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| Positive news for the PC market |
8/15/2003 |
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Gartner today forecasted worldwide PC shipments to reach 39.8 million units in the current quarter of 2003, a 9.6 percent increase over Q3 2002. Gartner further projects PC shipments to reach 161.3 million units in 2003, an 8.9 percent increase from 2002.
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| Koreans advanced in DRAM market position |
8/15/2003 |
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While Samsung's quarterly DRAM sales moving from $1.12 billion to $1.155 billion, sales values slipped back at Micron Technology Inc. and Infineon Technologies AG. Hynix increased sales markedly from $476 million in the first quarter to $510 million
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| XBOX switched to ATI for new design |
8/15/2003 |
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The deal is something of a surprise given that ATI's chief rival, Nvidia Corp., has provided the graphics processor for the Xbox since Microsoft first entered the gaming market as an OEM several years ago.
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| Internet worm runs wild |
8/14/2003 |
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MSBlast is designed to launch a denial-of-service attack, specifically a Syn Flood, against Microsoft's Windowsupdate.com Web site on Aug. 16. Computers infected by Blaster scan the Internet looking for other machines running Windows that have an open security hole.
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| "b" to be replaced by "g" |
8/14/2003 |
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802.11b is on its way out, making room for 802.11g, according to a research report today.
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| Nvidia and Cirrus Logic settles graphics engine IP |
8/14/2003 |
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The companies said all outstanding claims and counterclaims in the lawsuit between Cirrus and Nvidia will be dismissed. Cirrus said its patent infringement claims against ATI remain pending.
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| Rambus/Infineon case heading for Supreme Court |
8/14/2003 |
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In June, Infineon Technologies A.G. filed an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court seeking to overturn an appellate court ruling absolving Rambus Inc. of fraud for failing to disclose pending SDRAM patents to the JECEC Solid State Technology Association panel while the body was drafting an industry SDRAM standard.
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| AVL to validate DDR400 DIMMs for VIA |
8/14/2003 |
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Via Technologies Inc. has joined with Advanced Validation Labs (AVL), Fountain Valley, Calif., which will conduct a validation program of DDR400 memory modules with Via chipsets.
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| A city's push towards information technology |
8/13/2003 |
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The city has given every Taipei resident a free e-mail account as well as a chance to take part in a free three-hour Internet training session. Some 220,000 residents have signed up for them so far.
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| LovSan bug runs wild |
8/13/2003 |
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Message inside the host code said “Billy Gates why do you make this possible? Stop making money and fix your software!”
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| Applied Material report orders up |
8/13/2003 |
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Although the results disappointed analysts, orders were up $1.05 billion, or 9 percent, from $971 million in the second quarter. The total was down, however, 41 percent from $1.78 billion for the third quarter of 2002.
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| Efficeon, a new twist from Transmeta |
8/12/2003 |
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Transmeta Corp. today christened its TM8000 microprocessor with the brand name Efficeon. While recent months have seen Transmeta make a concerted push into the embedded space, Efficeon¡¯s main focus promises to be on ultra-low power and ultra-portable notebooks.
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| Low cost wireless chip has big promises |
8/12/2003 |
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By stripping out the higher-layer networking support and complexity of Bluetooth, ZigBee, 27-MHz and 900-MHz wireless technologies, Cypress keeps the current draw of its WirelessUSB LS radio in sleep mode below 1 microamp and its price at about $2, with plans to cut it to $1 quickly.
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| Use of white LED drives circuit innovations |
8/12/2003 |
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Although white LED drivers have been available for several years, demand has soared in the past year as new mobile phones and PDAs are produced with color rather than monochrome displays.
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| Semico sees "lackluster recovery" for IC industry |
8/12/2003 |
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The IC industry is in the midst of a slow, modest recovery, declared Jim Feldhan, president of Semico, a Phoenix-based research firm. "I think you can say that the semiconductor recovery started in 2002," Feldhan said in an interview with Silicon Strategies.
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| Hynix to sample 1Gb DDR2 in 4Q |
8/12/2003 |
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Hynix said the next generation 1Gbit DDR2 chip will be produced on the company's 0.11-micron process, using existing stepper lithography tools.
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| New support pours into HyperTransport |
8/11/2003 |
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Originally pushed by Advanced Micro Devices Inc., but now with strong support from the likes of Nvidia, Via, Broadcom, Xilinx, Altera, Agilent and Transmeta. These ranks of support are swelled today by the addition of IBM, TI, EMC, National Semiconductor and also Network Appliance, LTX and Media Fusion.
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| Boardcom settle IP issues with Intel |
8/11/2003 |
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Under the settlement agreement, all outstanding claims and counterclaims in those actions will be dismissed with prejudice. The companies also agreed to cross-license agreement, under which the companies will license patents in dispute to the other company.
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| IDT predicts IT to rebounce in 2H |
8/11/2003 |
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International Data Corp. projects a mild recovery in IT spending beginning in the second half of this year with long-term growth peaking at about 7 percent
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| M-System to use distributor support to expand coverage |
8/11/2003 |
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According to the deal, Unique Memec, a division of Memec Group Holdings Ltd., will design-in and distribute M-Systems' DiskOnChip and FFD flash disk products through its 34 sales offices in the North America.
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| US grant to improve Chinese ports |
8/11/2003 |
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The grant is to help Chinese ports become more efficient to meet the demands of increased trade, information technology-based solutions and customs training programs.
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