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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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| 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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