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| Semi book to bill ratio steady with poor outlook |
8/22/2005 |
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“2006 still looks relatively flat from 2005 in terms of global capital spending, and a 5-10 percent booking increase is a relatively small move following a worse-than-average decline of 5 percent in the previous quarter.”
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| NAND on iPod can upset supply landscape |
8/22/2005 |
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As Apple moves from a hard disk-based iPod to a flash-based iPod Mini player at the 4-GByte capacity, the switch could leave other NAND customers scrambling for supply, the market research company said.
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| ATI to reject unsolicited tender offer |
8/22/2005 |
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ATI Technologies Inc. said that it had received notification that on August 17, TRC Capital Corp. commenced an unsolicited, below-market "mini-tender" offer.
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| Samsung - top TVs supplier |
8/19/2005 |
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Samsung Electronics overtook Sony Corp. as the leading global supplier of TVs on a revenue basis in the second quarter, according to market research firm DisplaySearch Inc..
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| Chartered raised $300 million |
8/18/2005 |
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Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing said it has completed a private placement of $300 million worth of ¡§units¡¨ with the trading division of Goldman Sachs (Singapore) Pte.
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| Blue-ray got more support |
8/18/2005 |
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Blu-ray Disc, one of the two formats being promoted as a replacement for today's DVDs, picked up support this week from Lions Gate Home Entertainment and Universal Music Group.
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| Samsung release more MP3 models to expand market |
8/18/2005 |
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Samsung said it will roll out six new models in the MP3 music player market in the second half of 2005 and plans up to 10 more next year in a move to catch up with leader Apple Computer.
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| Google to raise 4 billion more |
8/18/2005 |
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Google said it plans to sell more than 14 million additional shares in a secondary offering that could raise 4 billion dollars.
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| Microsoft to deliver 2 versions of Xbox 360 |
8/17/2005 |
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Microsoft Corp.'s new Xbox 360 game console to come with either fully loaded and more basic version without a hard drive, wireless controller and other features.
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| Applied Material gave mixed outlook |
8/17/2005 |
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Applied Material reported sales of $1.63 billion in its third fiscal quarter, down 12 percent from $1.86 billion for the second fiscal quarter of 2005, and down 27 percent from $2.24 billion for the third fiscal quarter of 2004.
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| Toshiba shipped perpendicular disk-drive |
8/17/2005 |
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Toshiba Corp. announced it has started shipping production quantities of a 1.8-inch hard disk drive using perpendicular recording to pack 40-Gbytes of memory storage on a single platter, about 10-Gbytes per platter more than on its existing drives.
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| HP profit fell but outlook good |
8/17/2005 |
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HP reported stronger than expected 3rd quarter earnings amid strong growth in notebook and printer business. Non-GAAP earnings beat analyst estimates, as did revenue, which rose 10 percent year-over-year.
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| VoIP requires wireless IP phone to gain ground |
8/16/2005 |
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A report from In-Stat shows that dual-mode cellular/WiFi handsets will be the key driver to mass consumer adoption of VoIP, the high-tech market research firm says. By 2009, In-Stat forecasts that over 66 million cellular/WiFi handsets will be in operation.
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| Micron unveils 800Mhz DDR2 MiniDIMMs |
8/15/2005 |
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Micron Technology announced availability of what it claims to be the first PC2-5300 and PC2-6400 double data rate 2 (DDR2) very low profile (VLP) registered and unbuffered mini dual-inline memory modules (MiniDIMMs) for the growing networking and communications equipment markets.
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| Agilent to let go semi unit |
8/15/2005 |
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Agilent Technologies agreed to sell its semiconductor unit and its stake in a lighting technology firm for $3.6 billion.
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| Samsung plans to raise Nand Flash price |
8/12/2005 |
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ongoing downward trend in NAND flash contract pricing may reverse this month, as market leader Samsung Electronics plans to raise 8Gbit NAND flash prices by US$1.5 to US$46
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| DDR2 memory to move to main stream |
8/12/2005 |
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Samsung Electronics, the world's largest memory chip maker, said this week that the global shift to a speedier computer memory chip
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