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| HP to cut EDS employee salaries |
3/18/2009 |
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HP said it will cut the base salaries of some employees in its EDS business by 10 percent for the month of April.
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| HP launch new Itanium Servers |
3/18/2009 |
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HP launched a new line of Servers that offers improved performance over its other entry-level Servers that require high uptime.
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| Hynix unveiled 8GB DDR3 RDIMM |
3/17/2009 |
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Hynix has announced validation of what it claims is the world's first MetaRAM-based 8GB 2-rank DDR3 R-DIMM
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| Taiwan semi sales reflect slight rebound |
3/13/2009 |
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Taiwanese semiconductor component and subsystem demand across a range of applications was up sequentially in February, beating the normal trend, according to a survey.
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| Taiwan government proposed DRAM venture may not work |
3/13/2009 |
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Taiwan DRAM maker, Nanya Technology Corp., has not committed to the Taiwan Government's proposed memory venture and is still evaluating the concept. Reports have surfaced that another vendor, Powerchip Semiconductor Corp., is unhappy with the government proposal and will merge its operations with Elpida Memory Inc.
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| Apple new iPod Shuffle can talk |
3/12/2009 |
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Apple introduced a new version of iPod Shuffle that's half the size of previous models and can speak artist, song, and playlist names.
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| Sun qualified SSD from Intel, STEC |
3/12/2009 |
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Sun Microsystems Inc. has expanded its efforts with solid-state drive (SSD) technology for use within its own systems. For its systems, the company has qualified SSDs from both Intel Corp. and STEC Inc.
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| Samsung Elec appoints new CEO/President |
3/11/2009 |
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South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. announced that Wan Hoon (W. H.) Hong has been appointed chief executive and president of Samsung Semiconductor Inc.
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| NAND memory continues to rebound in price |
3/11/2009 |
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The NAND rally continues. Vendors continue to increase their component prices, while SanDisk Corp. separately raised its flash card tags, according to an analyst.
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| National Semo to layoff 1,725 amid lower sales |
3/11/2009 |
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National Semiconductor Corp. said Wednesday (March 11) it plans to close two facilites and cut 1,725 jobs, or 26 percent of its workforce, after reporting that revenue declined more than 30 percent for the quarter ended March 1.
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| Chips on garment |
3/10/2009 |
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Chips with a thickness of below 60 microns could enable manufacturers to design garment with integrated electronic circuits for applications such as health and comfort monitoring.
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| TSMC sees improving sales ahead |
3/10/2009 |
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Despite a slump in monthly sales, silicon foundry giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (TSMC) has raised its forecast.
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| Hynix reportedly agree paying Rambus $400 million to settle case |
3/10/2009 |
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Memory technology licensor Rambus Inc. has said that it has agreed in principle to terms for a compulsory license with Hynix Semiconductor for SDR SDRAM and DDR SDRAM memory products and that Hynix will pay $349 million in damages plus interest of approximately $48 million as a final settlement in a legal case filed by Hynix in 2000.
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