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| Dell was fined $30,000 in Taiwan for pricing errors |
7/31/2009 |
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Dell was fined on Thursday by a Taiwanese city agency for failing to meet sales obligations of heavily discounted products resulting from online pricing snafus, according to online news reports.
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| Infineon Austria workers recover full-time work |
7/30/2009 |
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Infineon has terminated the short-time schedule for most of its Austrian workers ahead of schedule. The move reflects the improving market situation for the semiconductor company.
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| Agilent will purchase Varian for $1.5 billion |
7/28/2009 |
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Agilent Technologies Inc. said it will purchase Varian Inc. for $1.5 billion, paying a 35 percent premium for the supplier of scientific instruments and vacuum technologies in a bid to broaden its own product offerings in new growth areas.
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| Verizon plan to cut 8,000 job |
7/28/2009 |
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Verizon Communications Inc. posted a lower quarterly profit and said it would cut 8,000 jobs in its wireline business, as weakness in wholesale and corporate segments overshadowed wireless growth.
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| Nanya to to solicit Intel investment |
7/23/2009 |
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Nanya Technology, is currently soliciting equity investment from Intel through its planned issuance of global depositary receipts (GDRs) or new shares through private placement.
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| Equipment Book-to-Bill improves |
7/23/2009 |
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The three-month average of worldwide bookings in June was $323.4 million, SEMI reported, noting that the bookings figure is about 12% greater than the final May level of $287.8 million. Still, the figure is about 69% less than the $934.2 million in orders posted in June 2008.
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| US hi-techs to raise capital from Taiwan |
7/23/2009 |
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As many as ten electronics companies are working with underwriters on a possible listing in Taiwan. A total of 17 foreign companies are preparing to list in Taiwan which opened its markets to foreign based companies a year ago.
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| 3GS and MacBook in short supply |
7/22/2009 |
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Apple executives said during a conference call Tuesday afternoon that supplies of the iPhone 3GS are constrained, and that Apple can not meet demand at the current time.
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| Intel brings out 34nm SSD for notebook computer |
7/22/2009 |
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The multi-level cell (MLC) Intel X25-M Mainstream SATA SSD is aimed at laptop and desktop PCs and available in 80-gigabyte (GB) and 160-GB versions, Intel said. "Our goal was to not only be first to achieve 34-nm NAND flash memory lithography, but to do so with the same or better performance than our 50-nm version,"
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| Apple posted robust quarter |
7/22/2009 |
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Apple benefitted from strong sales of its iPhone wireless handset device and applications sold in its App Store as well as resilient demand for Macintosh computers, which notched a four percent increase in units sold from the year-ago quarter.
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| Taiwan announced support for DRAM companies |
7/21/2009 |
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Taiwan's government said on Tuesday local DRAM chip makers seeking to tap state funds to help the ailing sector would have to include proposals on developing technology with foreign firms and as well as strategies such as mergers and acquisitions.
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| Samsung to go to 40nm 1.35V DDR3 chip |
7/21/2009 |
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Each chip supports a data rate of up to 1.6Gbps at 1.35 volts. 2Gb DDR3 chips are expected to account for 82% of the total DDR3 DRAM market sold by 2012.
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