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| Intel office raided for anti-trust investigation |
7/12/2005 |
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Swindon, Munich, Madrid and Milan offices of Intel Corp. subsidiaries in Europe, chip distributors and computer makers were raided by European Commission and local officials on Tuesday (July 12) as part of an investigation into possible antitrust violations
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| DRAM prices seen up |
7/12/2005 |
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256-Mbit DDR-400, contract prices went up by 2.3 percent to $2.2 while prices for 512-Mbit DDR-400/333/266 memories went up by 3.3 percent to $4.4. Several DRAM makers say the upward trend for prices is expected to continue until September due to high seasonal demand.
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| Suppliers optimistic at Semicon West |
7/12/2005 |
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SEMI suggested the industry has hit the bottom and things are beginning to improve. "No one likes a downturn, but it is a mild one," said Stan Myers, president and CEO of SEMI. His remarks came during a press conference this afternoon here.
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| Cadence chairman retires |
7/12/2005 |
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Bingham is stepping down as executive chairman and as a member of the Cadence board of directors, a position he had held since May 2004, after serving as president and CEO since 1999 and as executive VP and CFO of the San Jose, Calif.-based company since 1993.
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| Appeals court reversed judgement on SanDisk's case |
7/12/2005 |
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SanDisk said the CAFC ruling supports its interpretation of the key inventive features claimed in the '987 patent, and thereby eliminates the primary non-infringement argument of Ritek, Pretec and Memorex.
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| Hon Hai/ Foxconn to further expand in China |
7/11/2005 |
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Some speculation swirled that Hon Hai's latest move only served as a sign for bigger plans to buy client Motorola Inc's handset plant in Tianjin with the goal of clinching a deal to make low-end handsets for the world's No.2 mobile phone brand.
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| Teradyne to offer Open Flex to other Testers |
7/11/2005 |
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Flex is Teradyne's configurable test system; it first announced in 2003 that it would open its proprietary configurable system to third-party instrument vendors, dubbing the initiative OpenFlex.
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| IBM shows dual-core PowerPC chip |
7/11/2005 |
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IBM Corp. showed off its PowerPC 970MP, a dual-core version of an earlier design, this one aimed at applications that require 64-bit and symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) with ranges from 1.4 to 2.5 GHz.
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| NEC lowers earning outlook |
7/8/2005 |
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NEC Electronics Corp. gave lower guidance for sales revenue in the first fiscal quarter ended June 30.
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| Micron countersue Tessera |
7/8/2005 |
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Micron Technology countersued Tessera Technologies Inc., three months after Tessera sued Micron for patent infringement and anticompetitive conduct in March, Micron said.
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| Siebel warns on earnings outlook |
7/8/2005 |
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The outlook for Siebel Systems Inc. is not getting any better as the business software maker has warned that quarterly revenue will fall short of Wall Street estimates.
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| Broadband over power lines gain momentum |
7/7/2005 |
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Current Communications Group, provider of broadband Internet service over power lines, said it has received investment money from Google, Hearst and Goldman Sachs.
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| Rambus announces XDR interface at 8GHz |
7/7/2005 |
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Rambus Inc. has announced the latest version of its high-bandwidth XDR memory interface technology, XDR2, which uses a micro-threaded DRAM core and circuit enhancements that enable data rates starting at 8-GHz frequency switching
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| LG to use Palm OS in future smart phone |
7/7/2005 |
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LG Electronics has agreed to use a version of the Palm OS designed by Palmsource in a future smart phone, the company said during a press release.
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| DRAM contract prices up in July |
7/6/2005 |
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Contract prices for DDR, DDR2 SDRAM and NAND flash all picked up for July, according to contract houses in Taiwan.
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| Intel seek grants from Israel for fab |
7/6/2005 |
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Intel has appealed to the government of Israel to approve an enlarged grant to help it build a wafer fab in the country, according to a local newspaper in Israel.
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| Hynix secured 1.3 billion loan |
7/6/2005 |
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Hynix Semiconductor has raised $1.3 billion from a group of local financial institutions, according to a Korea Times report.
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| May factory orders up |
7/6/2005 |
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Orders for manufactured goods increased 2.9 percent in May, led by a big jump in orders for aircraft, according to a government report.
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| Flash chips prices continue to fall |
7/5/2005 |
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Prices for the most widely-used flash memory chips in music players, 1 gigabit and 2 gigabit NAND chips, have been on the decline for months. One reason the 1 gigabit parts have been falling in price is that they are reaching the end of their life. The 2 gigabit chips are quickly becoming the most popular NAND chips in the industry.
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