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| Philips reduce shares in LG Philips LCD firm |
10/11/2007 |
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Philips Electronics announced that it has sold 46.4 million shares of common stock in LG.Philips LCD Co. Ltd. (LPL) to financial institutions in a capital markets transaction.
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| Sun unveils server with UltraSparc T2 chip |
10/9/2007 |
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Sun Microsystems Inc launched the first server computers based on its newest microprocessors as it tries to boost sales of energy-efficient, high-performance computers for businesses.
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| Seagate delivers hard drive with flash memory |
10/9/2007 |
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Seagate Technology launched its first combination disk storage and flash memory hard drive, joining rival Samsung Electronics in offering hybrid drives that manufacturers say speed the boot-up time of PCs and significantly boost battery life.
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| Spansion to acquire Saifun Semi |
10/8/2007 |
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Flash memory vendor Spansion Inc. has announced it will acquire non-volatile memory IP provider Saifun Semiconductor Ltd. With the move, Spansion sees a chance to expand its product portfolio and even attack in part the DRAM market.
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| Depressed prices taking toll on DIMM manufacturers |
10/5/2007 |
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The sources noted that recently some second- and third-tier memory module makers have been having issues with bounced checks. Banks, who are concerned about a possible domino effect, are thus reluctant to fund some memory module makers' expansion plans.
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| Linux found its place in embedded systems |
10/5/2007 |
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One of the key opportunities for the open source OS over the next several years will be in the mobile phone market, where it is quickly becoming a leading application operating system, and manufacturers and telecom operators are rallying to drive more comprehensive, industry-specific Linux-based standards.
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| AT&T to sell the "Tilt" phone |
10/5/2007 |
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The smartphone has a slide-out QWERTY keypad and a 2.8-inch color screen that tilts up, making it more convenient to write e-mail, browse the Web.
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| Sun to challenge VMware on virtualization platform |
10/5/2007 |
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Sun did not seem fazed by the competition. Hamilton said the virtualization software market is young, representing only 15% of the total number of server instances. "We think there's room in the market for alternatives," Hamilton said.
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| Elipa to hold DRAM spot sales to boost prices |
10/4/2007 |
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Global orders for DRAM may outstrip supply this month, helped by seasonal demand and increasing sales of Microsoft Corp.'s Vista operating system software, which requires more memory.
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| AMD to cut prices on mainstream MPU |
10/4/2007 |
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Starting from next Monday, AMD plans to decrease the pricing of some of its dual-core AMD Athlon 64 X2 chips. The price corrections will allow the world’s second largest maker of x86 microprocessors to get better positioned for holiday season.
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| Japanese optimistic on 2008 IC market |
10/4/2007 |
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NEC Electronics and Toshiba also projected that the worldwide IC market could grow by 10 percent or more in 2008, but Renesas indicated that the market remains cloudy for next year.
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| Panasonic claims first to ship 45nm product |
10/4/2007 |
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Matsushita (Osaka, Japan) says the latest version of its UniPhier chips will be the first made in a 45-nm process technology to reach the mass volume consumer market.
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| Flash capacity to overtake DRAM |
10/3/2007 |
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Flash memory capacity has grown more than fourfold to 2.9 million equivalent 200-mm wafers a month since 2000, according to the firm. By contrast, DRAM capacity has grown by only 225 percent since then, according to the firm.
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| Spansion starts NOR production on 300mm |
10/3/2007 |
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The initial production is low with just a few hundred wafers going through the plant at the moment making Mirrorbit NOR flash chips by December, but the company is ramping to 2000 wafers a month, an investment of £1.25bn.
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| Sun Micro combines Storage with Server group |
10/3/2007 |
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Sun is laying off scores of workers, including some of its storage people, according to channel sources. Among the layoffs are 108 people in its Broomfield, Colo. campus and 21 people in its Louisville campus. The two campuses are scheduled to be combined into a single campus in Broomfield by December of 2008.
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| Micron announces loss |
10/3/2007 |
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For the 2007 fiscal year, the company incurred a net loss of $320 million, or minus $0.42 per diluted share, on net sales of $5.7 billion. This compares to net income of $408 million, or $0.57 per diluted share, on net sales of $5.3 billion for the prior fiscal year.
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| Hynix to develope phase memory under Ovonyx partnership |
10/2/2007 |
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Ovonyx said it is pursuing commercialization of its array-addressed memory systems through licenses and joint development programs with semiconductor manufacturers including Hynix, BAESystems, Intel, ST Microelectronics, Samsung Electronics, Nanochip, Elpida Memory, and Qimonda.
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| Sony launches OLED TV |
10/2/2007 |
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"I don't think OLED TVs will replace LCD TVs overnight. But I do believe this is a type of technology with very high potential, something that will come after LCD TVs,"
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