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| AMD launch two new CPU |
4/23/2007 |
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AMD announced the availability of its Opteron Model 2222 and 8222 SE x86 dual-core server processors
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| Google profits soar |
4/20/2007 |
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Google reported first-quarter profit increased 69 percent to $1 billion and revenue increased 63 percent to $3.66 billion, pleasantly surprising Wall Street analysts who had expected less exuberant results.
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| AMD reported loss amid pricing war |
4/20/2007 |
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AMD reported first-quarter 2007 revenue of $1.233 billion and a net loss of $611 milliom compare to the first quarter of 2006 with revenue of $1.332 billion and a profit of $185 million.
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| Another Samsung exe admitted price fixing |
4/20/2007 |
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An executive of South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has agreed to plead guilty to price-fixing in the U.S. government's long-running investigation of the computer memory chip business, the Justice Department said.
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| Microsoft, Lenovo team up on research |
4/19/2007 |
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Lenovo said that it is teaming up with Microsoft to launch a joint research center in Beijing focusing on developing mobile technologies and customized versions of Microsoft products for Lenovo's PC platforms.
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| Lenovo cut 1,400 jobs on cost saving |
4/19/2007 |
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Lenova cut 1,400 jobs in an effort to streamline its supply chain and save some $100 million in its current fiscal year, which began on April 1.
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| HP grabs market shares from Dell |
4/19/2007 |
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Hewlett-Packard took a bigger slice of the worldwide PC market in the first quarter while Dell is slipping further behind, a market research firm said.
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| Micron unveils lower power DDR2 chips |
4/18/2007 |
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Micron Technology introduced its new Aspen DDR2 memory family of energy-efficient products, featuring the low-voltage (LV) DDR2 in reduced chip count (RCC) memory modules.
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| Infineon to put $270 million for R&D expansion |
4/18/2007 |
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Infineon plans to spend $270 million to expand its R&D activities in Singapore, focusing on technologies to improve energy efficiency, connectivity and security in a wide range of communication, consumer and automotive applications.
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| Intel sales down |
4/18/2007 |
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Intel announced Q1 revenues of $8.9 billion, down 1 percent year-over-year and down 9 percent from Q4 2006 revenues.
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| Motorola earnings guidance disappoint |
4/18/2007 |
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Motorola Inc. posted a quarterly loss on weak handset sales and gave new forecasts that raised doubts over when the company would be profitable.
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| Sandisk, Sony codevelop high speed card spec |
4/17/2007 |
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SanDisk and Sony said they have agreed to co-develop a memory-card specification with high-speed data transfer technology for professional camcorders and video-editing equipment.
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| Intel unveils 128-Mbit phase-change memory |
4/17/2007 |
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Intel Corp. is preparing to sample a 128-Mbit phase-change memory that will roll into volume production in the second half of the year using 90-nanometer technology.
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| Intel to deliver faster new chips |
4/17/2007 |
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Intel Corp. said a new line of computer processors due out later this year will be about 40 percent faster than current chips when running computer games, videos and other heavy workloads.
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| Toshiba sells portable hard drive |
4/16/2007 |
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Toshiba Corp. will begin selling portable hard drive products to join of rank of company seeking to capitalize on expanding market for digital storage.
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| Sales of widescreen LCD to skyrocket |
4/16/2007 |
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Widescreen LCD monitors will grow rapidly over the next five years amid growing video usage and aggressive pricing, iSuppli predicts.
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| Samsung Electronics Q1 earnings slide |
4/16/2007 |
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Samsung Electronics reported a slide in income and revenues for its Q1 earnings. Net profit of $1.71 million (1.60 trillion Korean won) on revenue of $15.43 billion (14.39 trillion won) represents a three percent slide in profit and an eight percent slide in sales from its significantly stronger Q4 2006.
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| DRAM vendors prefer eTT DRAM |
4/13/2007 |
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PC OEMs may ease back on (test) demand amid further anticipated prices cuts. Analysts commented that the general testing time for Japanese vendors is 500-600 seconds but only 100-200 seconds for eTT chips. The hourly rate for DRAM testing on T5593 equipment is about NT$15,000.
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| Asus to sign deal with Best Buy |
4/13/2007 |
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Asustek, which is one of the world’s largest producers of mobile computers, reportedly has reached an agreement with Best Buy, one of the largest retail chains in the United States, to sell its own-brand notebooks through its stores.
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| Vonage lost CEO in cost cutting |
4/13/2007 |
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Vonage has been ordered to pay Verizon $58 million in damages and 5.5 percent royalties on three patents. With the announced cuts, telecom analysts began posting "Vonage Death Watch" notices on industry blogs.
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| Via processor wins HP notebook socket for China market |
4/13/2007 |
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HP released the Compaq dx2020 today. It's based on a Via C7-D 1.5GHz desktop processor, which uses a maximum of 20 watts. Via played up the "environmentally sustainable" aspect of the computer since it uses a "carbon free processor."
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