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| Cypress to spin off clock chip business |
10/13/2006 |
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Cypress has spun out the assets and intellectual property of its PC clock business to a new entity called Spectra Linear Inc. Spectra Linear (Santa Clara, Calif.) acquired these assets for an undisclosed amount of cash and equity, and licensed access to its clock-related intellectual property.
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| Samsung jumps ahead with 32Mb 40nm Flash |
10/12/2006 |
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The 32Gb NAND flash memory can be used in memory cards with densities of up to 64-Gigabytes (GBs). One 64GB card can store over 64 hours of DVD resolution movies (40 movies) or 16,000 MP3 music files (1,340 hours).
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| AMD entertainment PC gets Dell Label |
10/12/2006 |
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AMD claims that a total of 40 system builders will begin offering Live-branded systems in June. Among others, Hewlett-Packard, Gateway, Acer and even performance PC maker Alienware are expected to be offering Live systems.
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| Transcend to expand production in Shanghai |
10/12/2006 |
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The company is targeting to raise the revenue share of its flash memory products from 55 percent this year to 60 percent next year. OEM assembly services to DRAM and NAND flash makers are also projected to account for 10 percent of the company's business next year.
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| Transmeta sue Intel for technology infringement |
10/12/2006 |
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The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, alleges that Intel infringed upon ten of Transmeta's patents. The patents cover computer architecture and power efficiency technologies, according to Transmeta.
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| ST/Hynix JV plant open for operation in China |
10/11/2006 |
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The new leading-edge facility, which will manufacture both NAND flash and DRAM memories, is the result of the existing collaboration between Hynix and ST. The companies said they expects the Wuxi fab to accelerate ST's advancement in the NAND flash market, as well as provide high-performance, cost-competitive DRAM chips for use in system embedded solutions, stacked with flash memories.
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| IDT to sell Malaysian backend, eliminates 300 jobs |
10/11/2006 |
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IDT anticipates completing the transfer of all assembly work currently performed at the Penang facility to AIT within the next year. IDT will also transfer certain of its assembly equipment to AIT.
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| AMD discloses more features on quad-core Opteron |
10/11/2006 |
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Improvements range from 128-bit wide multimedia pathways to an upgraded memory controller and a third-level cache. The updated memory controller will support DDR2, DDR3 and fully buffered DIMM memories. However, AMD does not expect OEMs to use the first generation of FB-DIMMs with Barcelona, Sander said.
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| ITC found Qualcomm infringes Broadcom patent |
10/11/2006 |
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The ITC is expected to issue a permanent exclusion order barring the importation into the U.S. of infringing Qualcomm chips, as well as a cease and desist order barring further sales of infringing products that have already been imported by Qualcomm.
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| iSupply predicts pull back on DRAM prices |
10/10/2006 |
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Further, production of Double Data Rate 2 (DDR2) SDRAM is increasing among suppliers, which will result in greater availability of DRAM shortly and is expected to cause the overall DRAM Average Selling Price (ASP) to decline by 7 percent in Q4 compared to Q3.
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| IBM to trim 400 US based engineers |
10/10/2006 |
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According to the memo, IBM believes the layoffs are necessary in order for the company "to continue to lead in what is a very dynamic marketplace."
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| Google to get You Tube for $1.65 billion in stock |
10/10/2006 |
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In August of this year, Google ranked as the third most visited Internet property with more than 468 million visitors. YouTube ranked 14th. Combined, the two companies would have a worldwide reach of 477 million visitors.
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| Christmas buyers to get upgrade coupon to Win Vista |
10/9/2006 |
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As part of the deal, designed to drive PC sales though the holiday season, Microsoft will include coupons in each Windows XP SKU that will entitle users to a free or discounted Vista upgrade when the next-generation operating system ships in the first quarter of 2007, industry sources said.
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| Is NAND winning over HD? |
10/9/2006 |
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The talk is not so much about competition between HDDs and flash, but of cooperation and coexistence. The key areas of hybrid HDDs and Intel Corp.'s Robson concept are major areas where flash is making a dent in the computing space. Both Microsoft Corp. and Intel have announced initiatives to use NAND flash memory to reduce the mechanical latency inherent in HDDs.
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| Amkor took charges for option mis-statement |
10/9/2006 |
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Amkor said it remains the subject of an SEC investigation into its historical stock options granting practices and other matters. The company said it would continue to fully cooperate with the SEC. In August, Amkor said it would likely restate its financial results for fiscal years 1998 through 2005, plus the first quarter of 2006.
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| HP executives surrendered to authorities |
10/9/2006 |
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They each face charges for allegedly engaging in fraudulent wire communications, wrongful use of computer data, identity theft, and conspiracy to commit those three crimes.
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| Transcend posts strong quarter |
10/6/2006 |
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Transcend Information posted record revenues of NT$3.08 billion (US$93.1 million) for third quarter, up 95% year to year.
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| Solectron to cut 1,400 jobs |
10/6/2006 |
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Solectron Corp. announced plans to cut 1400 jobs amid consolidation on its manufacturing operations.
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| Micron missed earning target |
10/6/2006 |
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Micron Technology posted a quarterly profit that rose from a year earlier but fell short of Wall Street expectations.
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| Rumors said Intel to buy Nvidia |
10/5/2006 |
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Rumors on the street said that Intel Corp. is looking to acquire the graphics-chip maker, according to an analyst.
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