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| Hot Spots going free |
1/16/2004 |
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The Wi-Fi program — along with Schlotzsky's free use of in-restaurant PCs — is now mandatory for new franchisees. And many existing Schlotzsky's proprietors are installing Wi-Fi service in their sandwich shops.
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| Intel brings out Wi-Fi chip with advanced technology |
1/16/2004 |
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According to Josh Newman, director of engineering at Intel's wireless group, the company took advantage of a 20,000-square-foot facility in San Diego with multiple access points to develop a WLAN solution that could maximize throughput and connectivity in the face of multipath reflections.
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| Engibous hands CEO title to Templeton |
1/16/2004 |
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Templeton, 45, will become the president and CEO of Texas Instruments effective May 1, while Engibous, who is 50 years old, will retain the position of chairman.
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| Teradyne reduces loss on higher sales |
1/15/2004 |
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"We ended 2003 with very strong growth," said George Chamillard, chairman and CEO, in a statement. "With this momentum, coupled with our cost reduction efforts, we expect to deliver solid profit growth in the first quarter of 2004."
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| CEA and MIT to sponsor Media Lab symposium at Campus |
1/15/2004 |
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Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) and the Media Lab jointly sponsor a symposium on MIT's Cambridge, Mass., campus that will focus on trends and technology issues affecting the consumer electronics industry.
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| Chartered strikes partnership with IBM |
1/15/2004 |
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Chartered, which operates five fabs in Singapore, is expected to begin 90-nm SOI production for IBM by mid-2005, according to the announcement.
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| Intel invested into nano-memory |
1/15/2004 |
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Intel will support nano-related technology efforts at Nanosys for possible use in memory products. According to the agreement, Nanosys and Intel will work together exclusively on certain areas of memory-related technologies.
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| TI's DVR chip first approved by Microsoft |
1/14/2004 |
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That means TI's chips are the only ones of their kind that device makers can use to record in the Windows Media format. That distinction could become important as television manufacturers look for ways to let consumers digitally record TV shows without being able to distribute them in violation of copyrights.
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| Xilinx send advisory on defected chips |
1/14/2004 |
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The affected parts were manufactured using improper solder material that may cause random upset of device configuration, the company said in a statement.
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| Analyst predicts IT growth |
1/14/2004 |
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Noted that IT growth typically runs about two to three times GDP growth, and that it started rebounding as soon as corporate profits were in positive territory.
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| Intel Q4 sales to pegged at $8.62 billion |
1/14/2004 |
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"We believe Intel could top our [fiscal fourth quarter] revenue and EPS estimates and provide an upbeat outlook for [fiscal first quarter] based on continued strong processor and NOR flash demand for PCs and handsets, respectively,"
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| Samsung has a heavy capex |
1/14/2004 |
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Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. said it will this year spend more than $3 billion this year to increase its DRAM and flash memory chips production and equip its seventh-generation TFT-LCD plant in South Korea.
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| USB drives to replace floppy |
1/14/2004 |
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Analyst Alan Niebel at Web-Feet (Monterey, Calif.) believes USB drive shipments will hit 100 million units in 2006 or 2007 and will approach $3.9 billion in revenue by 2007, a near doubling of the $2 billion expected this year.
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| Display bloom add jobs in Taiwan |
1/13/2004 |
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Several major thin film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) panel makers in Taiwan are expected to recruit over 8,000 new employees this year for their aggressive production expansion projects.
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| Bell Micro will beat estimates |
1/13/2004 |
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The San Jose-based company said that its sales and earnings per share will meet or exceed analysts' consensus estimates.
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| Industry forcasts semi equipment to grow in 2004 |
1/13/2004 |
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Industry forecasters agreed that the IC and chip equipment markets will show solid growth in 2004 over 2003. But one market watcher, Gartner/Dataquest Inc., sees a two-phase semiconductor growth cycle on the horizon, with a supply-driven downturn starting in late 2005 to early 2006.
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| MPU makers adopting embedded application strategies |
1/13/2004 |
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Transmeta Corp. (Santa Clara, Calif.) and Via Technologies Inc. (Taipei, Taiwan), announced significant moves into the embedded market. The two differ on technology and strategy, but both are motivated by what they see as looming opportunity.
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| Blue-ray or HD DVD for next generation optical drives? |
1/13/2004 |
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Hewlett Packard and Dell endorsed the Blu-ray disk system, marking the first time the U.S. IT industry has backed the proposal. The companies called BD "revolutionary technology" that provides high capacity while taking full advantage of HDTV.
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| Panasonic to build 300mm fab for consumer IC's |
1/12/2004 |
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The new facility will be designed to increase Matsushita's production of advanced system LSIs for consumer electronics using 90-nanometer process technology and 300mm wafers.
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| US district court set Rambus trial to go on |
1/12/2004 |
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A U.S. district court denied a request by German memory maker Infineon Technologies AG to stay the trial pending rulings in the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) antitrust case against Rambus.
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| Comdex is dead, long live CES |
1/12/2004 |
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"CES now gets the attention of all the PC folks, as well as all the CE folks. It's a place where everyone can come and see all the cool things."
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