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| Electronics memory was invented |
6/25/2009 |
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The 1967 invention was patented in 1968 and began to appear in products in the 1970s. Cheaper, faster and less power hungry than the earlier magnetic memory, DRAM became the standard.
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| Intel switch China fab to 65nm |
6/25/2009 |
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''We originally announced it at 90-nm, but said there was a chance that we'd go to 65-nm. We have the U.S. government license, so that when we start we'll be on 65-nm,'' according to a spokesman at Intel.
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| New memory company claims no wear out non-volatile |
6/25/2009 |
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The wide band-gap characteristics of SIC-on-silicon technology enables ''fast read and write times'' and ''no wear out'' capabilities for its proposed devices. ''We're simply trapping a charge in SiC,'' Goodman said. "SiC is great for that.''
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| SSD to HDD ratio is low |
6/24/2009 |
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Because of uncertain demand, makers also expressed doubts whether SSDs would go mainstream replacing hard disk drives (HDDs) in 2010. Though the flash-based drives can improve PC performance and reduce power consumption, HDDs are still competitive in terms of pricing, the makers said.
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| Qimonda being sold in pieces |
6/24/2009 |
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Qimonda's core assets such as patents and the fabs however are still in the hand of the insolvency administrator. Thus, a large-scale solution still would possible. At least theoretically.
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| Gartner projects sustained recovery |
6/24/2009 |
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The research company said that electronic equipment markets should begin a recovery in Q4 of this year, allowing the electronics industry to enter into a sustained recovery — as measured by a rolling 12-month comparison with the prior year — in the second half of 2010 with a reacceleration in sales in 2011.
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| Intel to regain ground lost to AMD |
6/23/2009 |
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"Also, we think some of AMD's better-than-expected Q1 revenues were a result of aggressive pricing actions, potentially impeding some of the firm's gross margin recovery. Finally, AMD may cede a couple of points of market share gained in Q1 as customer price sensitivity decreases, given broader signs of global economic stabilization,"
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| Intel to announce design win with Nokia |
6/23/2009 |
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A news agency has reported Intel Corp. is set to announce it has struck an agreement to supply wireless chips to Nokia Corp., the world's biggest mobile handset manufacturer.
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| IBM and Intel head to head on high performance computing |
6/23/2009 |
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Intel made modest gains as the dominant processor supplier in the latest version of the Top 500 supercomputer list released Tuesday (June 23) at a conference in Hamburg. But IBM retained its standing with the number one system on the list, the so-called Roadrunner which in May 2008 became the first to break the petaflops barrier.
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| Nokia Siemens will pay $650M for Nortel assets |
6/22/2009 |
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Nokia Siemens Networks said it has struck an agreement to pay $650 million for the next-generation wireless technology business of Canada's bankrupt communications equipment vendor Nortel Networks Inc.
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| iSuppli said worldwide chip sales to pick up sequentially |
6/19/2009 |
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Global chip sales in the first quarter declined to $44.3 billion, down 18.8 percent from $54.5 billion in the fourth quarter, and a decline of 33.8 percent from $66.8 billion in the first quarter of 2008, according to market tracker iSuppli.
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| Intel put more resource in energy R&D |
6/19/2009 |
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Intel Corp. has revamped its R&D activities, by renaming the group and forming several new units in the arena. The company has also formed a new group that will focus on energy.
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| TSMC to boost 2009 CAPEX to $1.9 billion |
6/18/2009 |
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Silicon foundry giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (TSMC) plans to boost its capital spending from $1.5 billion to $1.9 billion in 2009, according to a report from the Financial Times.
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| ProMos to supply DRAM to Elpida, sources said |
6/17/2009 |
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ProMOS Technologies will sign a DRAM supply agreement with Elpida Memory soon, forming a partnership that may be key to success of the Taiwan government-led Taiwan Memory Company (TMC) project, according to industry sources.
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| Best Buy quarterly earnings down |
6/17/2009 |
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Best Buy Co. Inc. posted lower first-quarter earnings and weaker-than-expected sales Tuesday and implied earnings for the rest of the year would be worse than forecast.
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| Foundry to see improved sales in Q2 |
6/17/2009 |
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Global revenue for pure-play foundries is expected to jump in Q2 after disastrous performance in Q1 impacted the top 10 foundries, according to a report from iSuppli Corp.
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| Sharp intergrates memory to LCD panel to save power |
6/16/2009 |
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Because liquid crystal display (LCD) pixels are relatively large it is possible to integrate memory in the active memory backplane at each pixel site. Sharp Corp. has done this for a 96 x 96 pixel miniature monochrome LCD and claims a power saving of a factor of 130 compared to standard LCDs of equal size.
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| ST, Soitec co-develop next generation image sensors |
6/16/2009 |
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STMicrolectronics and Soitec announced an exclusive joint cooperation to develop 300-mm wafer-level BSI (backside-illumination) technology for the next-generation of image sensors in consumer electronics.
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