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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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| Unity to partner with IM Flash on resistive RAM |
5/26/2009 |
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"We want to be a product company not a licensing company, so we will partner with an IDM," Rinerson said. But Rinerson also said that, rather than ask an IDM to run RRAM wafers through an established wafer fab, Unity would expect to raise money to either build or take a share in the production facility.
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| Crisis in semi equipment can wipe out innovation |
5/26/2009 |
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Chip makers may have to help fund--or bail out--their friendly fab automation vendors. If not, look out for the next Chapter 11. And dreams of next-generation, automated fabs could up in smoke.
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| Handset fonts to become new fashion? |
5/25/2009 |
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Now, according to some experts, the next big thing on your handset screen is printed text. But not just any text. A multitude of typeface fonts are said by some to be the new battleground for mobile handset applications.
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| CEA reports on household spending on consumer electronics |
5/25/2009 |
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On average, men continue to spend more on consumer electronics than women, spending $902 annually compared to women, who spent $558. Young adults spent more than any other age group. Consumers ages 18-24 spent $1056 last year on CE devices.
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| Researcher: Fundamental flaw on basic transistor |
5/25/2009 |
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The theory — or the elastic tunnelling model — predicts that as transistors shrink the noise frequency should get higher. But Campbell and his colleagues at NIST, together with scientists from the University of Maryland College Park and Rutgers University, have now shown that even in nanometer sized transistors, the noise frequency remains the same.
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| Micron looking to diversify from memory |
5/25/2009 |
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Microdisplays are small panels paired with LED light sources and optics. They are integrated into projection engines for applications such as stand-alone pico projection devices and embedded projection capability within cellphones or other handheld consumer devices.
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| Lenovo reports Q4 loss |
5/22/2009 |
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Lenovo Group Ltd. posted a second straight quarterly loss, missing analysts' forecasts as restructuring costs weighed, and said it expects an enduring industry slump to bring more pain in the coming year.
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| Sanyo announced its solar cells refresh record |
5/22/2009 |
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Sanyo Electric Co Ltd. has announced that it has broken its own record for energy conversion efficiency in practical size (100 cm2 or more) crystalline silicon-type solar cells
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| Nokia lead the smartphone market |
5/22/2009 |
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Worldwide Smartphone sales surpassed 36.4 million units in the first quarter of 2009, a a 12.7 percent increase from the first quarter of 2008, according to market analysis firm Gartner Inc.
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| Axcelis cuts 235 jobs |
5/21/2009 |
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Semiconductor manufacturing equipment vendor Axcelis Technologies Inc. said Wednesday it has cut about 235 jobs, or 20 percent of its global workforce, since the end of 2008
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| AMD expects earnings by year's end |
5/20/2009 |
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Advanced Micro Devices Inc. expects its core business to make a net profit by year's end with the personal computer market potentially stronger in the second half, Chief Executive Dirk Meyer said Monday.
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| Analog Devices revenue better than expected |
5/20/2009 |
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Analog Devices Inc beat its revenue target for the fiscal second quarter by a wide margin, even as sales declined 27 percent compared to the same period of 2008, the company said Tuesday
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| Nokia plan to cut 490 jobs |
5/20/2009 |
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The world's top cellphone maker Nokia Oyj said on Tuesday it plans to cut a further 490 jobs as part of its global cost cutting programme
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