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| ST invest $1.2 billion in Singapore |
12/6/2004 |
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ST-Microelectronics is set to invest $1.2 billion in Singapore and hire 1,000 technical and engineering staff over the next two years.
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| Samsung unveiled DDR2 FB DIMM |
12/6/2004 |
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Samsung announced the next-generation memory module, a 1GB fully buffered, dual in-line memory module (FB DIMM) based on DDR2 technology
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| China will one day as technology producer |
12/3/2004 |
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"We see some competition but they've always been behind the curve," said Wolfson's Milne. "But there is an incredible number of incredibly bright people, and they are going to be able to design chips in direct competition with us."
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| Foundries and DRAM will the Chinese game |
12/3/2004 |
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“Two words summarize it: foundries and DRAM. Eighty percent of all foundry capacity is located in Asia Pacific. And more than one-half the DRAM capacity is there."
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| Fujitsu to implement Longrun2 power saving |
12/3/2004 |
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LongRun2 builds upon Transmeta's first-generation LongRun power management technology, which pioneered the dynamic adjustment of clcok frequency and voltage, to reduce power consumption. LongRun2 technologies extend this approach by dynamically adjusting transistor threshold voltages.
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| Intel revised up guidance |
12/3/2004 |
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"Revenue from microprocessors and chip sets are greater than anticipated in all major market segments and geographies," said Intel CFO Andy Bryant on a mid-quarter update call with analysts and press.
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| IBM to sell off PC license to China |
12/3/2004 |
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If completed, reported negotiations between IBM and China's largest PC manufacturer, Lenovo, would result in IBM exiting the PC business, relegating an American invention to the world's cheap labor market.
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| Infineon executives make plea for price fixing |
12/3/2004 |
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"These four executives are the first to plead guilty to a charge of fixing prices in what is still a very active and far-reaching investigation into antitrust violations in the DRAM industry,"
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| Personal video player to be shown at CES |
12/2/2004 |
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The i-Station PMP 1000 offers a video player, music player, and photo viewer, letting users store and play back digital media content from the Internet, a PC, or other sources. It features a 3.5-inch LCD screen with 320X240 pixels and a 20 or 30-gigabit hard drive.
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| Media server not here yet |
12/2/2004 |
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These next generation devices are designed to be the center of the digital home, organizing and networking audio and video and providing intelligent functions, such as the time shifting and automatic recording available with a personal video recorder.
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| 15 companies behind new open standard MPU |
12/2/2004 |
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"Chinese firms can feel free to embrace and contribute to open technologies while maintaining their own freedom of action and unique differentiation," Roger Li, president of Infotech Ventures, said in a statement announcing the initiative.
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| 64bit twin core MPU will be mainstream |
12/1/2004 |
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Twin-core chips can do more complicated processing work like simultaneously process multimedia data and scan viruses when they are playing DVD movies. Intel estimated four out of 10 computers to be equipped with twin-core 64-bit processors in 2006 worldwide.
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| Osram announce integrated-lense infrared LED |
12/1/2004 |
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"The result is a radiant intensity that is around three times as high as that of a TopLED." At ±20 degrees, the beam angle of MIDLED is tighter than that of the TopLED and lens, which emits light at an angle of ±25 degrees.
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| Intel to announce latest guidance |
11/30/2004 |
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In a Goldman Sachs report today, semiconductor analyst Andrew Root said that falling flat panel prices and steady server volume will help the chipmaker's units and product mix, saving its December quarter and pulling up its stock price for January stability.
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| High density DVD pushed forward |
11/30/2004 |
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Proponents of HD-DVD gained an ally Monday (Nov. 29), as film studio Universal Pictures announced it has adopted the format, with select titles available to consumers during the 2005 holiday season.
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| IEEE amends 802.11n to accommodate global needs |
11/30/2004 |
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Amendment to IEEE 802.11 will enable WLAN vendors to offer wireless products that adapt to new frequencies, different channel widths, and operating parameters for indoor and outdoor use in Japan.
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