|
 |
|
| AT&T cuts net-phone prices |
6/16/2004 |
|
AT&T has trimmed the price of its CallVantage broadband phone service from $40 to $35 a month, a move to make its Net-phone service more competitive.
|
|
|
| Gateway forecasts better quarterly outlook |
6/15/2004 |
|
Gateway said its second-quarter operating loss would be reduced as much as 2 cents per share due to higher revenues and increased cost cuts, but the net loss would widen due to restructuring charges.
|
|
|
| TSMC to achieve "full production" at 90nm by year end |
6/14/2004 |
|
TSMC has been shipping parts to customers based on the 90-nm technology for some time. But it is expected to move into "full production" by the fourth quarter of 2004, said Chuck Byers, director of brand management at TSMC.
|
|
|
| Report said Samsung to have TV-over-cellphone chip |
6/14/2004 |
|
Samsung Electronics has developed an integrated circuit that provides terrestrial digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) services within mobile telephones, according to reports out of South Korea.
|
|
|
| AMD takes lead on flash chips |
6/14/2004 |
|
AMD's flash division, Spansion, plans to announce a new generation of its MirrorBit flash memory chips for cell phones and networking equipment. These new chips, the company says, will help expand its new and unusual lead in the sector over old rival Intel.
|
|
|
| World's smallest microcontroller has broad applications |
6/11/2004 |
|
"The 6-pin devices provide a cost-effective replacement for many discrete logic or mechanical functions, substantially reducing component count and board space while giving engineers additional design flexibility"
|
|
|
| Intel to experiment WiMAX in two Chinese cities |
6/11/2004 |
|
"Digital technology, the expansion of wireless networking and the convergence of computing and communications will continue to enhance the way business is transacted, allow access to new markets and boost commerce globally,"
|
|
|
| Microsoft puts bet on distributed storage |
6/11/2004 |
|
Researchers are now writing their first paper on the project and expect to prototype the software across a cluster of tens of systems within about a year. If successful, the project could be transferred into a future generation of Microsoft's storage virtualization products.
|
|
|
| Xilinx end production contract with IBM |
6/11/2004 |
|
Xilinx did not cite a reason for parting with IBM, though company officials have acknowledged that IBM has had trouble attaining sufficient yields for its first 90-nm products, the Spartan-3.
|
|
|
| LCD is ready to replace the tube at homes |
6/10/2004 |
|
The consumer market is already hungry for bigger and better display technologies, judging from the cooing crowds admiring the crystal-clear pictures of the jumbo HDTV (high-definition TV) format 47-inch LCD panel of CMO and the 46-inch LCD panel of AUO.
|
|
|
| Ratailers touting correct gateway to home entertainment |
6/10/2004 |
|
With networking technology within the home finally ready for prime time, electronics vendors are looking to either bring intelligence into home entertainment devices, or turn PC-like devices into home entertainment hubs.
|
|
|
| SIA up growth estimate to 28.6 percent |
6/10/2004 |
|
"The industry is experiencing substantially stronger than expected growth in 2004 as a result of underlying strength in a broad range of end-use markets," said SIA President.
|
|
|
| Elpida to build mega DRAM fab |
6/10/2004 |
|
The 300-mm fab, slated to be in built in Hiroshima in southwestern Japan, would be twice the size and manufacturing capacity of any of the largest current-generation facilities, the reports said.
|
|
|
| Fab business reaching record |
6/9/2004 |
|
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) announced that their net sales in May reached a record high of NT$21.72 billions, representing 29.2 percent increased the same period of last year. Not far behind is United Microelectronics Corp. announced their May’s revenue hit NT$ 9.6 billion.
|
|
|
| TI gets Samsung contract to supply handset chips |
6/9/2004 |
|
"[The Samsung deal] is a nice opportunity. I certainly hope that it will be a door opener-type of opportunity," Ron Slaymaker, VP and manager of investor relations at TI said on the update's conference call.
|
|
|
| iSupply forcasts downturn in 2006 |
6/9/2004 |
|
iSuppli Corp. expects that that new semiconductor capacity coming on line later this year and next year will drive the chip industry from an undersupply state, as it is presently, to an oversupply position in less than two years.
|
|
|
|
