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| Singtel will roll out 3G service in 2003 |
12/20/2002 |
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Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. will roll out 3G mobile services sometime next year, the company said in a statement. The company has conducted the first public trials of 3G telephony in Singapore.
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| Wafer demand will increase next 2 years, said Gartner |
12/20/2002 |
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Silicon wafer demand will increase beginning from the second half of 2003 to 2004, mainly driven by a renew demand for electronics device products and 300mm wafer, according to Dataquest, a Gartner company.
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| Phillips Semo buys wireless chips company |
12/20/2002 |
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Philips Semiconductor reported that it will buy Systemonic, a company that designs high-speed wireless chips that companies are gearing up to incorporate into consumer-electronics products.
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| Chip equipment orders rise a little |
12/20/2002 |
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Semiconductor equipment orders from North American manufacturers rised a little higher in November over a month before, but were still down from levels earlier this year. That shows technology demand is not quite out of the wood yet.
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| NEC to boost sale by selling new DRAM chip |
12/19/2002 |
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NEC Electronics intends to boost sales of system chips with DRAMs by more than doubling the speed with which the DRAMs can read and write data, aiming to promote them for use in equipment other than game consoles
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| UMC & Xillinx to fab 90nm FPGA |
12/19/2002 |
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UMC and Xilinx announced that they are on track to produce a new family of programmable chips in the second half of 2003, using UMC's 90 nanometer (nm) chip-making process technology
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| Best Buy and Circuit City cut outlooks |
12/18/2002 |
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Best Buy Co. cut its profit forecast Tuesday because of disappointing holiday sales at its music stores, and Circuit City Stores Inc. had a third-quarter loss as it cut prices and sold fewer higher-profit items, the companies reported.
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| DDR333 SDRAM prices up |
12/18/2002 |
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DDR333 spot prices went up 7% last week from US$6.84 to US$7.32 and the rise is likely to continue through the end of December, reported Taiwanese DRAM distributors.
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| ATI reported profit on increase sales |
12/18/2002 |
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ATI reported a profit of $5.0 million, or 2 cents per share in the current quarter ended Nov. 30 as compared to a loss of $10.3 million a year earlier. The positive report is mainly due to the increase in new product sales.
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| Sony, Matshushita to co-develop Linux operating system |
12/18/2002 |
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Sony Corp. and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. said Wednesday they will jointly develop an operating system based on Linux technology for their digital consumer electronics products. The new OS based on Linux will be completed by next March, the companies spokeman said.
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| Micron reported wider loss |
12/18/2002 |
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Micron Technology on Tuesday reported a wider fiscal first-quarter net loss, citing the average selling prices for its products dropped about 12 percent from the prior quarter.
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| SanDisk, Toshiba to expand flash memory capacity |
12/17/2002 |
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SanDisk Corp. today said that a 300mm wafer fab upgrade and expansion for flash memory might be taken place in the near future for its 50-50 FlashVision Japan venture with Toshiba Corp.
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| Worldwide DRAM sales surges |
12/17/2002 |
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Worldwide DRAM revenues will reach US$16.2 billion in 2002, a 36.7% increase from 2001, according to a report released by Gartner Dataquest research firm.
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| Kingston signs deal to get chips from Infineon |
12/17/2002 |
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Infineon Technologies said on Tuesday it had signed a new deal to increase the supply of DRAM memory chips to U.S.-based Kingston Technology, worth some $2.5 billion over five years, said an Infineon spokeman.
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| Sony to release high capacity memory stick |
12/17/2002 |
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Sony is planning to unveil its higher-capacity versions of Memory Stick memory card at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January, according to an industry watcher.
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| Gateway gives money for older PCs |
12/17/2002 |
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In a move to boost sales during the holiday season, Gateway will give up to $100 toward future purchases to consumers who trade in their old PCs and peripherals when purchasing a new Gateway desktop or notebook.
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| InVision raises 4th quarter guidance |
12/16/2002 |
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InVision Technologies Inc. raised its fourth-quarter profit and revenue target Monday, citing continue demand for explosives detection equipment by the U.S. government.
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