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| AMD release dual core MPU after Intel |
4/21/2005 |
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In contrast to Intel’s strategy, AMD plans to keep single core products as part of its product line up for “quite a while". “High frequency single core is better for some applications”.
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| UMC chairman fined for China investment |
4/21/2005 |
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The government took action February launching a series of raids on UMC offices to gather evidence of alleged investments and other assistance UMC may have given to He Jian. The government then charged UMC with breach of trust.
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| Memory startup completes funding |
4/21/2005 |
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T-RAM (San Jose) is a five-year-old company that has developed a memory cell expected to surpass today's 6T-SRAM (six transistor-SRAM) devices, claimed Kenneth Young, CEO of the company.
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| JDS Uniphase to outsource manufacturing to China |
4/21/2005 |
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The optics technology company (San Jose, Calif.) said it will consolidate manufacturing operations in New Jersey and Florida to its facility in Shenzhen, China. The move are expected to result in the loss of 700 manufacturing jobs and 150 support positions by the end of 2005.
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| Intel meets high end expectation |
4/20/2005 |
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First-quarter net income was $2.2 billion, up 25 percent year-over-year and up 1 percent sequentially. Earnings per share were 34 cents, up 31 percent from 26 cents in the first quarter of 2004 and up 3 percent from 33 cents in the fourth quarter of 2004. I
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| Broadcom teams with Nintendo on wireless game machine |
4/20/2005 |
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"The depth and breadth of Broadcom's wireless expertise will enable Nintendo to deliver the industry's most innovative gaming solutions," said Genyo Takeda, general manager of the Integrated Research & Development Division for Nintendo.
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| David vs the Giants |
4/20/2005 |
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IP licensing company Acacia Research Corp. said Tuesday (April 19) that its Microprocessor Enhancement Corp. subsidiary has filed a patent infringement lawsuit in California against Intel Corp. and Texas Instruments Inc.
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| TSMC, UMC to lower earning forecast |
4/19/2005 |
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TSMC and UMC may lower their second-quarter earning forecast due to a weaker-than-expected PC market and a decrease in orders from US wireless communication makers, according to the sources familiar with both companies.
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| Short supply on Intel's Dothan processor |
4/19/2005 |
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Tsinghua Unisplendour of China has moved to develop notebook PCs based on microprocessors from AMD due to continuous shortage of competitive chips from Intel, according to a report from SinoCast, a Chinese Web site.
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| TI posted strong quarter |
4/19/2005 |
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TI reported a slightly larger profit for its fiscal first quarter, as lower manufacturing and operating expenses offset a sequential decline in revenue.
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| DRAM in plentiful supply |
4/19/2005 |
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However, one large producer believes that prices have bottomed out and that they will recover in the coming weeks. It expects that DRAM production capacities will be switched to the booming flash memory sector.
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| TI's report indicate mobile market is stablizing |
4/19/2005 |
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Templeton added that the environment for cell phones would likely support a lower growth rate than last year. Nonetheless, “we continue to have high expectations for our wireless operations in 2005,” he said. Year-over-year wireless revenue grew by 15 percent in Q1, but declined 14 percent sequentially after a strong Q4.
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| AMD's Ruiz addresses to Boardcasters |
4/19/2005 |
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AMD Chief Executive Hector Ruiz used his keynote presentation Monday (April 18) at National Association of Broadcasters' conference to announce a technology and marketing alliance with DreamWorks Animation SKG.
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| Phone companies are ready to distribute TV |
4/19/2005 |
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Combination of Verizon's Vcast wireless multicast distribution method for carrying streaming video over cellphones and its "FiOS" fiber-to-the-home buildout "give us all the broadband options" to successfully offer a mix of HDTV, IPTV and PVR services, including distributed networked video services to the home.
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| Notebook manufacturer switch to AMD due to MPU shortage |
4/19/2005 |
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China's Tsinghua Unisplendour Corp. Ltd. has moved to develop notebook PCs based on microprocessors from Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) due to a shortage of competitive chips from rival Intel Corp., according to a report from SinoCast, a Chinese Web site.
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| IBM causes biggest Dow drop this year |
4/18/2005 |
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Despite Q1 revenue inching up 3 percent year-over-year to $22.9 billion at IBM, Big Blue's CFO Thursday admitted the company could have done better in the hard quarter and said there may be some sizable restructuring activities in the near future.
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| Intel start delivery of dual core gamer computers |
4/18/2005 |
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Aimed at computer hobbyists and entertainment enthusiasts, Intel’s dual-core processor-based platform includes its Pentium processor Extreme Edition 840 running at 3.2 GHz and the 955X Express chipset.
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| Adobe to buy Macromedia |
4/18/2005 |
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Adobe Systems have announced plans to buy rival software firm Macromedia for about 3.4 billion dollars in shares.
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| Brillian to try LCOS TV again with new partner |
4/18/2005 |
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Suntron will assume all supply chain management of Brillian's TVs, as well as support the expansion to volume production. It expects to ramp capacity to 1,000 per month by the fourth quarter of 2005 and 3,000 a month by 2006.
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| China marching towards independance on cellphone chip design |
4/18/2005 |
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RDA joins a handful of other China-based companies, including Comlent Inc, Spreadtrum Communications and Commit Inc., that are developing silicon for China's domestic cellular markets, which at more than 300 million users is the largest in the world.
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| Philip's proft falls |
4/18/2005 |
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Philip reported lower than expected first quarter profit amid overcapacity in chips and liquid-crystal displays (LCDs), the company said.
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