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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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| Chip equipment October sales fell |
12/16/2002 |
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Global sales of chipmaking equipment fell 13.0 percent in October from the month before to $2.03 billion, a research firm reported. The decline means the timing for the tech market rebound that everyone is hoping of remains largely unclear.
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| Printer sales in Japan declined |
12/16/2002 |
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Printer sales in Japan decline for sixth consecutive quarter, Gartner Japan¡¦s Dataquest division reported. The report cited the continued weakness in printer demand in Japan is due to weak corporate IT spending.
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| Toshiba in talks with Sony and Fujitsu to build 12" fab |
12/16/2002 |
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Toshiba is reportedly in talks with Fujitsu and Sony in a joint investment to build a 12-inch fab in Ooita. On the other hand, Toshiba has confirmed plans to invest 350 billion yen over four years to build two 12-inch fabs, one making system LSIs and the other memory chips.
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| AMD restructures memory group |
12/16/2002 |
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AMD said its memory group will be rearranged into two new business units: one will focus on selling flash memory for embedded and wireless products while the other will aim at emerging markets such as the auto industry.
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| AMD signs channel partner in Taiwan |
12/13/2002 |
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Uppertech, a leading semiconductor channel distributor in Taiwan, will begin receiving AMD flash memory shipments in Q1 next year to distribute to makers of 3C (as consumer, computing and communications) devices.
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| TSMC denies rumor on China Fab roadblock |
12/13/2002 |
“We have not slowed our plans for investment in China,” said Chuck Byers, TSMC’s director of worldwide brand management. “We’re still waiting for final approval from the [Taiwanese] government.”
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| Infineon chief threaten to relocate company |
12/13/2002 |
"We cannot accept that we pay twice as much tax as the competition. Whatever is necessary [to alleviate this] we will do. Would we go somewhere else? It's not something we would do lightly," Schumacher said.
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| Samsung becomes world 2nd largest semi supplier |
12/13/2002 |
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Among the top players, Samsung was the major winner in 2002, with its sales growing by nearly 50% to $9.2 billion and its ranking jumping from the number four to the number two spot in iSuppli's list.
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| Samsung breaks through with single chip color driver |
12/13/2002 |
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The single chip integrates the gate and source drivers with a power core and 418Kbit graphic memory core. The 1.8V operation and power-saving mode enables longer battery life for mobile applications.
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| Taiwan goverment delays TSMC China fab application |
12/12/2002 |
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Ministry of Economic Affairs spokesman, Berton Chiu said: "We must wait until the information is complete before opening the approval meeting." The economic ministry is currently consulting opinions from other ministries, and asking TSMC to provide supplementary information.
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| UMC enhance technology partnership with Micronas |
12/12/2002 |
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The two companies met at Micronas' operational headquarters in Freiburg, Germany, where Micronas' CEO Wolfgang Kalsbach and UMC's chairman Robert Tsao are said to have discussed a wide range of topics to enhance the partnership.
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| Sprint to integrate operations, cut staff |
12/12/2002 |
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The reductions will affect the company's information technology, network, billing and accounts receivable departments and will impact engineers, said a spokeswoman at Sprint's headquarters.
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| Sanmina forms medical division in Israel |
12/12/2002 |
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The new site will become part of Sanmina-SCI's newly formed Medical Systems Division. The Ma'a lot plant makes complex medical systems and other high-end industrial products.
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