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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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| NEC launch new EDRAM Chip |
11/20/2007 |
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NEC Electronics introduced two new technologies for the manufacturing 40nm system-on-chip (SoC) devices with embedded dynamic random access memory (eDRAM).
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| Smart adds new 8GB DDR2 DIMM |
11/19/2007 |
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SMART Modular Technologies has added to its lineup of Socket F, DDR2 registered DIMMs with an 8-Gbyte module.
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| Samsung cut 1000 jobs |
11/19/2007 |
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Samsung Electronics has cut more than 1,600 jobs since March amid a major restructuring effort.
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| Analyst warns about semi equipment downturn |
11/16/2007 |
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“We believe the semiconductor industry would fall into a demand-driven downturn in 2008. The ramifications of this event would be milder compared with 2001, but much dependent on the segment in the supply chain, with the downside risk lower for semiconductor companies"
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| IBM to try at distributed computing again |
11/16/2007 |
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For instance, a brokerage in New York that needs to use local servers to close trades could dispatch back-office number crunching to under-utilized machines in a branch office -- saving time and money.
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| Vodafone plans to expand through acquisitions |
11/16/2007 |
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Vodafone continued to pursue investments that would allow it, over time, to gain control -- although he noted that a "very strong" dividend stream might also focus Vodafone's attention in "some circumstances".
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| Printable silicon will revolutionize industry |
11/15/2007 |
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Kovio claimed that radio-frequency identification tags using its silicon ink will drop Kovio's price from 15 cents today to 5 cents by 2008, when Kovio begins volume production of its inkjet-printed RFID tags.
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| Microsoft promotes built-in GSM internet card on notebooks |
11/15/2007 |
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Microsoft and the GSMA published on Tuesday a study conducted by Pyramid Research that showed the majority of consumers would want such a notebook, if it fell within the $500 to $1,000 price range. If PC makers and wireless carriers worked together, such mobile PCs could fetch tens of billions of dollars each year in hardware sales.
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| $199 Linux PC proven hot seller at Walmart |
11/15/2007 |
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The gPC comes pre-loaded with the gOS operating system -- a Linux variant -- and a 1.5 GHz processor manufactured by Intel clone maker Via Technologies. The rest of the specs include an 80-Gbyte hard drive and 512 Mbytes of DDR 2 memory.
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| TSMC may take over AMD Germany Fab. |
11/14/2007 |
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AMD has been one of the largest international investors in Germany during the previous decade. Total investment in the Dresden site, including Fab 30, Fab 36, and the Dresden Design Center, was approximately $ 5 billion by the end of 2006.
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| TSMC to buy back Philips divestiture shares |
11/14/2007 |
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Philips, which currently holds an 8 percent stake in TSMC, intends to sell up to $1.5 billion of its shareholding in TSMC in the open market during this period.
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