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| AMD's quart-core compatible with Due-core socket |
8/15/2006 |
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AMD (Sunnyvale, Calif.) said that the quad-core Opteron processors are expected to be electrically, thermally and socket-compatible with dual core Opteron processors being launched now.
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| Intel to stop selling Pentium D |
8/15/2006 |
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The winnowing of the four older Pentium D models comes in the wake of the recent launch of Intel's new desktop Core 2 Duo processors, also known as "Conroe." The new chips use Intel's new Core microarchitecture, widely seen as its cleanest dual-core design to date.
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| Dell recalls notebook battery after truck fire |
8/15/2006 |
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Dell announced the recall in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. The agency said it was the largest computer-related recall in its history, according to The Wall Street Journal.
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| China's Memory Devices making inroad |
8/15/2006 |
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The firm said it was still waiting for regulatory approval to complete a $96.8 million takeover of Taiwanese memory module maker TwinMOS, which boasts a significant presence in the U.S. and Europe. The planned merger is a key part of Memory Devices' plan to become the No. 2 player in the solid-state memory sector behind Kingston.
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| Atmel's internal fight getting ugly |
8/14/2006 |
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Earlier this week, Atmel Corp.'s board of directors fired several executives, including its president and CEO George Perlegos and its executive VP Gust Perlegos over the misuse of corporate travel funds.
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| Shareholders try to block Sandisk/M-system merger |
8/14/2006 |
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Dashiell versus SanDisk and Capovilla versus SanDisk, have been waged in the California Superior Court for Santa Clara County and are class action claims on behalf of shareholders of Msystems. Defendants include SanDisk, Msystems, and several officers and directors of Msystems.
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| Chip equipment grew 50% |
8/14/2006 |
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The 50 percent growth from a year earlier was driven by quadrupled sales in China and growth in North America and Taiwan, the report said.
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| Wide spread option backdate prompt indictment |
8/14/2006 |
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On Thursday, two former executives of Brocade, former president and CEO Gregory Reyes and former vice president of human resources Stephanie Jensen, were hit with a 12-count indictment for scheming to backdate stock option grants to give employees favorably priced options.
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| NAND flash here to stay |
8/11/2006 |
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Flash memory, especially NAND, is expected to last at least for three more generations amid delay of the "universal memory" technologies, according to an analyst.
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| M-Systems shareholders sue SanDisk |
8/11/2006 |
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Two lawsuits filed have been filed against SanDisk Corp., a supplier of storage cards based on NAND flash memory, with regard to the proposed acquisition of M-Systems Ltd., SanDisk said.
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| Apple delays quarterly report |
8/11/2006 |
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Apple Computer Inc. told securities regulators its quarterly report would not be filed on time as it reviewed stock-options grants
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| IBM acquires FileNet |
8/10/2006 |
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IBM has agreed to acquire content-management software maker FileNet for about $1.6 billion in cash, the companies said Thursday.
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| Seagate sees continue price pressure |
8/10/2006 |
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Seagate Technology expects aggressive moves by rivals to depress industry prices for another year, longer than most analysts predict, its CEO said.
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| TSMC sales up |
8/10/2006 |
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TSMC reported sales of NT$27.57 for July 2006 (about $845 million), an increase of 1 percent over June and an increase of 32.2 percent over July 2005
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| Qimonda IPO cut in half |
8/9/2006 |
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Qimonda AG, the DRAM spin-off of Germany's Infineon Technologies AG, raised $546 million in its disappointing initial public offering (IPO) on Tuesday (August 8), cutting the size of the planned sale by half and casting clouds over the company's future.
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| Silicon wafer shipment up 4% |
8/9/2006 |
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Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments increased 4 percent sequentially during the second quarter, according to Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI)'s Silicon Manufacturers Group (SMG) quarterly analysis of the silicon wafer industry.
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| Cisco reports bullish numbers |
8/9/2006 |
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Cisco Systems reported upbeat results for the latest quarter and issued a full-year sales forecast that exceeded Wall Street's estimates.
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| Sharp starts production on 8G glass |
8/8/2006 |
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Sharp Corp.¡¦s Kameyama, Japan-based Plant 2 with 8G glass substrates technology will begin processing glass substrates for LCD panels in August of this year, well before the previously-expected October starting date, the company reported today.
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| Gartner predicts Vista to delay |
8/8/2006 |
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Research firm Gartner last week reiterated an earlier forecast that Microsoft won't meet the November corporate deadline.
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| Sony to unveil new wi-fi phone |
8/8/2006 |
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Sony set to introduce its first wireless broadband communications and entertainment device, aimed at heavy users of instant messaging, the company said.
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| Analyst cut Cisco rating |
8/8/2006 |
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Cisco Systems Inc. is expected to post higher quarterly sales when it reports on August 8, as companies upgraded their communications networks. But analysts say that outlook is clouded by an economic slowdown and mergers among rivals.
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| Autos with iPod link |
8/7/2006 |
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Apple Computer Inc. said it has teamed up with three major automakers to link its popular iPod music player with car stereos.
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