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| Google slahes IPO price |
8/18/2004 |
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Google cut the range of its IPO price to $85-$95 per share from $108-$135 per share and the number of shares that shareholders plan to sell to 5.5 million from almost 12 million.
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| Applied Materials hit targets |
8/18/2004 |
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Applied Materials said it had doubled its quarterly revenue and returned to a profit as a result of healthy spending on new semiconductor factories.
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| Real slashed prices on music download |
8/18/2004 |
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Real slashed prices at its online music store this week, offering songs and albums at nearly half of what Apple charges at its ITunes store.
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| AMD's transition to 90nm clear |
8/18/2004 |
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AMD confirmed it has begun manufacturing chips using its new 90-nanometer process, meeting a deadline set after earlier delays.
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| Google's IPO has been pushed back |
8/18/2004 |
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As close as it is, Google's initial stock offering has been delayed while the company awaits final approval of its paperwork by the Securities and Exchange Commission, said the company Tuesday.
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| NAND flash prices fall further |
8/17/2004 |
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The 1Gbit NAND flash might fall below US$10 by the end of this month if price continue to erode, said sources at IC distributors in Taiwan.
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| Intel to delay chip for HDTV |
8/17/2004 |
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Intel postponed the launch of a video display chip for HDTV it had previously planned to introduce by year end, the company announced.
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| CompUSA to sell Gateway desktops |
8/16/2004 |
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Gateway said that CompUSA will carry its PCs later this week. The deal, which comes after pacts with Best Buy and Best Buy Canada, is part of the company's plan to expand beyond the selling-direct format after they bought eMachine.
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| Agilent delivered another good quarter |
8/16/2004 |
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Agilent Technologies reported its fourth profitable quarter in a row Thursday, continuing its strong comeback following a major restructuring.
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| Dell to leave China low end PC market |
8/16/2004 |
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Dell decided to leave the low-end consumer PC market in China and cut its overall growth target for the country this year due to stiff competition in the segment, the company said.
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| LCD revenue dropped due to supply pressure |
8/13/2004 |
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Several top Taiwan TFT-LCD manufacturers reported their revenues in July declined as much as 15 percent compared to June due to falling unit prices of LCD panels.
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| Agilent see growth |
8/13/2004 |
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Agilent's test and measurement sector saw particularly strong growth, with orders of $776 million up 37 percent over a year ago and revenue of $768 million up 25 percent. Orders were at the highest level since early 2001, according to the company.
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| iPod originator filed for IPO |
8/13/2004 |
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A little-known fabless chip company that provides the silicon and software platform for the Apple iPOD has registered for an initial public offering of shares on the Nasdaq market in hopes of raise $75 million.
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| Intel delays next generation chipset |
8/13/2004 |
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"We wanted to make sure we addressed a quality issue we found in a late stage of validation," Anand Chandrasekher, vice president of Intel's Mobile Platforms Group, told financial analysts Wednesday (August 11). "We have since found that issue and fixed it."
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| Notebook manufacturer pulls back estimate |
8/13/2004 |
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The company's CEO, Ray Chen, who had been bullish about growth for the notebook sector this year, trimmed his estimate for the global notebook market to 43million to 44 million units from 47 million.
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| Britons spending more time on e-life |
8/12/2004 |
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The reports states that in the past four year consumers have increased their time online eight-fold and tripled the length of mobile phone use, while still managing to watch more TV and listen to more radio.
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| Wire bonder provider lowers forcast |
8/12/2004 |
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"Our revised guidance is based on our customers’ latest indications regarding wire bonder capacity. Some customers are now more cautious about the timing of future demand,"
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| Fairchild Semi to expand in China |
8/12/2004 |
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Fairchild Semiconductor (South Portland, Maine) has added power design centers in Shanghai and Shenzhen and increased headcount and capacity at its less than year-old Suzhou facility.
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| MS to offer XP-Lite to Asian countries |
8/12/2004 |
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Starter Edition will initially ship on inexpensive PCs in Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia. The Redmond, Wash.-based developer already had rolled out localized Windows XP-Office XP bundles in the first two nations, and Microsoft had previously announced it was negotiating with the three governments
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