stay there for too long before falling again, according to Simon Chen, chairman of A-Data Technology.
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| Latest News from Asia's Largest Tech Confab |
6/3/2009 |
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Wimax, touch-screen technology, netbooks, and smartphones are just a taste of some of the gear getting all the attention at Asia's largest tech confab Computex this week in Taipei
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| PTO rejects Rambus claims |
6/3/2009 |
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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) has initially rejected 41 claims challenged by Nvida Corp. in seven patents that Rambus Inc. has asserted in litigation against the company, Nvidia said Tuesday .
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| Micron sells majority interest in sensor unit |
6/3/2009 |
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Micron Technology Inc has signed an agreement to sell a majority interest in its CMOS imaging solutions business, Aptina Imaging Corp, to private equity firms Riverwood Capital and TPG Capital.
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| Nanya expected to raise chip prices this month |
6/2/2009 |
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Nanya Technology Corp , the nation¡¯s second-biggest maker of computer memory chips, yesterday said it expected to raise chip prices this month, extending a rebound with growth in the double digits amid a supply shortage.
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| AMD Announces six-core server CPU |
6/2/2009 |
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Advanced Micro Devices rolled out its first six-core server processor Monday. The news follows on the heels of archrival Intel Corp.'s debut on March 30 of its Xeon 5500 chips that sport four, dual-threaded cores.
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| NetLogic plans to buy RMI for $183.4 million |
6/2/2009 |
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Fabless chip company NetLogic Microsystems Inc. has agreed to buy RMI Corp, a vendor of multicore networking processors, for $175.4 million in stock and $8.0 million in cash. An additional $6.5 million would be paid if certain businessobjectives are reached, NetLogic said.
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| E-book chip market to reach $1.1 billion in 2013 |
6/2/2009 |
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Worldwide shipments of e-books are expected to grow from almost 1 million units in 2008 to close to 30 million units in 2013, according to market research company In-Stat. This shipment growth is expected to result in a semiconductor market of $1.1 billion in 2013, In-Stat said.
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| Accel and A-data to become partners |
6/1/2009 |
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Accel Frontline Services has partnered with A-Data Technology, a supplier of DRAM module, as service provider for Return Merchandise Authorization (RMA) supports for both channel partners and end-users in the India market.
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| Gartner projected industry turn back |
5/29/2009 |
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"We are expecting 4.9% growth in second quarter semiconductor sales based on recent semiconductor company guidance, and this positive movement has caused us to move away from our Q1 2009 worst-case scenario of a record down year in 2009."
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| Infineon to qualify for government stimulus grand |
5/29/2009 |
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Infineon is in the difficult situation to refinance debts to almost € 600 million million) by mid-2010. Recently, the company bought back older debts at a relatively low price and issued a bond, Both measures however will not suffice to close the financial gap for the company.
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| Chartered denies buy out bid |
5/29/2009 |
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The company said in a statement it had "not received such a bid from" Advanced Technology Investment Co., the Abu Dhabi investment company that recently pumped money into GlobalFoundry Co., the manufacturing division spun off by microprocessor and graphics semiconductor vendor Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
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| Sun introduce Unified Storage System |
5/28/2009 |
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The Sun Storage 7310 array includes the ability to cluster high availability applications. The array also uses Sun's Hybrid Storage Pool technology, which allows users to add up to 600GB of SSD storage to the existing 64GB of D RAM cache. In a two-node clustered configuration, the storage system offers up to 124GB of DRAM cache.
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| New controller promise to slash SSD prices |
5/28/2009 |
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It is expected that SSDs will greatly benefit, both performance wise as well as price wise. We've even heard bold predictions that SSD pricing could drop as much as 50% by Xmas.
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| EPA drive for power efficient TV |
5/28/2009 |
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In late April the EPA proposed Tier 2 and Tier 3 specs. While the current requirement (Tier 1) for active power consumption is 208W, Tier 2 would lower that to 115W by May 2010 and to 81W by May 2012. (These are for a typical 42-inch screen size, regardless of technology.)
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| Hard hited on equipment industry |
5/28/2009 |
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In total, Nikon is planning to curtail fixed cost of approximately 8 billion yen ($84.4 million) by cutting 800 out of 2,900 manufacturing jobs in Japan. It is also cutting about 200 out of 1,700 overseas marketing and service jobs.
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| Qimonda likely to be sold in pieces |
5/27/2009 |
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The last deadline for Qimonda will end coming Sunday (May 31st). After this date, the insolvency process will be continued by selling the company in pieces. Currently, insolvency administrator Michael Jaffé still prefers a comprehensive solution for investors intending to take over the entire company including R&D and production manpower as well as IP and other assets.
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| Court ordered Hynix to post bond on Rambus case |
5/27/2009 |
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In a statement, Thomas Lavelle, senior vice president and general counsel at Rambus, said Rambus believes Hynix should have been required to post a bond for the entire amount of the judgment.
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| Revolutionary touch screen improves Netbook experience |
5/27/2009 |
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Previous-generation touchscreens used flexible polymer films that provided resistive feedback to a controller chip to determine finger location, but the screens were prone to scratching with extended use. Projected capacitive touchscreens cover the LCD panel with glass that guards against scratches and also protects the display from environmental contaminants.
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| Embedded routine reports piracy usage |
5/26/2009 |
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Vendors that build CodeArmor algorithms into an update of their software application receive daily reports from the field about companies are using unlicensed copies. Pirates can crack the licensing and activation protection in an application, but can't hack the anti-piracy tool because it lies dormant until the software is used.
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