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| China confirms SARs case |
12/30/2003 |
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A suspected case of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) in southern Guangdong province was upgraded on Tuesday to a confirmed case, a senior provincial health official said
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| Micron under investigation for price fixing |
12/30/2003 |
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Justice Department is investigating whether the four DRAM chip makers, which account for two thirds of industry sales, tried to manipulate prices in the spot market for chips
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| PlayStation 2 Debut in China Postponed |
12/29/2003 |
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Sony Computer Entertainment has postponed the release of the PlayStation 2 in China, which was slated for Saturday, the company said on Dec 22
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| Weakness seen in Novemeber shipment |
12/26/2003 |
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The month-to-month declines were 2.4 percent for computer, peripherals and storage, 1.4 percent for telecom equipment and 0.4 percent for semiconductors.
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| Microprocessor spot light will be on Intel rivals |
12/24/2003 |
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The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based AMD launched its Opteron 64-bit server processor in April and brought the same technology down to the desktop in September with its Athlon 64-bit processor.
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| Online Christmas Shopping not as expected |
12/24/2003 |
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Many sites on the index delivered average to below average performance overall for consumers attempting to purchase gifts online, Keynote said. The average response time for completing a transaction during this time period has ranged between 14 seconds and 17 seconds.
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| Smaller die returns Micron to profit |
12/24/2003 |
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The megabit production gains were principally due to improved manufacturing yields and transitions to 110-nanometer devices, according to Micron.
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| SIS licensed to sell PCTel WiFi software |
12/24/2003 |
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Chipset vendor Silicon Integrated Systems Corp. (SiS) and PCTel Inc. have formed a partnership to offer wireless communications based on the SiS162 wireless LAN chipset and PCTel's Segue software
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| Technology outsourcing getting popular |
12/24/2003 |
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"It's a business strategy, period. You cut costs. You revamp. You look at what your mission statement says and try to turn a profit," said Sylvia Thomas, who was laid off by chipmaker Agere Systems Inc. after declining offers to relocate to Singapore.
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| Sony outsources DVD burners to Taiwan |
12/23/2003 |
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NEC, Pioneer, Sony and Toshiba were the world¡¯s top four suppliers of DVD burners during the first three quarters of this year, recording respective global market shares of 25%, 19%, 13% and 10%. Other top Japanese DVD burner makers may also soon follow the footsteps of Sony.
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| Universities in China licensed ARM core for research |
12/23/2003 |
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"By licensing the ARM922T core, the postgraduates and local IC engineers registered at the School of Microelectronics have access to a core with high-performance, memory management unit which is ideal for HDTV, DTV and consumer electronics SOC research and development,"
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| Cray receives order for X1 Supercomputer |
12/23/2003 |
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"The Cray X1 product is gaining strong momentum internationally as our initial customers continue to report the unprecedented results and new scientific breakthroughs they have been able to achieve cost-effectively on this powerful system."
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| PCTEL strikes agreement with Intel |
12/23/2003 |
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Under terms of the agreement, Intel will receive a license to all of PCTEL's patents. PCTEL will in turn receive a cross-license to Intel-owned patents that relate to PCTEL's business and a one time $14.5 million payment.
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| New Mobile opportunities in Middle East |
12/22/2003 |
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Those opportunities are setting off a land grab, creating new powerhouses that never existed before and ultimately opening new markets and potential partnerships for the electronics industry.
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| Taiwan TSMC sue China SMIC for technology espionage |
12/22/2003 |
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The lawsuit, which was filed in the US District Court of Northern California on Dec. 19, claims that SMIC persuaded engineers that it had hired away from TSMC to reveal trade secrets, which led to patent infringement.
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