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| Nokia to cut 1800 staff |
4/11/2003 |
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In what amounts to a scaling back of its infrastructure business, Nokia said it would cut some R&D jobs and reduce the number of programs and products it supports within the division.
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| Intel enters CSP stacking for handset market |
4/11/2003 |
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Claiming to be half the size of its previous four-die chip-stacking technology, Intel is gearing its new Ultra-Thin CSP offering for a range of products. Applications include small, feature-rich handsets that include color liquid-crystal displays and cameras.
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| Analyst said Intel will keep lead in value PC |
4/10/2003 |
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In-Stat/MDR further found that Intel's value-processor ASP will be relatively stable from Q2 through Q2 2004, and the notebook ASP will actually increase slightly as competition weakens and the P7 microarchitecture ratchets up clock speeds.
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| Military communications to go packetized |
4/10/2003 |
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The new multi-service architecture shares many traits with the public Internet. These include a shift from circuit to packet communications and severe bandwidth bottlenecks in the last mile to the user.
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| MS commits delivery for Windows Opteron 64 |
4/10/2003 |
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Microsoft Corp. announced Wednesday (April 9) that it will deliver in the middle of this year beta versions of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 for Advanced Micro Devices' Opteron and Athlon 64 processors.
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| Analyst see WiFi to grow at 43% |
4/10/2003 |
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"There is a very elastic relationship between pricing and demand in the wireless LAN market, and every step down in prices brings the industry closer to unlocking new opportunities and applications," the company said.
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| Taiwan foundries report revenue jump |
4/10/2003 |
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Both of the top two foundries reported sales growth for the month of March, but in April and May sales may not see any improvement as the US war with Iraq erupted last month. Both firms agreed that sales will depend on the result of war whether in ends quickly or drags on.
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| NEC revised for lower forcast |
4/9/2003 |
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The downturn was mainly attributed to a loss of $133 million (16 billion yen) incurred from the reexamination of deferred income tax assets resulting from the introduction of a new local tax, and increased burden of other taxes, NEC said.
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| Semi factory in China is perhaps good for Asia |
4/9/2003 |
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In the latest report made by Gartner, the Asia Pacific semiconductor market was worth US$57.3 billion in 2002 and it is expect to reach US$64.9 billion this year, up by 13.2 percent. The growth will continue for next four years with estimate 12 percent each year to reach almost US$104 billion by 2007.
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| Semi Equipment Market continue to sink |
4/9/2003 |
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Excluding test equipment, worldwide semiconductor manufacturing equipment sales totaled $18.5 billion in 2002, a decline of 30.4 percent from 2001.
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| Smart to team with Mobilian on 802.11/Bluetooth combo card |
4/9/2003 |
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Mobilian Corp. provides its patented Sim-Op technologies to allow the virtually interference free coexistence of 802.11b and Bluetooth. Smart Modular Technologies Inc. provides engineering and manufacturing know-how, plus the support of its parent company, electronic manufacturing services provider Solectron Corp.
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| Standard group formed on computing security |
4/9/2003 |
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The Trusted Computing Group (TCG) expects to release a specification for PC security before the end of the year. A spec for cell phones, however, could be as much as two years away.
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| SARS causing business delay and show cancellations |
4/8/2003 |
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As the disease spread over the past two weeks, the list of closings and cancellations mushroomed. Intel Corp. last week canceled two of its regional Intel Developer Forums-in Taipei, Taiwan, on April 13-15, and in Beijing on April 17-18.
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| IBM foundry service keeps Taiwanese prices in check |
4/8/2003 |
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IBM Microelectronics has recently cut its 0.18-micron processes wafers as much as 20% to put pressure on Taiwan top foundries Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC).
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| VIA settles with Intel, receives 10 years license |
4/8/2003 |
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Intel agreed for a period of three years, not to assert its patents on Via bus or pin compatible microprocessors. Intel also granted Via a four-year license to design and sell chipsets that are compatible with the Intel microprocessor bus.
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| PC sales hurted by war in Iraq |
4/7/2003 |
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"The recovery from the current shakeout is taking place at a slower pace than expected. A U.S.-led war on Iraq would raise fears for more acts of terrorism and therefore slow down the recovery even further,"
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| Microsoft to support multi-processor server |
4/7/2003 |
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The software launches represent another small milestone in Intel''s ten-year effort to bring Itanium to market. "This should help at least the perception that Itanium is still moving along,"
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| Samsung sales increased |
4/7/2003 |
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Samsung''s Lee told Reuters that he expects the market pickup with consolidation among suppliers and as the debut of new models of mobile phones and digital televisions attract consumers.
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| JEDEC concerns latest Rambus ruling |
4/7/2003 |
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"The full circuit court reviewed the case and in a short time upheld the earlier decision of a three-judge panel. The fraud theory implicating Rambus is thrown out and the issue of Infineon infringement of our patents will be retried."
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| SARS might cause interruption in Asian Electronics Industry |
4/7/2003 |
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The first signs that manufacturing output might be hurt by SARS began to emerge this week. Motorola Inc. was forced to temporarily shut down the night shift at a Singapore factory when one of its employees was hospitalized with SARS. The decision briefly kept 532 workers off the assembly line, where communications equipment is built
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| More price cut from Dell |
4/4/2003 |
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Dell Computer said it can still find ways to slash billions in costs and pass the savings on to customers, officials told analysts at a meeting here Thursday.
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| JEDEC to certify chip and module |
4/4/2003 |
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JEDEC is working on setting up a chip and module validation program with its own seal to ensure memory devices meet the full industry standard specifications, according to EBN.
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