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| First GDDR3 sample delivered |
6/11/2003 |
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Micron shipped its first GDDR3 samples to the two leading graphics processor vendors, ATI Technologies Inc., Markham, Ontario, and Nvidia Corp., Santa Clara, Calif.
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| Advances on processing technology allows smaller gates |
6/11/2003 |
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Toshiba replaced the conventional silicon dioxide gate dielectric material with nitridenitrided hafnium silicate (HfSiON). The company used the new high-k dielectric in its 65nm process to fabricate 50nm gates on a test LSI device.
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| Nanya see May revenue increased |
6/10/2003 |
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Most Taiwanese DRAM makers are currently maintaining a positive outlook over the future of the DRAM sector in the third quarter of this year and particularly in June. Analysts expecting the IT industry to recover from slump that lasted for more than one and half year ago.
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| Sun to put Java into handheld platforms |
6/10/2003 |
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The agreement calls for Sun to distribute to its more than 60 licensees an optimized version of its Java virtual machine platform, the Connected Limited Device Configuration HotSpot implementation, which is targeted at handsets, pagers and PDAs.
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| Taiwan fabs hit by 2nd quake on Tuesday |
6/10/2003 |
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Both quakes had little effect on the island's chip operations, including major foundries Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. and United Microelectronics Corp. They both acknowledged that some wafers are lost in a minor quake.
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| Vitesse acquires Multilink for technology |
6/10/2003 |
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Multilink brings not only a highly experienced team of system mixed-signal and digital design engineers that have successfully developed products for OC-192 transport, Forward Error Correction, 10 Gigabit Ethernet, and high speed backplanes, but also a family of products already in production which would cost Vitesse more than the purchase price to reproduce.
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| DRAM Price Alert ! |
6/10/2003 |
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256Mbit DDR in the volatile spot market jumped 15% from a week ago to an average $4.42. The spot price of 128Mbit DDR rose 5% to an average $3.49.
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| Rambus get favors from judge |
6/9/2003 |
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The FTC attorneys had sought to present evidence from notes and documents of discussions Rambus officials had with their attorneys regarding the filing of synchronous DRAM patents. But Judge Stephen McGuire in an oral ruling said the information was protected by attorney-client privilege and was inadmissible.
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| Concerns on the Hills about future US semi-industry |
6/9/2003 |
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"If this accelerating shift in semiconductor manufacturing overseas continues, the U.S. will lose the ability to reliably obtain high-end semiconductor integrated circuits from trusted sources," Lieberman warned.
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| JEDEC to cast vote for DDR400 with ECC |
6/6/2003 |
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JEDEC is expected to vote on adoption of the DDR400 SDRAM standard with ECC (Error Correction Coding) that would be perfect for the use in the servers as the current approved DDR400 specification does not come with such ECC capability, according to EBN.
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| National Semi posts loss due to restructuring |
6/6/2003 |
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National Semiconductor Corp. posted a quarterly loss of $4.4 millioin as it took a big restructuring charge related to a unit closing. A year ago, the company had a net income of $17.1 million
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| Wintron to make IBM 12.1" notebooks |
6/6/2003 |
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Taiwan based Wintron got the orders from IBM to build 12.1-inch ThinkPad X notebooks. Shipments of 30,000 units per month are expected to start at the end of this year or early 2004, according to the sources famaliar with the company.
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| Oracle makes bid for PeopleSoft |
6/6/2003 |
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Oracle Corp. has made an unsolicited $5.1 billion bid for PeopleSoft Inc., a deal that, if accepted, could derail PeopleSoft's recently announced agreement to buy another software provider, J.D. Edwards & Co.
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| Elpida received $425 million more in funding |
6/5/2003 |
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Elpida Memory Inc. indicated that it has landed $425 million more in funding to expand its 300mm-wafer fab in Hiroshima, Japan. The total funding now stands at $687 million, according to a news report.
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| 1st quarter cell phone sales up 18 percent |
6/5/2003 |
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Cell phone makers beat expectations by selling 112.7 million phones in the first quarter, with Nokia Corp. strengthening its market leadership, according to a report from research firm Gartner Inc.
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| Revised server numbers lift IBM and Sun |
6/5/2003 |
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Hewlett-Packard's server business declined more than originally thought in 2002, according to revised market-share figures from research firm Gartner. IBM and Sun Microsystems, on the other hand, did better than reported.
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| Tech industry awaiting Intel's guidance |
6/5/2003 |
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At today mid-quarter outlook meeting, Intel may confirm that its second quarter is on or close to target, but if the chip giant indicates there is weakness in Asia, technology stocks and the broader market will suffer, industry analysts said.
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| Apple slashed prices on PowerBook |
6/4/2003 |
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Apple Computer Inc. said it had cut prices on two of its popular PowerBook laptop computers by as much as $300, in a move to generate more sales.
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| HP reassures analysts' estimates |
6/4/2003 |
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Hewlett-Packard expects to save an additional $1 billion in annual costs and meet Wall Street's financial projections for the second half of its fiscal year, the company said at financial analysts meeting in New York Tuesday.
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