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| Semi difficult year predicted at Embedded Conference |
3/14/2005 |
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Indeed, after a somewhat strong year in 2004, semiconductor vendors are now seeing historically weak sales patterns in the early part of 2005, especially for DSPs, flash memories, logic, among other products.
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| Judgement and fine put on CEO of SMIC |
3/14/2005 |
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The ministry would seek to detain chairman Richard Zhang (sic) of Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. and impose punishment for his illegal investments in chip-making business in mainland China.
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| Motherboard shipments down in February |
3/11/2005 |
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The top four Taiwanese motherboard makers shipped a total of 6.69 million motherboards in February, according to a source familiar with the companies. Comparing to the 7.70 shipments in January, the number is down by 13.1%.
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| National Semi. Q3 sales down |
3/11/2005 |
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National Semiconductor reported Q3 revenues of $449.2 million, 12.5 percent lower than the same quarter last year and less than 1 percent above $448.9 million in Q2.
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| Applied Material to add workforce in India |
3/11/2005 |
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Applied Materials Inc. said it plans to expand its software development activities in India and take up engineering services research and development in the country.
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| Blue-ray wins Apple's support |
3/10/2005 |
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Apple Computer said on Thursday it had joined the Blu-ray forum, which is battling with rival HD-DVD forum to set the next standard for DVD.
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| AMD ships Turion 64 for notebook |
3/10/2005 |
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AMD today ships notebook chip called Turion 64, designed to compete with Intel Corp.'s Centrino brand targeting light notebook market. The company said the Turion brand will be used in PCs built by Acer Inc., Fujitsu Siemens, and Packard Bell.
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| Microsoft bought Groove Networks |
3/10/2005 |
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Microsoft said that it would acquire software maker Groove Networks Inc. in order to expand its Office-related group programs.
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| TSMC said February sales down |
3/9/2005 |
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TSMC reported February sales totaled $558 million, 17.5 percent lower than the $676.2 million in January and 6.4 percent lower than the $596.4 million the same period a year back.
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| TI sees potential growth in VoIP |
3/9/2005 |
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TI is betting that Internet telephony will be the next major application to drive broadband connections into peoples' homes.
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| IBM, Lenovo deal got final approval |
3/9/2005 |
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IBM and Lenovo Group of China said Wednesday they have won clearance from a national security oversight committee for Lenovo to acquire IBM's personal computer business.
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| Google releases Desktop Search Tool |
3/8/2005 |
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Google officially release its version 1.0 search tool with support for more browsers and file types and better protection of sensitive documents.
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| Tower to ship chips in 130-nm |
3/8/2005 |
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Tower Semiconductor Ltd. set to ship chips made in 130-nanometer manufacturing process by year end, according to a news source.
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| Global mobile phones sales to rise |
3/8/2005 |
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Global sales of mobile phone handsets surged 30 percent in 2004 to a record led by growth in South America, with more strong sales expected for 2005 amid fierce price competition, a survey by Gartner showed.
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| TI cut profit forecast |
3/8/2005 |
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TI cut its quarterly profit forecast amid a slowing down in sales of its emerging big-screen television chip.
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| Broadcom acquired Bluetooth firm |
3/7/2005 |
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Broadcom said that it has acquired Zeevo Inc., a privately held provider of semiconductor and software solutions to Bluetooth headsets.
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| LCD prices remain low, Samsung said |
3/7/2005 |
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Samsung said LCD prices won't recovery from its low until fourth quarter. Earlier this year, Samsung said could recover as early as the second quarter.
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