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| Taiwan Goverment May Bail Out DRAM Makers |
12/23/2008 |
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Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) has reportedly drafted about NT$200 billion (US$6.50 billion) to be used in a bailout of the island's fragile DRAM industry, according to sources close to the deal
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| Intel shipping 160GB SSD Drives |
12/22/2008 |
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Intel is now shipping a 160GB version of its solid state SATA drives for mainstream laptops and is preparing to launch a different version for ultraportable notebooks in January 2009.
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| MicroSoft release new IE patch |
12/22/2008 |
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Microsoft issued an emergency patch for Internet Explorer vulnerability that has opened the door for hackers to install malware on susceptible computers without any user intervention.
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| Foxconn Plans To Cut Thousands Of Jobs |
12/22/2008 |
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Foxconn Electronics's chairman Terry Gou has said that the economic crisis is three times worse than expected and that Foxconn will have to issue more layoffs in order to reduce the company's operating costs.
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| Spansion complaint against Samsung under investigation |
12/19/2008 |
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The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has agreed to investigate a complaint by flash memory specialist Spansion Inc. against some flash memory chips made by South Korean giant Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
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| The trio develop "smallest" functional SRAM cell |
12/18/2008 |
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Toshiba, IBM and AMD have developed what they says is the smallest functional SRAM cell that makes use of FinFETs. The trio outlined details of the cell at this week's International Electron Devices Meeting in San Francisco.
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| Infineon rejects rescue proposal from state of Saxony |
12/17/2008 |
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Infineon Technologies has declined to participate in the federal state of Saxony's rescue plans for Qimonda AG, but has left the door open for further negotiations regarding the future of its memory spin-off, in which it holds a majority stake.
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| SST cut revenue projection |
12/17/2008 |
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Silicon Storage Technology lowered its revenue projection for its fourth quarter and said it would cut 120 jobs, about 17 percent of its work force.
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| Gartner cut 2009 worldwide semi sales |
12/16/2008 |
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Global chip sales are expected to fall to $219.2 billion next year, a decline of 16.3 percent from what is likely to be achieved in 2008, according to market research group Gartner Inc.
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| Toshiba cut NAND production amid sluggish demand |
12/16/2008 |
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Toshiba Corp. said it has decided to cut NAND production by up to 30 percent at four of its major facilities in Japan starting early in 2009 in response to sluggish demand and as a sharp cutback in sales led to a buildup in inventories worldwide.
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| Qimonda got loan, to cut jobs |
12/16/2008 |
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The State of Saxony has agreed to loan 150 million euros (about $200 million) to struggling DRAM maker Qimonda AG if parent company Infineon Technologies AG puts up an equal amount of money, according to a Bloomberg report.
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| Acer crowned top mini-notebook seller |
12/15/2008 |
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Acer outdueled Asus in the third quarter to become the world's No. 1 seller of mini-notebook PCs, according to DisplaySearch and Gartner.
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| Top 10 chip companies by Gartner |
12/15/2008 |
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In the projected chip rankings for 2008, Intel Corp. is expected to hold the No. 1 position for the 17th consecutive year, according to Gartner Inc.
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| Global bluetooth sales keep rising |
12/15/2008 |
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The worldwide Bluetooth semiconductor revenue market is expected to be about $1.9 billion in 2008 and about $2.2 billion in 2009, according to IDC.
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