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| Lenovo gets funding from US investors |
3/31/2005 |
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Lenovo, on Wednesday (March 30) announced that it has obtained a $350 million investment from three equity firms: Texas Pacific Group, General Atlantic LLC, and Newbridge Capital LLC. Assuming full exercise of the warrants, the investors will own approximately 12.4 percent.
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| Micron made profit amidst DRAM price retreat |
3/31/2005 |
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Megabit sales volume was approximately 36 percent higher for the same comparative periods, but average selling price fell 15 percent. Megabit memory production in the second quarter of fiscal 2005 was approximately 28 percent higher than the immediately preceding quarter.
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| Intel debuts 64-bit 'Truland' chips |
3/30/2005 |
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Intel is packaging the new chips as a platform, codenamed Truland. The offerings include five new 64-bit Xeon processor MP (multiprocessor) devices and the E8500 chipset
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| Taiwan manufacturers to eye auto-electronics market |
3/29/2005 |
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For a new comer to the market, it usually takes at least five years to be awarded a certification. Regardless of all, the emerging car electronics business already offer an alternative for all the PC makers and IC companies.
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| Korean MagnaChip to strengthen through merger |
3/29/2005 |
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"The acquisition of IC Media immediately will provide advanced technology and intellectual property, experienced engineering and development resources, key products and customer relationships which will help further strengthen MagnaChip's ability to serve the needs of its expanding global customer base."
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| Chartered explores niche foundry services |
3/29/2005 |
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Available immediately, Chartered offers fully qualified 0.35- and 0.18-micron SiGe BiCMOS processes for a range of applications. Chartered's 0.35-micron SiGe BiCMOS process is able to achieve peak fT of 50-GHz and peak fmax of 60-GHz.
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| SMIC hit problem on equipment loan |
3/29/2005 |
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The U.S. Export-Import Bank, a government agency that promotes U.S. exports, hasn't agreed to serve as guarantor to the loan to SMIC, the report said.
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| Symbian OS interconnects to Microsoft Exchange Server |
3/28/2005 |
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The move doesn't just take a step toward ending the rivalry between the two leading cellular OS providers, but also gives Symbian a better crack at the enterprise user market and the North America market – two segments Symbian pales in in comparison to Microsoft.
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| NEC America has a new CEO |
3/28/2005 |
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Kawakami will oversee day-to-day operations of NEC Electronics America (Santa Clara, Calif.) and will be responsible for setting and delivering on the company's strategies and goals.
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| Toshiba to appeal Lexar infringement verdict |
3/28/2005 |
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"Toshiba believes that the verdict rendered by the jury was in error, and we plan to pursue all available legal avenues to correct it," the company said in a statement. "Toshiba invented NAND flash memory technologies and has been a pioneer throughout its development."
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| China processor developer in financial trouble |
3/28/2005 |
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The company is looking for more backers and considering the option of selling the company or just its intellectual property, according to sources familiar with the company's operations. Its longtime CEO, David Shen, has also left the company.
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| AMD hires key technology officer |
3/28/2005 |
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Oehler, a 40-year industry veteran known for his groundbreaking work in microprocessor, symmetric multi-processing and mission-critical systems design, will work at AMD's Office of Strategy and Technology, reporting to chief technology officer Fred Weber.
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| Taiwan vendors sign-on with Samsung for NAND flash |
3/24/2005 |
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The average consumer’s demand for mobile storage will top 100GB by 2007 – a five-fold increase from current levels – as a wider variety of consumer electronics applications and richer content become available on the market in the next few years
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