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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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| SEC delays implementation of stock option accounting rules |
4/18/2005 |
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The SEC said the ruling allows companies to implement the new accounting rules, known as SEC Statement No. 123R, at the beginning of their next fiscal year, instead of their next financial reporting period, beginning after June 15. Small businesses would not have to implement the rules until six months after their December reporting period.
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| Global PC market up 10% |
4/18/2005 |
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The global PCs sales up more than 10 percent in the first quarter, fueled by strong growth in Europe and healthy shipments of notebook PCs, market research firms said.
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| SMIC to Add Assembly & Test |
4/15/2005 |
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SMIC will begin offering its own assembly and test services to customers later this year as the foundry moves into volume production at the 130 nanometer process node.
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