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| Sun, Silicon Graphics co-develop software bindings |
7/29/2003 |
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Sun Microsystems and Silicon Graphics Inc. said at a conference Monday that they will work together to develop standard software bindings linking Java to the OpenGL graphics applications programming interface.
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| Consumer confidence index dropped |
7/29/2003 |
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U.S. consumer confidence drop in July as worries over rising unemployment took a heavy toll, the Conference Board reported on Tuesday.
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| JEDEC to re-design DDR2 buffered memory for servers |
7/29/2003 |
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A task group has formed within JEDEC to work on a standard for fully buffered DDR2 DIMMs aim to be used in the servers. Present buffered DIMMs design will be unable to support larger memory needed for the the upcoming high speed servers running at speeds of 667 to 800Mbits/s, according to a source.
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| Intel to increase server chipset market |
7/29/2003 |
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Two of Intel upcoming chipsets, code-named Lindenhurst and Twin Castle, target at the server market. That directly post a threat to ServerWorks which is the dominant seller in server chipset, according to analysts.
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| Infineon to invest in memory assembly and testing in China |
7/28/2003 |
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Infineon Technologies has joint venture with China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park Venture Co. (CSVC) in China for memory assembly and testing. Infineon said it will invest $241 million in the venture over the next five years.
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| Xilinx chose UMC over IBM on foundry work |
7/28/2003 |
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Xilinx has selected UMC over IBM as the main foundry for its 0.13-micron and 90nm PLDs, according to a source. The decision made was based on UMC's progress in 90nm volume production, the source speculated.
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| Microsoft to add 5,000 jobs |
7/28/2003 |
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Microsoft Corp. plans to add between 4,000 and 5,000 jobs in its 2004 financial year and increase spending on research and development to about $6.9 billion, an increase of about 8 percent compared to last year, the company said.
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| Sony 's quarterly profit plunge 98% |
7/25/2003 |
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Sony reported its net profit in the June quarter plunged 98 percent from last year to Japanese Yen 1.1 billion (US$9.3 million) as global demand for electronics faltered
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| Hynix loses trade ruling |
7/25/2003 |
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Hynix Semiconductor Inc, faces tariffs of as much as 45 percent after the U.S ITC found that exports from the South Korean company are injuring American competitors
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| ITC upholds ruling on Hynix dumping |
7/24/2003 |
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The U.S. International Trade Commission on Wednesday (July 23)upholds the June ruling by Commerce, which imposed a 44.71 percent duty against all Hynix DRAM imported into the United States.
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| Motorola fallen on ranking |
7/24/2003 |
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Motorola has been a fixture in the listing of top 10 semiconductor suppliers ever since the ranking was first compiled, but the U.S. company has recently fallen on hard times amid the current and severe IC downturn.
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| Not so good business even for connectors |
7/24/2003 |
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Molex Inc. reported a net income of $2.0 million, or 1 cent per share, on sales of $476.1 million in its fourth 2003 fiscal quarter ended June, compared to a net income of $27.3 million, or 14 cents per share, on sales of $456.3 million in the year-ago.
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| 1st Silicon license embedded Flash from SST |
7/24/2003 |
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"We selected SST's SuperFlash technology because of its high reliability, logic compatibility and low-cost structure," said John Nelson, chief executive of 1st Silicon, Kuching, Malaysia.
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| IDC said Asian PC market up 12% in quarter |
7/23/2003 |
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IDC expects the second half of 2003 to be slightly softer than initially anticipated. The global economic still in the roller coaster ride, there is no sign of clear recovery.
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| Transmeta added LPC flash driver on TM8000 |
7/23/2003 |
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Transmeta's recently-introduced TM8000 processor will incorporate low-pin-count (LPC) flash devices from Sharp Microelectronics Inc. and STMicroelectronics Inc.
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| Mobile graphics standard in the forming |
7/23/2003 |
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The group is poised to ratify as early as Wednesday (July 23) version 1.0 of its OpenGL Embedded Systems (ES) standard that members hope will see widespread use in cellular phones.
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| Better days ahead for equipment manufacturers |
7/22/2003 |
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While the overall ratio of equipment bookings and billings was 0.93, the book-to-bill ratio of backend assembly and test equipment was 1.19. North American suppliers received orders of $209.5 million according to the three-month rolling average.
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| Revenues grew at Sanmina-SCI |
7/22/2003 |
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Revenues were up slightly from the $2.6 billion in revenue it posted in the year ago period, but losses grew year over year. Sanmina-SCI Corp. today reported that it generated $2.7 billion in revenue in its June quarter, posting a net loss of $12 million, or 2 cents per share.
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