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| New PCs users to double by 2010 |
12/14/2004 |
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The number of PCs worldwide is expected to double to about 1.3 billion by 2010, driven by explosive growth in emerging markets leading by China with 178 million new PC users by 2010, 80 million in India etc according to a report by Forrester Research Inc.
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| ProMOS to run DDR2 in volume |
12/13/2004 |
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ProMOS Technologies is now conducting pilot runs of its own-brand DDR2 chips, with volume production scheduled for the third quarter of 2005, according to company.
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| Great Wall Computer to build servers for IBM |
12/13/2004 |
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China Great Wall Computer Shenzhen Co Ltd has signed an agreement to establish a new joint venture with IBM to produce computer servers for the Asian region, the company said.
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| Agilent guidance meets expectation |
12/13/2004 |
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Agilent Technologies Inc. said that it expects to earn between $1.01 and $1.35 per share in 2005 with revenues ranging from $7.1 billion to $7.5 billion.
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| DDR2 chip prices are falling |
12/10/2004 |
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Prices for DDR2 chips have recently fallen to US$5.50 per chip from US$6.50-7.00 a month ago due to excess inventory, according to sources.
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| Sony and Nvidia co-develop PS3 station |
12/10/2004 |
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Sony Computer and Nvidia revealed that they have been collaborating for about two years to develop the so-called PlayStation 3, which is scheduled to debut at E3 exhibition in Los Angeles in May 2005
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| Samsung samples GDDR3 DRAM |
12/9/2004 |
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Samsung said it has begun shipping the world's first 512-Mbit GDDR3 synchronous DRAM for graphics card makers.
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| Toshiba offers Dual Layer Disc format |
12/9/2004 |
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Toshiba has announced a dual layered disc that will playback both HD-DVD and DVD formats strengthing its offering in the battle of the next generation DVD formats.
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| Lenovo buys IBM's PC business |
12/8/2004 |
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Lenovo Group , said it has acquired a majority stake in IBM personal computer business for US$1.25 billion, one of the biggest Chinese overseas acquisitions ever
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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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