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| Transmeta TM5800 has HP design win |
5/22/2003 |
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Ahead of its Q3 microprocessor launch, Transmeta Corp. continues its push into the embedded space, with a design win for its 1GHz Crusoe 5800 processor in Hewlett-Packard Co.’s thin client product line.
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| Intel make co-ordinated release of Springdale chipset |
5/22/2003 |
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On Wednesday,Intel made a co-ordinated release of the most awaited Springdale chipset. Motherboards are immediatedly available on most motherboard manufacturer Websites plus Intel's own channels. Computers with the chipset are also available from Dell. The Springdale supports dual-channel DDR400/333/266 memory.
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| Taiwanese investment in China unaffected by SARS |
5/21/2003 |
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"We didn't see Taiwan's Chinese investment slow down drastically amid the SARS spread, but instead saw it mostly expand at a normal pace according to our initial observation in the past month,"
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| IBM and Sony shown joint developed set-top design |
5/21/2003 |
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IBM Microelectronics and Sony Business Europe's Semiconductor & Devices division have combined their respective front- and back-end set-top box technologies to offer suppliers and software developers a reference design for digital TV that targets terrestrial and satellite standards.
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| Semi Market remains soft and unclear |
5/21/2003 |
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Gartner further said that businesses are not feeling confident enough to make investment decisions, taking a cautious outlook and holding off the long-awaited corporate PC replacement cycle.
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| Motorola reopen Beijing office, predicts longer term effect |
5/21/2003 |
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In early May, Motorola closed its Beijing office for a week on a SARS scare, asking the facility's 1,000 employees to work from home. At last report, the office was reopened and the ill employee has completed a home quarantine period free of the mystery virus.
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| Beware, government may know more than you think |
5/20/2003 |
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To pick up patterns that might be buried in the noise of too much information, an embedded behavioral-correlation engine that operates in near-real-time predicts possible trends for developing situations and flags circumstances that may be problems or focus points for more intelligence gathering in the future.
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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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