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| Taiwan government see SARS as bad and good |
5/23/2003 |
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The economic impact of SARS might be more critical than the emergency generated by the Asian financial crisis of 1997. The simultaneous outbreaks of SARS in Taiwan, China, and Hong Kong will prompt entrepreneurs to rethink their global business strategies.
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| New law introduced to close Visa loophole |
5/23/2003 |
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Mica said the bill, HR 2154, would close "a loophole in current immigration law and protecting American jobs." The bill prevents employers from renting employees to third parties once they arrive in the U.S., a practice Mica said provides U.S. corporations a "back door to cheap labor."
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| HP selects Infineon technology for secure PC |
5/23/2003 |
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Infineon Technologies A.G. Thursday said that Hewlett-Packard Co. has selected the German chipmaker's Trusted Platform Module for use to enhance desktop security in the HP d530 series of business PCs.
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| Automobile blackbox technology evolves |
5/23/2003 |
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"Using eDevices' black box and database, we'll be able to know when there has been a true accident by examining G force vectors in the cabs to determine the speed at which the cab was traveling before impact,"
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| SGI cuts 10% of staff to stay afloat |
5/23/2003 |
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"Today's announcement reflects our determination to take the steps required to improve the company's financial position and reduce its breakeven point. Our intent is to bring expenses in line with revenues."
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| TSMC China fab delay on SARS |
5/22/2003 |
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The cases of SARS in China and Hong Kong are slowing down, few overseas projects reported by local news magazine said TSMC's wafer fab in China also slow down due to spread of SARS and weak semiconductor demand in China.
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| China market feeling pinch from SARS |
5/22/2003 |
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With many Chinese citizens trying to protect themselves from the disease by shutting themselves in and not going out, there isn't much need for cell phones, and little interest in going shopping for a new PC.
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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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