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| NCAA games streamed |
3/24/2009 |
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According to numbers reported by Paidcontent.org, there were 4.8 MILLION unique visits to "cbssports.com" through Saturday alone. That's just the first three days of the tourney - and up 65 percent over the same numbers in 2008.
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| Intel shareholders to vote for stock option reprice |
3/24/2009 |
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Under the plan, which is open to all employees excluding senior executives, Intel would exchange underwater stock options -- whose exercise prices are above the current stock price -- for ones carrying carry a lower exercise price.
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| PC market bottom seen Q1 09 |
3/24/2009 |
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On the positive side Gartner analysts believe that the PC supply chain will have "bottomed out" in the first quarter of 2009. However, it is likely to drag along at a low level for several quarters and a sustainable recovery will not happen until Q3 2010
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| Economy to retard GPS growth |
3/23/2009 |
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In 2007, the growth rate for GPS ICs used in Garmins, Tom Toms, cell phones, and military smart phones stood at around 20%, but even Nokia recently announced layoffs and cutbacks in the cell phone industry due to falling demand, and this lack of sales affects the GPS market."
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| Formosa Plastics finance Nanya switch to Mircron design |
3/23/2009 |
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The struggling subsidiaries received an additional $296 million to help pay off debts and purchase new equipment. Both companies are expected to shift their production techniques to Micron's 68nm stack technology and begin 50nm-class production by the end of 2009.
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| Rambus announced new mobile memory initiative |
3/23/2009 |
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Rambus Inc announced a new mobile memory initiative which offers high speed memory architectures using low-power technologies. The phone manufacture is achieving data rates of 4.3 Gbps while offering power efficiency. The DRAM specializes in media-rich applications for smartphones.
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| Survey shows American engineers hold hopes |
3/23/2009 |
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"The survey shows that when Americans focus on how central engineers are to solving our biggest problems, they come to view the discipline as essential and want to attract more talented young people to it."
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| AMD denounced Intel IP Claim |
3/20/2009 |
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AMD has released a statement indicating that Intel's action is an attempt to distract the world from the global antitrust scrutiny it faces.
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| VIA unveils Surfboard for mini-notebooks |
3/19/2009 |
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VIA Technologies has announced the VIA Surfboard C855 reference design, an ultra-compact mainboard incorporating the VIA C7-M ULV processor, the new VIA VX855 unified IGP chipset, and VIA multimedia and connectivity silicon
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| Samsung shipping 16GB DDR3 Server RDIMM |
3/19/2009 |
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Samsung is shipping its DDR3-based modules, which include a 16GB registered inline memory module (RIMM) and an 8GB registered dual inline memory module (RDIMM), for server applications
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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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