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| Hynix posts Q3 net income |
10/22/2003 |
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Hynix Semiconductor Inc. reported a Q3 net income of 134 billion won (about US$113 million) on sales of 991 billion won (about US$840 million) that ended September 30, the company said.
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| Sony to cut 20k jobs in restructuring |
10/21/2003 |
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Sony Corp. plans to eliminate up to 20,000 jobs, or more than 12 percent of its work force, by March 2006 in a major restructuring, a Japanese newspaper reported Monday.
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| China's fab growth slowing by 2006 |
10/21/2003 |
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China's booming fab construction industry will begin to level off in 2006 at which point the chip makers and design houses will enter a period of consolidation
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| TI posted $447 million in quarterly profit |
10/21/2003 |
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Texas Instruments Inc. posted sales of $2.533 billion in the third quarter, up 8 percent sequentially and up 13 percent from the same period last year amid strong growth in semiconductor, the company reported.
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| Strong demand, good profit for LCD suppliers |
10/21/2003 |
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Flat-panel industry is set for a smoother ride during the next few years, with no annual revenue declines until at least 2007, according to market watcher DisplaySearch.
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| Samsung release impressive earnings |
10/20/2003 |
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Samsung Electronics reported net income of 1.84 trillion won in the third quarter (about $1.57 billion) on sales revenue that exceeded 11.26 trillion won (about $9.6 billion).
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| IC, chip equipment book-to-bills improves |
10/20/2003 |
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The worldwide semiconductor and chip equipment book-to-bill ratios rose in September over August, according to VLSI Research Inc, signifiying a possible high tech recovery.
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| Atmel saw better business |
10/17/2003 |
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The semiconductor maker posted revenues of $335 million for Q3, a sequential increase of 5.2 percent over Q2's $318. Revenues were 12.2 percent higher than the same quarter a year ago. Atmel narrowed its net loss in Q3 to $31.8
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| AMD sales increased 88%, but still carry lost |
10/17/2003 |
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"We delivered strong sales growth in our microprocessor and flash memory business lines while tightly managing our expense structure," said Robert Rivet, CFO, in a statement. "Sales were up on a global basis reflecting increased demand in each of our major businesses and all geographic regions."
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| FCC clears way for 3G |
10/17/2003 |
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In the first report and order, the agency opened up 90 MHz of spectrum for 3G and advanced broadband wireless services in the 1700- and 2100-MHz bands. It second action was to open up 12.9 GHz of spectrum divided between the 70-, 80-, and 90-GHz bands.
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| Sales improved at Molex |
10/17/2003 |
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"The overall level of new orders during the September quarter was encouraging, and we believe that a majority of our global markets are now in an initial phase of cautious expansion,"
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| Cypress beats odds for earning |
10/17/2003 |
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"If these trends continue, we believe there is a strong possibility that the modest recovery of 2003 will turn into a boom in 2004-2005," Rodgers added.
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| Nanya posts loss |
10/16/2003 |
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Nanya projects that global DRAM supply will remain tight through the next quarter. Kau forecasts global DRAM bit production will grow 41% this year, less than the industry consensus of 55% growth.
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| IBM to hire more people |
10/16/2003 |
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"Next year, in fact, we see the need for approximately 10,000 new positions in key skill areas, including high-value services, middleware technologies, Linux and open standards-based hardware and software.
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| Will x86 architecture expand into Network standard? |
10/16/2003 |
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"We are already seeing the x86 get significant use in storage area networking. In the future will it extend to the network itself and to ubiquitous handheld devices? I think so," Weber said.Weber predicted that if cellphones become general-purpose computers, designers will leverage the installed base of PC software and hardware to drive them.
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| HP inch ahead of Dell in PC sales |
10/16/2003 |
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"The race between HP and Dell just got a lot closer," crowed Jim McDonnell, vice president of marketing at HP's Personal Systems Group. "HP considerably narrowed the gap with only 0.3% points separating HP from the top spot."
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| Rumors Intel's Prescott runs into power issue |
10/15/2003 |
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As reported, there are rumors flying that Intel is struggling with the 90-nm process, which is due out later this year. Intel's next-generation desktop processor was reportedly running at a whopping 103 Watts.
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| Semi shipment up 10% |
10/15/2003 |
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According to the San Jose-based consortium's Silicon Manufacturers Group (SMG) consensus forecast, silicon suppliers anticipate shipments will again increase by 15 percent in 2004.
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| Intel to shrink capital investment |
10/15/2003 |
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Amid a plan to narrow its capital spending, Intel Corp. on Tuesday (Oct. 14) announced third-quarter revenue of $7.8 billion, up 15 percent sequentially and up 20 percent year-over-year.
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