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| IBM shows dual-core PowerPC chip |
7/11/2005 |
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IBM Corp. showed off its PowerPC 970MP, a dual-core version of an earlier design, this one aimed at applications that require 64-bit and symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) with ranges from 1.4 to 2.5 GHz.
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| NEC lowers earning outlook |
7/8/2005 |
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NEC Electronics Corp. gave lower guidance for sales revenue in the first fiscal quarter ended June 30.
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| Micron countersue Tessera |
7/8/2005 |
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Micron Technology countersued Tessera Technologies Inc., three months after Tessera sued Micron for patent infringement and anticompetitive conduct in March, Micron said.
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| Siebel warns on earnings outlook |
7/8/2005 |
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The outlook for Siebel Systems Inc. is not getting any better as the business software maker has warned that quarterly revenue will fall short of Wall Street estimates.
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| Broadband over power lines gain momentum |
7/7/2005 |
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Current Communications Group, provider of broadband Internet service over power lines, said it has received investment money from Google, Hearst and Goldman Sachs.
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| Rambus announces XDR interface at 8GHz |
7/7/2005 |
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Rambus Inc. has announced the latest version of its high-bandwidth XDR memory interface technology, XDR2, which uses a micro-threaded DRAM core and circuit enhancements that enable data rates starting at 8-GHz frequency switching
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| LG to use Palm OS in future smart phone |
7/7/2005 |
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LG Electronics has agreed to use a version of the Palm OS designed by Palmsource in a future smart phone, the company said during a press release.
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| DRAM contract prices up in July |
7/6/2005 |
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Contract prices for DDR, DDR2 SDRAM and NAND flash all picked up for July, according to contract houses in Taiwan.
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| Intel seek grants from Israel for fab |
7/6/2005 |
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Intel has appealed to the government of Israel to approve an enlarged grant to help it build a wafer fab in the country, according to a local newspaper in Israel.
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| Hynix secured 1.3 billion loan |
7/6/2005 |
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Hynix Semiconductor has raised $1.3 billion from a group of local financial institutions, according to a Korea Times report.
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| May factory orders up |
7/6/2005 |
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Orders for manufactured goods increased 2.9 percent in May, led by a big jump in orders for aircraft, according to a government report.
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| Flash chips prices continue to fall |
7/5/2005 |
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Prices for the most widely-used flash memory chips in music players, 1 gigabit and 2 gigabit NAND chips, have been on the decline for months. One reason the 1 gigabit parts have been falling in price is that they are reaching the end of their life. The 2 gigabit chips are quickly becoming the most popular NAND chips in the industry.
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| Chips sales dropped for second month |
7/5/2005 |
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For the second month, worldwide chip sales dropped. The three-month average of worldwide sales of semiconductors hit $18.05 billion in May, a sequential decline of 0.5 percent from $18.14 billion in April, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) reported.
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| Red Hat reported Upbeat earnings |
7/5/2005 |
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Red Hat's revenues grew by 45.5% to $60.8 million, compared with last year's $41.8 million. The bulk of its growth came from subscription sales: $49.2 million versus $30.6 million a year ago. Revenues from its services increased marginally by 3.1%.
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| Sun may include Windows in its servers |
7/5/2005 |
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Sun said last week that while Sun currently has no definite plan to strike a deal with Microsoft to sell Windows, the vendor will consider it if customers and partners think it's a good idea.
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| Taiwan’s networking equipment makers stocking up SDRAM |
7/1/2005 |
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Taiwan’s networking equipment makers have been actively negotiating contracts for SDRAM supplies for the second half of the year to prevent their operations from being hit by possible shortages and price increases.
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