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| The state of Comdex Show, in a bad economy |
11/22/2002 |
Brian Halla, National Semiconductor chairman and CEO, said he used a lot of fancy calculations and observed the ups and downs of other industries to come up with June 21,2003 as the date of the tech sector recovery.
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| Electronics export increases in Taiwan |
11/22/2002 |
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Exports of notebook PCs, handsets and PDAs (personal digital assistants) surged to a record monthly high, totaling $2.84 billion, up 28.0% from October 2001, Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs said today.
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| Sever market grows in Asia Pacific |
11/22/2002 |
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"Despite the server revenue decline in China, growth in mature markets such as Australia and Korea, coupled with significant emerging market increases, such as in Indonesia and India, resulted in positive revenue growth for the region,"
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| Semi equipment book-to-bill dropped |
11/21/2002 |
That represents a sequential billings dip of 30 percent and the lowest revenue VLSI has recorded in the second half of 2002. Meanwhile, October's billings were 15 percent higher than the September 2001 level.
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| Latest pocket PC goes for under $300 |
11/21/2002 |
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It is considered as the cheapest PDAin the world. Priced at HK$2,480, the new Mio 338 costs about half as much as the up-market Pocket PC handheld models made by Hewlett-Packard and Casio.
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| CST, Inc. demos 400Mhz DDR Tester at Comdex Las Vegas |
11/20/2002 |
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"While most DDR module testers are using "skip-cycle"or "read-twice" technology that does not fully simulate the actual operational environment. "This new tester utilizes a State-of-Art ASIC memory controller to truly emulate the motherboard running speed."
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| AMD to raise much needed cash in bond market |
11/20/2002 |
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Advanced Micro Devices Inc. announced that it is filing planned public offering of $300 million of convertible senior notes, which will be convertible into the company's common stock.
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| Taiwan among most competitive nations |
11/19/2002 |
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"Competitive countries can be expected to return to a sustained growth path faster and earlier than those that are less competitive," the report said.
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| Infineon or Hynix, who holds #3 on DRAM? |
11/19/2002 |
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Since it has placed more emphasis on DRAMs over the last several years, Infineon has come from a lowly nine percent market share position to 14 percent today, making it the third largest DRAM producer. However, Hynix vice president of worldwide marketing Farhad Tabrizi disputed suggestions that his company has been bumped from the number three spot.
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| AMD to delay new generation at Dresden fab |
11/19/2002 |
AMD has delayed the start of 90nm chip production at its Dresden, Germany, fab from the second half of this year to the first half of 2003, according to its newly released processor roadmap.
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| Capellas takes WorldCom Challenge |
11/18/2002 |
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The former chairman and CEO of Compaq Computer Corp. left his seat as president of the now merged Hewlett-Packard Co. on Monday and has wasted no time in finding a new position as chairman and CEO of courtroom-headliner WorldCom Inc.
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| Christmas projection isn't bright for PC market |
11/18/2002 |
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"The gloomy economic situation is likely to affect U.S. and Japan holiday season purchases," said George Shiffler, principal analyst for Dataquest's computing platforms and economics research, in a statement. "Given that home PC penetration is relatively high in the world's developed economies, limited funds may induce users to extend the life of their PCs."
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| Elpida eyeing China for DRAM production |
11/18/2002 |
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Sakamoto mentioned Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. and Grace Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. as likely possibilities, though no final decision has been made. One incentive for moving some production to China is to take advantage of tax breaks on products made on Chinese soil, he said.
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| Hynix's loss increase while debt mounts |
11/18/2002 |
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Hynix Semiconductor Inc. Thursday reported a net loss of $513 million (617 billion won) for the third quarter, a 58% sequential increase over the net loss of 418 billion won for the previous quarter.
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| Kingston anounce 433MHz DDR DIMM for overclockers |
11/18/2002 |
The family includes 512Mbyte and 256Mbyte PC3500 modules at 434Mbits/s, priced at $254 and $129, respectively. PC3000 modules at 370Mbits/s are also available in 512Mbyte and 256Mbyte configurations, priced at $213 and $109, respectively.
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| Cray chooses Rambus for system memory |
11/18/2002 |
Cray is using customized four-channel RIMM modules comprised of 800MHz RDRAM chips with an aggregate memory bandwidth of 6.4Gbytes per second.
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