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| Micron up bid to get Lexar |
6/5/2006 |
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The DRAM company today announced that it is prepared to increase the exchange ratio that each outstanding share of Lexar common stock would receive in the merger from 0.5625 shares of Micron common stock to 0.5925 shares of Micron common stock.
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| New York state offers $1B to lure AMD |
6/5/2006 |
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The incentives are part of a plan to enable AMD to build a 300-mm fab in the Luther Forest Technology Park in upstate New York, according to the report. The $3.5 billion fab could employ as many as 1,000 people.
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| Micron has "fusion memory" to counter Samsung "one nand" |
6/5/2006 |
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Micron believes that it offers a standard and superior solution, as compared to what it calls proprietary offerings from msystems and Samsung. Micron’s all-in-one memory and controller package streamlines a manufacturer’s mobile design process and simplifies NAND flash procurement logistics.
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| Analyst warned of processor price war |
6/5/2006 |
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Diesen said that Intel had stopped trying to make a profit on its current generation of PC processors and had initiated a price war with its rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD). The average price of a PC processor in April was less than half what it was in March.
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| Intel putting up communications business on sale |
6/5/2006 |
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The reported communications-chip sale is said to be part of Intel’s plan to overhaul the company. Intel is also set to include the layoff or redeployment of 16,000 employees, according to speculation from one Web site.
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| Apple changes strategy in India |
6/5/2006 |
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Apple Computer Inc. is shutting down its software development and support operations center here after just two months of operation, according to a report in published Sunday.
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| AMD Discloses Plans for New Products |
6/2/2006 |
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Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp.'s biggest rival in the market for microprocessors that act as the brains of personal computers, unveiled plans for new products it said would deliver improved performance and efficiency.
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| Taiwan chipset and mobo makers prefer Intel-ATI tie-up |
6/2/2006 |
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Taiwan-based chipset and motherboard makers, in response to recent speculations that ATI Technologies is an acquisition target for AMD, feel that an Intel buyout of ATI would make more sense, according to industry sources.
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| Google Unlikely to Make Own Web Browser |
6/1/2006 |
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Google said itis unlikely to create its own Web browser, even though the company remains worried about being slighted by the next version of Microsoft's Internet Explorer.
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| Qimonda offers DDR2 memory modules for Intel server platforms |
6/1/2006 |
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Qimonda AG is manufacturing its Double Data Rate 2 (DDR2) fully buffered Dual-In-line memory modules (FB-DIMMs) in high volume for Intel’s Bensley server platforms in 533MHz and 667 MHz for densities ranging from 512 MBytes to 4GBytes
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| Sun to cut 5000 jobs |
6/1/2006 |
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Sun Microsystems said it would cut up to 5,000 jobs and exit several facilities in Silicon Valley in the hope of restoring profit
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| AMD launched AMD "Live" PC |
5/31/2006 |
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AMD today launched its AMD Live! PC, with leading OEMs including Acer, Alienware, Fujitsu Siemens, Gateway, HP, Sahara, and Tsinghua Tongfang releasing products in June.
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| AMD to invest US$2.5 billion on 12-inch wafer production in Germany |
5/30/2006 |
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AMD announced that it plans to invest a total of US$2.5 billion to expand its microprocessor manufacturing capacity over the next three years by adding additional 12-inch wafer production capabilities in Dresden through the implementation of three new projects.
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| M-Systems to offer equity shares |
5/26/2006 |
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The company wants more cash to secure additional supply sources for NAND flash memory and possibly to make acquisitions, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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| Spansion maintains lead in NOR flash |
5/26/2006 |
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Memory supplier Spansion LLC retained its position as the leading supplier of NOR-type flash memory in the first quarter, according to preliminary market-share data from iSuppli Corp.
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| Dell to pre-install Google software |
5/26/2006 |
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Dell would set the homepage of the computer's browser to a co-branded Dell/Google Web site, and would make Google the default search engine.
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| AMD takes lead in 4 way server |
5/26/2006 |
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AMD has a strong share of the four-way server market. The chip maker now claims 48.1 percent of that market in the United States and 36 percent worldwide.
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| Powerchip cut prices on memory |
5/25/2006 |
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For non-branded 512Mbit DDR2 chips, the price has been lowered about 6% to US$4.5 from the previous US$4.8, while branded 512Mbit DDR chips has declined more than 11% to US$4 from US$4.5.
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