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| AMD to open Romania Center |
9/21/2006 |
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The East-European market is now growing fast and the expectation is that the same growth will continue. Therefore we thought it would be important to establish a permanent presence in Romania and have on our team someone who could work directly with our customers in meeting their needs.
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| Inotera readies 75nm DRAM |
9/20/2006 |
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Inotera would use the 75 nanometer and 70 nanometer technologies in making high-speed 512Megabit double-data-rate second generation (DDR2) memory chips for computers and DDR3 chips after fully converting its production to 90 nanometer technology early next month
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| London Stock Exchange deploys AMD server |
9/20/2006 |
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Today's markets are driven by the need for speed, says Paine. AMD Opteron processors with Direct Connect Architecture offered a significant performance advantage over the competition.
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| IMF: Sign of Asia electronic slow down |
9/20/2006 |
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China's diminishing appetite for electronics coupled with tighter profit margins were likely to have particularly "negative repercussions" for South Korea and Taiwan, which supply parts and components to Chinese manufacturers.
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| Fab-tool Industry is losing steam. |
9/20/2006 |
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After posting a book-to-bill of 1.14 in June, the ratio has fallen for two consecutive months. Indeed, the fab-tool industry is losing steam.
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| Freescale/Elmos allies on auto-semiconductors |
9/20/2006 |
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Freescale Semiconductor Inc. and Germany Elmos Semiconductor AG will team to develop application-specific semiconductor products combining Freescale's 16-bit microcontroller (MCU) architectures with Elmos' high-voltage CMOS ASSPs
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| 70nm DRAM process more difficult than expected |
9/19/2006 |
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Adoption by trench DRAM makers of the 80nm process may be an indication of a technological barrier in migrating to 70nm. Some players using stack technology reportedly also have plans to adopt 80nm processes as a transition to the 70nm, claiming some stack DRAM makers might delay their migration to the 70nm processes
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| Elpida/PowerChip JV fab to open this year |
9/19/2006 |
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According to the Japan-based Elpida’s statistics, the two companies’ 300mm fabs will have a total output capacity of 180,000 wafers by then end of this year, pushing them ahead of Samsung to become the world’s No.1 DRAM chip-making alliance.
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| Qimonda qualified 75nm DRAM production |
9/19/2006 |
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The advanced technologies enable us for high performance and high density, such as 1Gb / 2Gb DRAM, with competitive cost structure, Dr. Pei Lin Pai, VP of global sales and marketing at Nanya, said in the statement.
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| Apple iPod disappoints NAND market |
9/19/2006 |
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Apple Computer Inc.'s recent iPod introductions were a disappointment, which, in turn, will impact the overall demand for the NAND flash-memory market in the fourth quarter of 2006, according to a report from Gartner Inc.
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| NAND traders beware |
9/19/2006 |
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Gartner Dataquest maintains its year-long position that the outlook for 2007 will be challenging, with NAND pricing down about 56 percent because of massive supply coming online, supported by healthy but maturing demand of 152 percent bit growth fueling modest revenue growth of 10 percent,
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| Dell to launch AMD based desktops |
9/18/2006 |
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“More and more customers are asking for AMD-based products. AMD has demonstrated an ability to deliver great technology that customers want today and in the future. And AMD meets the requirements Dell has for being a partner — of capacity and quality.”
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| Rambus in technical default on $160 million |
9/18/2006 |
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Memory technology licensor Rambus Inc. is in default on $160 million of convertible debt for failing to file its most recent quarterly report with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) by the agency's deadline.
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| New iPod likely a stop-gap solution |
9/18/2006 |
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A "teardown" analysis of Apple Computer Inc.'s new video iPod found very few hardware changes from the previous device, leading Wedbush Morgan Securities, which conducted the teardown, to conclude that the new video iPod is a "short-term, stop-gap device intended to buy Apple more time until it is ready to launch its true iPod Video later this year or early next year."
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| Freescale agreed to be acquired |
9/18/2006 |
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Freescale Semiconductor Inc. Friday (Sept. 15) said that it has agreed to be acquired by a private equity consortium in a transaction worth $17.6 billion. The consortium is led by The Blackstone Group, and includes The Carlyle Group, Permira Funds and Texas Pacific Group.
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| Chip-to-Chip laser to revolutionize networks |
9/18/2006 |
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Being able to place hundreds or thousands of data-carrying light beams on standard industry chips will have the potential "to reshape the data center, could improve the way fiber is delivered to the home and potentially trigger the next paradigm shift since the introduction of fiber."
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| Xilinx lower sales guidance |
9/15/2006 |
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Xilinx adjusted its sales guidance downward for calendar Q3, blaming lower sales in Asia Pacific.
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| AMD pending ATI takeover |
9/14/2006 |
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Advanced Micro Devices' proposed $5.4 billion acquisition of ATI Technologies could open up new opportunities for systems builders, but questions remain about how the deal will affect Intel.
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| PC sales to grow double digit |
9/14/2006 |
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Worldwide PC sales are expected to improve to double-digit growth in the remainder of the year, according to IDC's quarterly survey of PC growth.
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| Samsung improves Blu-ray player |
9/14/2006 |
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Samsung America Inc said it would make some improvements to its Blu-ray high-definition DVD players ahead of the holiday season.
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| DRAM contract prices remain strong |
9/14/2006 |
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Mainstream contract prices for DRAM generally saw a continuous up-trend from late August, according to figures posted by DRAMeXchange.
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| Dell setup PC plant in India |
9/14/2006 |
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Dell Inc. will set up a plant in a special economic zone in Sriperumbudur near Chennai in southern India's Tamil Nadu, where it will start building desktop computers the first half of next year.
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| AMD, Simple Tech co-develop DDR3 |
9/14/2006 |
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Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and SimpleTech Inc. announced a joint effort to define registers and other specifications for DDR3-based SDRAM memory modules.
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