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| Motorola CEO to step down |
11/30/2007 |
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After four tumultuous years at the head of Motorola Inc., Edward Zander is stepping down as chief executive officer to be replaced effective January 2008 by current president and chief operating officer Gregory Brown.
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| Dell earnings grow but cautious on outlook |
11/30/2007 |
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Dell Inc reported lower-than-expected quarterly profit margins and warned that rising costs could depress future results, sending its shares down 10 percent.
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| Micron unveils solid-state drives |
11/29/2007 |
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Micron introduced a family of solid-state drives for notebooks, desktops and servers, as demand for the storage devices rises.
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| AMD aims to boost sales in specialized chips |
11/29/2007 |
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Eighteen months after first announcing its "accelerated computing" initiative aimed building out an ecosystem of third party-enabled products that compliment and enhance its own processor platform; Advanced Micro Devices has about two dozen partners developing new products.
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| Intel named largest chipmaker |
11/28/2007 |
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Intel will increase its market share by the end of 2007 to 12.5 percent, keeping its place as the world's top chipmaker, while rival AMD will drop out of the top 10, research firm iSuppli predicted.
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| Marvell reduces 7% of workforce |
11/28/2007 |
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Marvell Technology Group, the maker of chips for Apple's iPod, will cut 400 jobs to trim operating expenses after the company reported a net loss for the fiscal third quarter.
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| Hynix diversifies into image sensors |
11/28/2007 |
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In a major move into the non-memory chip business, South Korea's Hynix Semiconductor Inc. has signed a partnership agreement with SiliconFile Technologies Inc., a developer of CMOS image sensors.
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| AMD seeks foundary deal withTSMC, report said |
11/27/2007 |
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Moving towards a fab-lite strategy, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) is working on a long-awaited foundry deal with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (TSMC), according to a report from Barron's.
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| Alcatel-Lucent seals deal with China mobile carriers |
11/26/2007 |
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The solutions Alcatel-Lucent is to provide will enable China Mobile and China Unicom to expand the capacity and coverage of their mobile networks so that they can continue to meet the robust demand for mobile services in China.
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| Dubai firm buys stake in Sony |
11/26/2007 |
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Dubai International Capital, an investment company owned by the ruler of this booming Persian Gulf city-state, has acquired a stake of undisclosed size in the Japanese electronics and media company Sony Corp.
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| Nvidia unveil nForce Chip in December |
11/21/2007 |
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Nvidia is planning to launch its Intel-based nForce 780i chipset in December this year, however mass shipments will be slated for January 2008 delivery, according to sources at motherboard makers.
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| AMD rolls out Phenom processor |
11/21/2007 |
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AMD rolls out its first native quad-core desktop processor a 65-nanometer Phenom processor running at up to 2.3 GHz
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| 1Gb DDR2 Chip to drive mainstream standard |
11/21/2007 |
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Price of 1Gb DDR2 chips has dropped below US$2 and could become the mainstream market specification by the second quarter of 2008, according to DRAM makers.
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| HP quarterly profit rises |
11/20/2007 |
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HP issued a better-than-expected quarterly profit and outlook driven by strong sales of notebook computers.
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