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| TSMC Oct Sales down |
11/10/2006 |
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TSMC October sales fall to NT$26.85 billion (about $820 million) from NT$26.86 billion (about $820 million) in September.
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| Lenovo earnings slide |
11/10/2006 |
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Lenovo posted a net profit of US$38 million in the second fiscal quarter, lagging a consensus forecast of US$43 million.
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| Nvidia released advance graphic chip |
11/8/2006 |
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Nvidia Corp. unveiled a new computer graphics processor with more than double the power of its predecessor to improve video games and help the company's push into heavy-duty computing.
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| Renesas returns to profit |
11/8/2006 |
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Renesas Technology Corp. said it returned to profitability in the first half of its fiscal year (April-September) after reporting two consecutive losses in its fiscal 2005.
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| Cisco reported strong earnings |
11/8/2006 |
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Cisco Systems reported another quarter of strong results and issued a bullish sales outlook for the current period.
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| Hynix won over lawsuit |
11/8/2006 |
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An administrative judge from the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) rejected claims by Toshiba Corp. that Hynix Semiconductor Inc. infringed upon its NAND flash-memory patents, according to a report from Reuters.
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| Dell ships PC with Intel 4-Core chip |
11/8/2006 |
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Dell Inc. said it started selling machines with microchips from Intel Corp. that have four processing cores, delivering faster performance and better energy efficiency.
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| Intel unveils 1G NOR flash |
11/8/2006 |
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Intel Corp said it is ready to ship the industry's first 1 gigabit NOR flash based on Multi-Level Cell (MLC) technology and a 65-nanometer manufacturing process.
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| Gates said West short of IT graduates |
11/7/2006 |
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A shortage of information technology graduates from Western universities is leading companies to call on developing countries to meet research demand, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates said on Tuesday.
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| AMD eyes China for growth |
11/7/2006 |
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According to IDC, AMD held a market share of 18 percent in China last year. And AMD is is looking to grab a bigger share of in China and other emerging markets.
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| UMC October sales down |
11/7/2006 |
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United Microelectronics Corp. reported sales of NT$9.05 billion in October, down 1.99 percent from September but up 0.13 percent from the like period a year ago.
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| Intel to invest $1 billion Vietnam |
11/7/2006 |
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Intel Corp. has been given permission to boost its investment in Vietnam to $1 billion, according to a report from the Associated Press.
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| Microsoft lifts RealNetworks earnings |
11/7/2006 |
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Digital media company RealNetworks Inc. reported a sharply higher net profit, boosted by proceeds from the settlement of its antitrust litigation against Microsoft Corp. and commercial agreements with the same company.
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| Applied Materials to by Brooks Software |
11/6/2006 |
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Applied Materials Inc. said that it has agreed to purchase the assets of Brooks Software, a division of Brooks Automation Inc., for $125 million in cash.
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| Microsoft completed Office 2007 |
11/6/2006 |
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Microsoft Corp. said it has completed the software code for its Office 2007 suite and will begin to offer the world's most popular package of desktop software to corporate customers on November 30.
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| Nvidia buys PortalPlayer for $357 million |
11/6/2006 |
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NVIDIA Corporation reported that it is acquiring PortalPlayer Inc., for $357 million in a move to beef up its development of personal media players (PMPs.).
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| Tester provider optimistic on memory market |
11/3/2006 |
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Industry players said they have no doubts that Windows Vista will help spurring demand for memory products in 2007. Aggressively ramping up 12-inch wafer outputs, local makers are also optimistic on trends in the memory market until the end of next year.
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