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| Bill Gates to step down from daily operation |
6/16/2006 |
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Bill Gates, the man who built Microsoft into a technology empire, said that he plans to step down from his daily duties in two years to focus on his charitable foundation.
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| Book-to-bill ratio reached 1.12 |
6/16/2006 |
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North American-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted a book-to-bill ratio of 1.12 in May, up from 1.11 in April
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| Adobe profit down |
6/16/2006 |
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Adobe Systems posted lower second-quarter net income due to higher costs related to its Macromedia acquisition.
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| New blade server from HP |
6/15/2006 |
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Hewlett-Packard unveiled a design for its blade servers that will let people cram up to 16 separate servers or storage devices into a 17-inch box.
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| Creative alleged Apple infringes patent |
6/15/2006 |
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The International Trade Commission has launched a probe into whether Apple Computer Inc.'s iPod digital music player infringes on a Creative Technology Ltd. patent, Creative said.
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| AMD sold MIPS-based processor unit to Alchemy |
6/14/2006 |
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AMD has sold its MIPS-based AMD Alchemy embedded processor product line and operations to Raza Microelectronics as part of a wider business relationship between the companies.
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| IC Insignts predicts IC CAPEX increase |
6/13/2006 |
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Market researcher IC Insights Inc. has increased its semiconductor capital spending forecast for 2006, but the firm also said that expenditures are projected to de-accelerate this year.
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| LG Philips cut LCD production amid slower demand |
6/13/2006 |
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LG Philips said it expects area shipments to increase by a percentage in the mid-teens quarter-on-quarter, down from the previous expectation of a percentage increase in the mid-to-high twenties.
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| Qimonda memory to be used for Xbox |
6/13/2006 |
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Microsoft has choosen the newly formed memory subsidiary of Infineon Technologies, Qimonda, as preferred supplier of 44.8Gbit/sec. graphics RAM for the Xbox 360 video game console.
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| AMD readies price war with Intel |
6/12/2006 |
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AMD will launch a pricing campaign later this month, covering the full range of its product line, in head-to-head rivalry with Intel, which is expected to lower the prices for its processors in July, according to sources with motherboard makers.
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| TSMC net sales grows 37% |
6/12/2006 |
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. today announced net sales of about $832 million (26.8 billion New Taiwanese Dollars) for May, a 37.2 percent increase over May 2005 and a 1.4 percent decrease from April's sales.
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| John Chambers will get Chairman title also |
6/9/2006 |
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The change, which had unanimous approval at the board's latest meeting, is effective at the San Jose -based company's annual shareholder meeting on November 15. Chambers succeeds John Morgridge, who will become chairman emeritus.
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| TI up forecast, thanks to IP payment |
6/9/2006 |
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The second quarter revenue estimate includes a $70 million cash payment from Conexant Systems Inc. for a previously announced settlement of DSL patent-related litigation.
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| Death of a leader |
6/9/2006 |
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Lanza built New York-based L-3, a spinoff of Lockheed Martin Corp., into a top U.S. military contractor through a series of rapid-fire acquisitions. Reports here speculated that Lanza's sudden death could make the $10 billion company a takeover target.
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| PCI Express to speed up |
6/9/2006 |
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Graphics chips need the new 5-Gbit/s speeds to drive higher performance as well as open the door to using the fast channels to eliminate graphics memory in favor of using the systems main memory—even when graphics are on a card off the motherboard.
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| Rambus alleged Micron and Hynix price fixing |
6/7/2006 |
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Some of the e-mails also suggest a collaboration among Rambus competitors to keep prices low to discourage use of Rambus's double data rate, or DDR, technology, according to the Journal, which was given access to the e-mails by Rambus.
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| Kingmax shown high-capacity mobile memories |
6/7/2006 |
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The Kingmax Group (Computex Taipei Hall 1, Booth A932) is showcasing at Computex 2006 its latest-generation DRAM modules and flash memory products, with the primary focus on mobile applications.
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