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| FB-DIMM Standard ready by year-end |
8/31/2005 |
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Micron Technology expects that the standard specifications FB-DIMM technology will be available to download from the JEDEC by year-end.
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| Samsung demos Korean version of WiMAX at 4G Forum |
8/30/2005 |
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Samsung is demonstrating the interoperability and hand-off capability of the South Korean version of WiMAX, dubbed WiBro, at this week’s Samsung 4G Forum taking place on Jeju Island, Korea.
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| Samsung seeking U.S site for 300-mm fab |
8/30/2005 |
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Arizona, Oregon and Texas are among the states in the running for Samsung Electronics ’s new and proposed semiconductor wafer fab, according to reports.
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| CellularRAM Bulks Up Membership |
8/29/2005 |
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The new members will join Cypress Semiconductor, Infineon Technologies and Micron as they work to create common specifications for high-performance pseudo-SRAM (PSRAM) devices designed for 2.5G and 3G handset designs.
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| Taiwan Organization warns of mainland Chinese chip dumping |
8/29/2005 |
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Taiwan Semiconductor Industry Association (TSIA) recently warned Taiwan should prevent mainland Chinese dumping of chips on the island from happening after learning an alarming study on Taiwan’s imports of the mainland’s chips.
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| Infineon to sell off old Fab |
8/26/2005 |
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Infineon said it is planning to close its 150-mm wafer fab at Perlach near Munich and move production to wafer fabs at Regensburg, Germany, and Villach, Austria.
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| Chinese government directed hacking suspected |
8/26/2005 |
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The report said it was unclear whether the attacks are being coordinated by Chinese officials or whether hackers are merely using Chinese networks to disguise the origin of their attacks.
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| VOIP office switch over traditional PBX |
8/26/2005 |
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With closer ties to data, this new vehicle is influencing corporate power structures and will ultimately have even more far-reaching effects on how business is done around the globe.
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| Cell processor to go beyond games |
8/25/2005 |
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“IBM and its partners are committed to providing the development and open-source communities with comprehensive, early access to the Cell Broadband Engine architecture and to encouraging those exploring the infinite possibilities of Cell,”
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| Intel homes in for media PC |
8/25/2005 |
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." The "Golden Gate" concept PC can run high-definition videos or display life-like gaming images and fits right inside a TV entertainment rack.
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| Ramtron FRAM goes serial |
8/25/2005 |
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Ramtron said the chip is a 20-MHz device that provides an unlimited number of read/write cycles. The product operates from 4.0-to-5.5 volts and offers drop-in compatibility with industry-standard serial EEPROMs.
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| 8Gigabit NAND from Micron |
8/25/2005 |
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Micron Technology Inc. said it is shipping its first high-density, 4- and 8-gigabit NAND flash memory products.
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| An 8 hour battery for your laptop |
8/25/2005 |
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The collaboration, announced at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, would leverage Intel's low- power consumption technology for notebook PCs with Matsushita's lithium-ion battery technology to run a notebook PC for 8 hours without recharging.
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| UMC extended PCI Express license from Rambus |
8/24/2005 |
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Rambus Inc. and United Microelectronic Corp. (UMC) today announced that they have extended the availability of Rambus’ PCI Express PHY cells to UMC’s 180nm, 150nm and 90nm processes, building on an existing 130nm licensing deal.
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| Mentor partners with China on EDA development |
8/24/2005 |
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As part of the agreement, Mentor said it would train personnel for CAS and provide a high-tech learning/training platform. In addition to offering technical training at the lab, Mentor plans to provide customer service and a number of its tools.
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| AMD to re-align Flash strategy through joint venture |
8/24/2005 |
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AMD has so far had little success in the flash market. Infineon has the same problem, due of its late flash-market entry. . Ruiz said in the interview that AMD's flash plan should be in place by the fourth quarter.
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| Intel/Cisco to develope VOIP on WiFi |
8/24/2005 |
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Specifically, Intel and Cisco will work to develop enhanced VoIP quality-of-service technology that boosts audio technology while more reliably deploying VoIP and voice communication on notebooks.
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| Two vendors announced 4 Gbyte FB DIMM |
8/24/2005 |
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Micron Technology Inc. and Infineon Technologies AG each introduced fully buffered dual in-line memory modules (FB-DIMM) Tuesday (Aug. 23) at the Intel Developer Forum.
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