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| Taiwan startup SIPS to offer memory MCP lineup |
11/18/2004 |
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A Taiwan-based fabless IC-design startup, will start shipping memory multi-chip packages (MCPs) for use in xDSL routers and digital cameras featuring 4- or above megapixel sensors.
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| Dell and Microsoft launch joined-up server software |
11/16/2004 |
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Dell and Microsoft promised big savings on the billions of dollars companies spend on system maintenance as they unveiled jointly developed software on Monday that manages and upgrades servers in one mouse-click.
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| Soyo to phase out motherboard production |
11/16/2004 |
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Soyo plans to phase out production of its motherboards and instead focus on development and distribution of computer-related upstream components and plastic ma
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| Toshiba filed suit against Hynix |
11/15/2004 |
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Toshiba has filed a lawsuit against Hynix Semiconductor Inc of Korea, complaining that it is infringing Toshiba's patents related to NAND Flash EEPROM architecture,
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| ProMOS still negotiating with Hynix |
11/12/2004 |
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The company is entering final talks with South Korea's Hynix Semiconductor Inc on jointly developing advanced technologies, according to ProMOS.
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| Tokyo Electronic see equipment market up |
11/12/2004 |
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TEL exceeded its sales forecast of $2.6 billion (277 billion yen), thanks to greater-than-expected sales of equipment for flat-panel displays for the period, even though sales in the segment dipped in Q2.
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| Fujitsu takes 90nm into production |
11/12/2004 |
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"Power consumption of the 90nm process technology is crucial. "This is a very important product for 90nm in order to compete with FPGAs,"
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| TSMC to spend $1 billion on 65nm development |
11/12/2004 |
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Throw in cell libraries, various third-party IP licensing deals and the usual ramp-up hiccups, and Chang said he believes "it's not too inaccurate to say that it's approaching $1 billion."
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| Otellini move up to fill CEO at Intel |
11/12/2004 |
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At that time Barrett, 65, is to succeed Andrew Grove as chairman of the Intel board of directors. Grove, 68, would cease to serve on the Intel board of directors but would assume the role of senior advisor to the board.
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| Taiwan government set policy for digital TV |
11/11/2004 |
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"This will accelerate the switchover from analog to digital TV by January 2008. "In a bid to reach the target by January 2008, manufacturers must install built-in receivers in new 29-inch television sets starting January 2006,"
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| Matsushita bought CSP and MCP license from Tessera |
11/11/2004 |
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The license agreement covers a broad range of CSP and MCP types including integrated circuit devices packaged in MicroBGA face-down, MicroBGA-F face-up, fold-over, stacked and system-in-package formats, and utilizing many types of tape and laminate substrates.
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| Samsung announced 1Gb OneNAND |
11/11/2004 |
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Samsung¡¯s device uses a unified storage concept, which combines the high-speed data read function of NOR flash and the advanced data storage of NAND flash, but the single chip is based on NAND architecture integrating buffer memory and logic interface.
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| Intel to pay cash dividends |
11/11/2004 |
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The company's board of directors announced Wednesday (Nov. 10) that the quarterly cash dividend to shareholders was doubled to 8 cents per share.
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| iSupply forecast continue growth on cell |
11/11/2004 |
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Worldwide cellular phone shipment forecast is 675 million units in 2004, up from 670 million previously. This represents 18 percent growth compared to 2003.
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| Infineon profit up but see slowdown ahead |
11/10/2004 |
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Looking ahead to fiscal Q1 2005, Infineon said it sees signs of a slowdown in several of its application segments. In these markets, inventory levels have gone up as compared to the previous quarters.
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| Chartered to fab AMD 64 |
11/10/2004 |
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The two companies have entered into sourcing and manufacturing technology agreements whereby Chartered become an additional manufacturing source of AMD64 microprocessors.
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| VOIP industry overjoy with FCC ruling |
11/10/2004 |
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"Our biggest fear was being regulated by the states," said Louis Holder, executive vice president of product development at Vonage. "If that had happened, it would have put us out of business."
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| Energy consumption is important to processor spec. |
11/10/2004 |
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Embedded Microprocessor Benchmark Consortium (EEMBC) plans to add an energy consumption metric to the performance scores it provides for embedded processors tested against its application-focused benchmarks.
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