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| China to become the largest exporting country |
10/3/2005 |
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In its first Economic Survey of China, the OECD pointed to a number of factors that will fuel China’s rise, such as its vibrant private sector, which produces more than half of its gross domestic product (GDP), and a budget deficit below 1 percent of GDP.
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| Semi sales rose in August |
10/3/2005 |
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According to Bruce Diesen, analyst with Handelsbanken Capital Markets these averages imply that actual world chip sales rose 6.2 percent year-on-year in August; which he attributed to surging PC shipments as well as broad strength in other equipment categories.
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| Hynix shows aggressive roadmap on NAND |
10/3/2005 |
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Hynix is quietly readying its first 70-nm NAND-based flash devices, including an advanced 16-gigabit chip. Until now, Hynix had been rather mysterious about its product plans in flash despite staggering growth in the arena.
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| Hynix to showcase 16-Gbit NAND flash |
9/30/2005 |
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Hynix is working on its first 70-nm NAND-based flash devices, including an advanced 16-gigabit chip. The company has been shipping 1-, 2-, 4-, and 8-Gbit densities NAND flash with its single-level cell (SLC) technology, according to officials from Hynix.
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| iSuppli cut chip sales forecast |
9/30/2005 |
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Market researcher iSuppli trimmed the its forecast for 2005 semiconductor sales amid rapid rise in global energy prices combined with a growing excess of chip production capacity.
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| Micron earnings up |
9/30/2005 |
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Micron Technology earned net income of $188 million, or 29 cents per diluted share, on net sales of $4.88 billion for its fiscal year ended September 1, the company reported.
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| Spansion to increase NOR flash prices |
9/29/2005 |
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Spansion has since late September informed customers about price increases for its 4Mbit and 8Mbit NOR flash, according to industry sources.
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| Samsung to put 33 billion on memory plant expansion |
9/29/2005 |
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Samsung Electronics announced a $33 billion investment plan to add new production lines, in a move to widen the gap with its smaller rivals while adding capacity in the relatively weak non-memory area, analysts said.
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| RIM delivers improved earnings |
9/29/2005 |
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Research In Motion Ltd. reported a 57 percent jump in its second-quarter profit as surging demand for its popular BlackBerry wireless e-mail device drove sales higher.
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| DRAM maker, Inotera to go public |
9/28/2005 |
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Infineon Technologies AG and its partner Nanya Technology Corp. have said they intend to list their joint venture Inotera on the Taipei stock exchange, according to an Associated Press report.
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| RIM to use Intel processor |
9/28/2005 |
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Intel Corp. said it has signed a technology deal with Research In Motion Ltd., to supply processors for upcoming Blackberry mobile e-mail devices.
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| Renesas unveiled capacitor-less RAM |
9/27/2005 |
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Renesas Technology Corp. said that it has developed a high-density capacitor-less twin-transistor RAM (TTRAM), which it claims achieves both high speeds and low power consumption.
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| Intel, Microsoft back HD DVD format |
9/27/2005 |
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Microsoft Corp. and Intel Corp. finally cast their votes to support the HD DVD format being promoted by Toshiba Corp. over Sony's blu-ray format.
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| Dell delivers market first Dual-Core Xeon server |
9/26/2005 |
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Dell on Monday is announcing that its dual-socket PowerEdge 1850, 2800, 2850, and 1855 blade servers, and Dell Precision 470 and 670 workstations will now incorporate dual-core Intel processors. The systems are believed to be the first dual-core Xeon systems on the market. Dell has previously introduced dual-core server platforms based on Intel's Pentium D processors.
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| Elpida beefing up DDR2 volume |
9/26/2005 |
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Elpida Memory will boost its 90nm DDR2 production proportion to over 50% in 4th quarter, according to Elpida Hong Kong president Toshiharu.
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| LG Licenses MoSys 1T-SRAM |
9/26/2005 |
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MoSys Inc., the SoC embedded memory provider in California, said that LG Electronics has licensed its 1T-SRAM high-density embedded memory technology for use in high-volume consumer electronic applications.
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| Microsoft teams up with Palm |
9/26/2005 |
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Palm Inc. formally announced that the company's first Treo cell phone based on Microsoft Windows Mobile software, rather than its own operating system.
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