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| VIA launch mobile CPU |
7/8/2003 |
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Via Technologies today launched its mobile processor , a low-power 1GHz targeting the slim and light notebooks.
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| Philips unveil new I2C chip |
7/8/2003 |
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Philips Electronics launched its parallel to serial interface I2C bus controller to operate at 400kHz and at low voltages of 3.3V to 2.5V.
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| 64bit CPU to replace 32bit systems? |
7/4/2003 |
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Processors using 64-bit architecture will become the wave of the future in the server market, said Intel Asia Pacific’s director of marketing Stanley Huang, but it may take until 2005 for Itanium 2 servers to become mainstream in the market.
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| ST Assembly to expand into China |
7/4/2003 |
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Initial cash investment will be about $10 million, of which a major part is expected to be invested in 2004. In addition, STATS will transfer some of its existing production equipment from its Singapore facility to China.
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| Infineon announce process to run at 110GHz |
7/4/2003 |
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Infineon designed several key functional building blocks for high-speed communications, based on its SiGe:C bipolar technology. The process enables a device with cut-off frequencies of more than 200-GHz and ring-oscillator gate delay times of 3.7-ps.
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| Intel vowed to catch up on WLAN |
7/4/2003 |
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An Intel spokesman said the company still expects to introduce its dual-mode 802.11b/g chipset in the fourth quarter, with Centrino-brand notebook PCs adopting the protocol in the first quarter of 2004.
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| European Commission: Hynix tariff will hold |
7/4/2003 |
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The European Commission has notified member countries that it has made a final determination that Hynix Semiconductor Inc. should be assessed a duty of about 35% on imported DRAMs.
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| DRAM price pressure up in slow sales |
7/3/2003 |
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In the absence of confirmed deals, the new levels were considered notional, however, market participants remain optimistic that price levels will hold.
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| ChipMos to restructure: moved CEO to ProMos |
7/3/2003 |
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The ChipMOS board still hasn't voted on the new chairman to replace Hu, Cheng said. Mosel vice president Thomas Chang said the company held a board meeting on Friday and decided to cut some jobs and transfer employees to ProMOS.
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| VIA denies rumor to sell CPU division |
7/3/2003 |
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“We think it should breakeven this year so it's still a sustainable business,” said Richard Brown, Via's head of marketing. “It would be insane to get out now just when business is improving.”
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| Industry to feel semi shortage by 2004 |
7/3/2003 |
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There's more good and bad news for an industry that expects the worst. "We're entering into a huge upgrade cycle," he said. "What we're seeing are huge shortages coming. I think we could see shortages in early 2004".
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| Intel extends 800FSB license to ATI |
7/3/2003 |
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Dave Orton, president and chief operating officer of ATI, said the agreement would allow ATI to integrate a version of its Radeon graphics processor architecture with its peripheral logic chipsets for Pentium4 based systems that use the FSB-800 interface.
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| Is it real demand? |
7/3/2003 |
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iSupply tallied the overall component surplus at just $300 million at the end of March, down from $1.2 billion at the end of 2002, but only because severely depleted inventory in other segments of the supply chain offset suppliers' bloated levels.
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| Free Trade signed between Hong Kong and China |
7/2/2003 |
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Beijing, will eliminate import tariffs on many goods made in the territory and is expected to save its exporters billions of Hong Kong dollars. 273 kinds of Hong-Kong origin goods would enjoy zero tariffs in the China market and thousands more products will enjoy zero tariffs in 2006.
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| Movement to electronic ID card seen |
7/2/2003 |
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Using a Java-based smart card technology with a contact interface as its prototype, the Belgian national ID card "will be tested over the next six months," After an evaluation period, Brussels will decide how to expand the program. The goal is to distribute ID cards nationwide within three to five years.
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| Companies are taking holiday week off |
7/2/2003 |
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"Synopsys chose to do a shutdown during a slower time of year as a prudent cost-saving measure. The shutdown should save the company several million dollars."
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