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| Intel to release 2 new Itanium chips |
9/8/2003 |
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Intel will unveil two new processors in its Itanium chip family for high-end servers, including a low-power chip previously known as Deerfield.
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| Taiwan government computers under attack |
9/5/2003 |
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"National intelligence has indicated that an army of hackers based in China's Hubei and Fujian provinces has successfully spread 23 different Trojan horse programs to the networks 10 private high-tech companies here to use them as a springboard to break into at least 30 different government agencies and 50 private companies."
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| Unions resist ST reorganization |
9/5/2003 |
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A company spokesman confirmed that talks between unions and STMicroelectronics' French unit, STMicroelectronics SA, broke off Wednesday (Sept. 3). No new talks are scheduled, he added.
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| National see profit and turn around |
9/5/2003 |
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"In one year, we've improved National's summer quarter profits from $1 million to nearly $30 million and we're continuing to gain share in our key analog markets."
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| IDC see handset growth with 2.5G and 3G |
9/5/2003 |
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IDC is predicting handset sales worldwide to achieve an 8 percent growth over 2004. One reason for the growth is increased shipments of 2.5G and 3G products.
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| Rebounce led by DRAM seen |
9/4/2003 |
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As for DRAM, after 10 successive quarters of losses, the DRAM industry is now making a profit on a collective basis after price hikes this spring.
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| Homeland rules might hamper import/export flow |
9/4/2003 |
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The agency unveiled in late July proposed regulations that would require advance notice of cargo container manifests prior to the cargo's arrival here in the United States or their export. That advance notice would also have to be in electronic format.
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| STATS China receives backend contract |
9/4/2003 |
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The SMIC deal represents the first for STATS' Pudong, Shanghai facility. STATS announced its expansion to China in July, and the new plant is scheduled to be ready for operation by the end of October. STATS will provide SMIC with test engineering support as well as wafer probe services.
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| Samsung announce 1Gb stacked BGA DRAM |
9/4/2003 |
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The chip is available in DDR 266 and DDR 333 versions and measures 11.5-millimeter by 12-millimeter. It meets the JEDEC DDR chip-scale package ball pitch specifications.
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| New laws might help IT recovery |
9/4/2003 |
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The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 could trigger an IT spending spree among publicly traded high-tech companies that will soon become legally obligated to keep a better accounting of their business processes and procurement habits.
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| Pilips outsources development to India |
9/4/2003 |
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Much of the new investment will go into research projects, Philips said. The Bangalore center, established several years ago, is the only Philips software center with a Level-5 certification under Carnegie Mellon University's Capability Maturity Model.
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| IT industry has yet to recover, Michael Dell |
9/3/2003 |
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But the long-awaited pickup in business or corporate IT spending is not taking place, at least not like many had hoped, Dell suggested. Corporate IT upgrades have begun, but its not exactly what one would call a boom
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| Chinese foundry glut not materialized |
9/3/2003 |
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"Just a few years ago some forecasters envisioned a glut of foundry capacity dumped on the market, placing foundries into the ominous position of competing in a commodity market with an overabundance of supply,"
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| Hynix adds hi-volt flavor to 0.18 process |
9/3/2003 |
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The process technology was developed to address the increased requirements for single-chip LCD driver chips. The single-chip solution includes a gate, source, controller, DC/DC converter and SRAM on the same device.
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| JEDEC Announces JEDEX Shanghai, China |
9/2/2003 |
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"JEDEC is pleased to coordinate a program that will assist with the growth and vitality of the industry in China and the world market" said Desi Rhoden, JEDEC Chairman of the Board.
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| Flat panel TV taking hold |
9/2/2003 |
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TECO is expected to ship about 100,000 flat-screen televisions this year with shipments expected to jump to 710,000 sets next year.
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| Wi-Fi chip price dropping |
9/2/2003 |
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Average selling prices for Wi-Fi chips will be slashed in half to $8 this year, $4 next year, and as little as $2 in 2006, predicted Sky Dayton, chief executive of Boingo Wireless Inc.
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| Intel invested another $23M in Elpida |
9/2/2003 |
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Elpida plans to use the $23 million to accelerate production of DRAMs, such as DDR2 SDRAM products. Additional details were not disclosed.
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| 10.5% increase in semiconductor sales |
9/2/2003 |
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“July’s sales reflect the continued strengthening of the semiconductor market and we believe that we will exceed our forecasted sequential growth of 5.9 percent for the third quarter,” George Scalise, SIA's president, said in a statement.
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| Chartered completed deal with Chinese partner |
9/1/2003 |
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Under the terms of the deal Chartered will provide 6-inch chip-making equipment and manufacturing process technology. It will receive cash and an equity stake in CSMC-Tech in return.
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