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| Sanyo reported earthquake damage up to $837 million |
12/22/2004 |
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The outer shell of the building was not heavily damaged, but frequent aftershocks made it difficult to determine the amount of damage inside the clean room and to pipes, slowing recovery efforts and the resumption of operation.
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| US dispute WTO's view point on Hynix DRAM subsidize issue |
12/22/2004 |
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The argument that persuaded the respective authorities to impose the countervailing tariffs was that the transfer of massive debts built up by Hynix at state-run banks and then converted into equity holdings represented a form of illegal subsidy that runs against WTO agreements to which Korea is a signatory.
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| Microsoft lost appeal in EU antitrust |
12/22/2004 |
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The decision by the EU Court of First Instance in Luxembourg on Wednesday (Dec. 22) means Microsoft must sell a European version of Windows without the Windows Media Player. The software giant will also be required to disclose parts of its Windows source code.
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| Walmart.com to offer $498 notebook PC |
12/21/2004 |
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The Balance notebook is the lowest-priced laptop currently on the market to include a complete operating system and office suite -- comparable machines cost hundreds more even without an office suite or software included.
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| Heavy fine and jail term recommanded for embezzlement |
12/21/2004 |
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Hu Hung Chiu, former chairman of Mosel Vitelic Group and vice president of the defunct Pacific Electric & Wire Co., be jailed for 20 years for NT$ 18 billion fraud. Along with Hu, Taipei prosecutors also indicted six people on charges of embezzlement and offences against the Securities Exchange Law
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| PCI Express will take time for market |
12/21/2004 |
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However, some local industry experts said that the PCI Express will take time for the user to adopt because of high cost and no substantial application of software that will require high data transfer.
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| Micron to ship 2Gbit NAND |
12/21/2004 |
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With the NAND segment the fastest growing in the memory market, projected to be $7 billion in 2004 and $8.7 billion in 2005, according to Web-Feet Research Inc., Micron said it has been able to leverage its experience in DRAM process technology to support NAND flash customers.
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| DoCoMo demonstrated 4G technology |
12/21/2004 |
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The 4G equipment used variable-spreading-factor spread orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (VSF-Spread OFDM) radio access method and multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) multiplexing with a signal detection algorithm in order to achieve the 1Gbit/s data transmission with 100MHz bandwidth in the downlink.
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| Two camps of Blue Ray technology fights on |
12/21/2004 |
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On the Blu-ray side, Sony last month bought MGM and its more than 9,000 movie catalog to compliment its own proprietary media. That was followed by an announcement from Toshiba that it had garnered support from Paramount Pictures, Universal Pictures, New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. Studios.
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| Cisco buys security technology |
12/21/2004 |
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Protego's scalable architecture for threat management, monitoring and mitigation are said to make more effective use of network and security devices by combining traditional security event monitoring with network intelligence.
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| iSupply predict DRAM market to grow |
12/20/2004 |
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The market research firm suggests that 2004 will represent the peak of the present DRAM growth cycle, with 2005 bringing a marked slowdown in sales.
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| Industry stays "Cautiously Optimistic" |
12/20/2004 |
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U.S. electronics and computer factories boosted their output 1.1 percent in November versus October, and 18.3 percent from last October, according to the Federal Reserve Board.
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| Embezzlement charge shakes Taiwan DRAM company |
12/20/2004 |
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Taipei prosecutors have charged Hu Hung-chiu, along with five others, with using offshore shell companies to bilk huge amounts of money from Pacific Electric Wire and Cable Co. If found guilty the Mosel chairman faces up to 20 years in jail and a fine of around $30 million.
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| Fairchild's Fab in Maine interrupted by explosion |
12/20/2004 |
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The explosion occurred when a tanker truck was unloading hydrogen gas at Fairchild's fab in South Portland, according to the Associated Press. No one was hurt, according to the report.
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| 3Com posts loss |
12/17/2004 |
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3Com Corp. posted a wider-than-expected second-quarter loss of $49 million, or 13 cents a share, in the second quarter compared with a net loss of $139 million, or 37 cents a share, in the year-ago period.
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| Chip Equipment sales to slow next 2 years |
12/17/2004 |
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The semiconductor equipment market is expected to rise 53.3 percent in 2004 compared with 2003 but will drop 9.6 percent in 2005 and 5.0 percent in 2006, according to a market research firm.
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| Circuit City narrows loss last quarter |
12/17/2004 |
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Circuit City Stores posted a narrower quarterly loss of $5.9 million for the 3rd quarter but said its outlook was cautious for the 4th quarter, which includes the key holiday shopping season.
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| HP to spend $3 billion on Itanium-related products |
12/16/2004 |
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HP said it will spend over $3 billion in the next three years on Itanium-related product development. The money will be spent on R&D, software and hardware design, and marketing, all with the aim of increasing its existing flat five-per-cent market share.
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| Gateway forecast sales drop on 1st quarter |
12/16/2004 |
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Gateway said first-quarter sales could fall 15 percent or more from fourth quarter levels. Historically, the company said it typically experiences a decline of 10 percent to 15 percent after the holiday seasons.
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| Intel to cut prices on 915 chipsets |
12/15/2004 |
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Intel plans to cut the 915 chipsets on April 3, 2005 following a first price-cut scheduled for the end of this month, according to sources at Taiwan motherboard makers.
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