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| Microsoft sees ULCPC very significant |
4/23/2008 |
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Microsoft is making sure it has an operating system option in the market. Two weeks ago, the company said it would make Windows XP Home available to OEMs for ULCPCs until 2010.
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| Flash standardization group gains major member |
4/23/2008 |
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LSI joins a cadre of more than 70 member companies in the ONFi initiative, which are working to develop a standardized NAND flash interface that allows interoperability between NAND devices.
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| RIM confirms research center in Germany |
4/23/2008 |
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RIM said the facility will work closely with surrounding universities and research institutes, and focus on hardware and software development and applications for the BlackBerry. The facility will be based in the Uni-Tech-Center on the campus of Ruhr-Universität, Bochum.
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| Appeals court says: Rambus not monoplist |
4/23/2008 |
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"The latter -- deceit merely enabling a monopolist to charge higher prices than it otherwise could have charged -- would not in itself constitute monopolization," the court said in its ruling.
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| Nanya courts Micron for DRAM technology backup |
4/22/2008 |
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The joint-venture will be located in a 200-mm Nanya manufacturing facility in Taiwan that will be upgraded to 300-mm manufacturing process technology this year. The facility is expected to begin volume production next year.
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| NXP operates on new strategy for survival |
4/22/2008 |
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NXP executives agree the company should improve its capital structure, but they are less focused on paying down debt than on improving competitive position in key market segments.
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| Solar cell polysilicon prices to go down |
4/22/2008 |
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An oversupply of polysilicon is possible, Sullivan said, despite the rapid growth of photovoltaic solar cell production, which has been doubling about every two years to meet the growing appetite for clean sources of energy.
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| Google putting more money on solar power |
4/21/2008 |
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''The eSolar power plant is based on mass manufactured components, and designed for rapid construction, uniform modularity, and unlimited scalability,''
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| PC market show stability regardless of economy |
4/21/2008 |
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As the general economic malaise currently affecting the US economy has begun to impact the local PC market,the US PC market slipped to a meager 3.5% year-over-year growth rate, but international markets more than compensated with the EMEA and Asia/Pacific regions coming in more than 2 points above forecast
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| European distributor optimistic on market |
4/21/2008 |
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Of the top ten distributors in Europe of the total available market (TAM) has risen from 14.1 percent to 15.8 percent emphasizing the growing importance of distribution in the whole supply chain.
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| Google silence the skeptics |
4/18/2008 |
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Google’s paid clicks, which measures how often Internet users click on its text ads, were up 20% from a year ago. That was a far cry from the 1.8% growth rate for the first quarter that research firm comScore had reported.
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| Nokia shares down amid rising profits |
4/17/2008 |
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First quarter profits at Nokia were up 25 percent on higher handset sales in Asia and Africa, but these were still lower than analysts' expectations.
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| Health growth for global PC shipments |
4/17/2008 |
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Global PC shipments in the first quarter reflected a healthy market with demand in Europe, Asia, and other regions taking up the slack in a softening U.S. market, two separate research reports released showed.
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| 2008 semi equipment spending to drop 20% |
4/17/2008 |
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Gartner Inc, a market research firm, projects spending for worldwide semiconductor capital equipment to fall 19.8% from last year to $47.5 billion amid weakening US economy and collapsing DRAM market.
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| Philips profits fall on weak TVs sales |
4/15/2008 |
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Royal Philips Electronics announced its core profit for the first quarter fell 28% on sales that increased just over half a percentage point.
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| US received 163,000 H-1B applications |
4/15/2008 |
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During the five-day window in April that the United States was accepting H-1B visa petitions, the government received 163,000 H-1B applications
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| Blockbuster made offer to buy Circuit City |
4/14/2008 |
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Blockbuster, the No. 1 U.S. movie rental chain, on Monday said it has offered to buy electronics retailer Circuit City Stores for about $1 billion to $1.3 billion in cash
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| NAND flash prices up slightly |
4/14/2008 |
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''MLC NAND prices have been moving up as well as with spot pricing for 8-Gbit MLC strengthening about 8 percent over the past couple days alone. 8-Gbit SLC has stayed pretty stable
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| AMD CTO to resign |
4/14/2008 |
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AMD said Friday that senior VP and chief technology officer Phil Hester has resigned. Hester is the third senior executive to leave AMD in less than a year.
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| Bribery allegations may cause Samsung chairman his job |
4/14/2008 |
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Samsung group chairman Lee Kun-hee is expected to step down after a second round of questioning by an independent counsel investigating allegations of bribery at the Seoul, South Korea-based consumer electronics giant, according to reports.
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