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Nokia acquires Symbian as a base for united OS |
6/24/2008 |
Nokia will, together with Sony Ericsson, Motorola, NTT DOCOMO, AT&T, LG Electronics, Samsung Electronics, STMicroelectronics, Texas Instruments and Vodafone establish the Symbian Foundation to provide a royalty-free open platform uniting the Symbian OS, S60, UIQ and MOAP(S).
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Computers in use exceeds 1 billion |
6/23/2008 |
The number of personal computers in use around the world has surpassed 1 billion, with strong growth in emerging markets set to double the number of PCs by early 2014, research firm Gartner said on Monday.
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Microsoft adds second Taiwan R&D Center |
6/20/2008 |
Microsoft inaugurated its Microsoft Innovation Center in Taiwan, with R&D focusing on next-generation web applications and software engineering, according to Microsoft Taiwan.
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Atmel offers Controller with FPGA interface |
6/19/2008 |
Atmel announced the CAP7E, the industry's first MCU with a direct FPGA interface featuring a six-layer advanced high-speed bus , peripheral DMA controller and 160 Kbytes of on-chip SRAM.
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Mozilla released FireFox 3 |
6/18/2008 |
Mozilla on Tuesday released an improved version of its Firefox web browser that has gained popularity as an alternative to Microsoft's Internet Explorer
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SanDisk and Toshiba offers 3D Memory chips |
6/18/2008 |
SanDisk and Toshiba plan to collaborate on the development of certain types of rewriteable 3D memory, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Cadence to acquire Mentor Graphics |
6/17/2008 |
Cadence Design Systems has announced it has submitted a proposal to acquire Mentor Graphics for $16.00 per share in cash valued at $1.6 billion.
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AMD to offer low cost Triple & Quad-Core CPU |
6/17/2008 |
AMD plans to launch several low-power triple-core and quad-core CPUs during the second half of 2008 all featuring a TDP of 65W, according to sources at motherboard makers.
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Intel to launch low cost Quad Core CPU |
6/16/2008 |
Intel is planning to launch a Core 2 Quad Q8000 CPU series, offering entry-level prices to counter AMD's triple-core CPUs in the mainstream market, according to sources at motherboard makers.
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Nand Flash Price Continues to Free Fall |
6/16/2008 |
NAND flash chips prices has continued to free-fall, with the price of 8Gb NAND flash dropping to as low as US$2.35 amid weak demand as consumers worldwide tighten their spending in fear of inflation.
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MPEG LA sues Comag for technology infringement |
6/13/2008 |
MPEG LA LLC, a body set up to administer access to MPEG patents, has announced that several consumer electronics companies have filed separate patent enforcement actions in District Court Dusseldorf, Germany against Comag Handels AG of Germany.
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Qualcomm raises earnings outlook |
6/12/2008 |
Qualcomm Inc. raised its revenue and earnings forecasts for the fiscal third quarter and full year, helped by demand for next-generation mobile phones.
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