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| Agilent seeing turn around in test equipment business |
5/20/2003 |
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The company reported a rebound in semiconductor test equipment orders, which reached their highest level in two-and-a-half years. Semiconductor component orders were also seasonally higher, but they remained well below last year's second-quarter spike.
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| PC market sluggish due to SARS |
5/20/2003 |
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Because of SARS, overall demand for desktop PCs in China is expected to drop by 15 percent to 20 percent during the second and third quarters.
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| Battle of FSB speed heats up |
5/20/2003 |
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AMD last week unveiled its Athlon XP 3200+ processor with a 400MHz FSB. And this week, Intel is expected to debut its 865 Springdale chipset supporting a quad-pumped 800MHz FSB for mainstream desktops.
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| Consolidation seen at distribution level |
5/20/2003 |
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Reptron Distribution is a division of Reptron Electronics Inc., Tampa, Fla. Under the terms of the pact, Jaco will acquire Reptron Distribution's customer lists, inventory and other assets.
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| Telecom infustructure investment seen scaling back in China |
5/19/2003 |
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Optical fiber and optical components were hit particularly hard as telecom companies sharply cut back their capital spending. "There was uncertainty by Chinese telecommunications companies over government funding, causing them to dramatically reduce equipment purchases,"
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| Electronics free trade with Singapore seen as a good sign |
5/19/2003 |
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Under the agreement, Washington must quickly remove 92 percent of current tariffs on exports from Singapore to the US. The remainder are to be phased out over the next eight years. Singapore agreed to zero tariffs for all imports. This in turn translates into a savings of almost $115 million for U.S. manufacturers shipping products here.
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| Hynix failed to convince US on DRAM tariffs |
5/19/2003 |
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Meanwhile, Hynix's main creditor, the Korean Exchange Bank (KEB), said earlier this month that is has put the debt-ridden memory maker back on the selling block.
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| TI to produce CDMA chips |
5/16/2003 |
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Texas Instruments Inc. detailed its plans to push into the cellular chip market based on the CDMA standard, a move that could drive down prices for some celluar phones.
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| Dell's profits jump 31 percent |
5/16/2003 |
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Dell Computer Corp. reported a 29 percent surge in worldwide shipments and a 31 percent jump in first-quarter profits to $598 million, or 23 cents per share. That compares to $457 million, or 17 cents per share, a year earlier.
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| Intel CEO remain cautious about near term tech rebound |
5/16/2003 |
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Intel CEO Craig Barrett told reporters in a meeting in New York that he remains cautious in the near-term about a recovery in the technology industry, as well as the impact of SARS on the company's business, but that he is optimistic about the future.
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| Sun reduce prices on Midrange server |
5/16/2003 |
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Sun Microsystems has cut price on its 12-processor Unix server, the midrange V1280 which was first introduced three months ago, in a move to fight off the competition.
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| Chip equipment orders slide |
5/16/2003 |
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The book-to-bill ratio for chip equipment orders slipped to 0.86 last month in North America, SEMI said. This means that just $86 worth of new orders arrived for every $100 that was billed.
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| PC sales rise gradually |
5/15/2003 |
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The PC sales is showing signs of rebounding, but the speed at which revenue will improve is still uncertain, reported market-research firm Gartner.
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| SuperMicro releases high end system with ISA slots |
5/15/2003 |
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SuperMicro has introduced a motherboard using Intel Corp.'s newest 875P chipset running with Pentium 4 3.06GHz processor, 800MHz front side bus and DDR400 memory, as well as three legacy ISA slots.
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| AMD releases faster chip |
5/15/2003 |
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AMD introduced its fastest desktop processor, the Athlon XP 3200+ that runs with a 400-MHz front-side bus. The new processor is based on AMD's Barton core, which features a total of 640KB of on-die cache. Its operating frequency is 2.2 GHz, and AMD priced the chip at $464 in quantities of 1,000 units.
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| Wafer shipments down in 1st quarter |
5/15/2003 |
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Wafer shipments dropped 5% in the first quarter but is expected to gradually increase from now through 2004 as companies raised their forecast growth in wafer demand for the remainder of 2003 and all of 2004, said Fabless Semiconductor Association.
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| IBM releases new mainframe systems |
5/14/2003 |
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IBM unveiled its most powerful mainframe computer and offered customers to use the computing resources as needed without buying a dedicated machine.
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| Hynix produces DDR and DDR2 at 0.10 micron |
5/14/2003 |
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Hynix Semiconductor Inc. said it had started volume production of 512Mbit DDR and DDR2 at 0.10-micron process technology. A 1Gbit DDR2 chip will be made on the 0.10-micron process starting in the second half of 2003, the company said.
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| Applied Materials reported loss |
5/14/2003 |
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Applied Materials reported a net loss in its fiscal second quarter Tuesday as chip makers continue to delay investing in capital equipment.
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| PC shipments will improve |
5/14/2003 |
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PC shipments will improve during the second quarter of 2003, but economic uncertainty will continue to weigh on the sector, according to new projections by Gartner Dataquest.
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| Microsoft cuts Xbox price to $179.99 |
5/14/2003 |
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Microsoft Corp. cut the price of the Xbox console to $179.99 in the United States, one day after chief rival Sony Corp. did the same with its PlayStation 2.
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