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| Robot performed surgery increased |
8/29/2008 |
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Using a robot enables physicians to execute more complex procedures because robots are very precise. For instance, robot respond to algorithms that filter out "noise," hand tremors, that have a multiplying effect on the surgeon's movements.
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| Elpida denial rumor to acquire Qimonda |
8/29/2008 |
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"Given the current market conditions, we have no plan at all to invest in Qimonda," Reuters quoted Elpida as saying in a statement distributed on Friday (Aug. 29).
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| Dell performance signals poor market |
8/29/2008 |
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Excluding amortization and business realignment costs, Dell earned 33 cents per share, behind Wall Street's 36 cents per share target, according to Reuters Estimates.
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| Taiwan government raided UMC |
8/28/2008 |
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Taiwan prosecutors have visited the headquarters of foundry United Microelectronics Corp. in Hsinchu, Taiwan, as well as the company's office in Taipei as part of probe into the company's investments.
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| IP granted on multi-personality FPGA |
8/28/2008 |
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In essence it is a system engineered to allow multiple "personalities" to be retained and loaded on to a FPGA presumably as part of a security system.
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| Micron to outsource more packaging to Taiwan |
8/27/2008 |
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Micron Technology is expected to outsources more NAND flash packaging orders. Currently, Micron still uses its own capacity for packaging, but it will gradually outsource orders.
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| Elpida to invest US$5B to build DRAM in Suzhou |
8/27/2008 |
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This does not show that the company predicted DRAM market will recover. The new fab will adopt the most advanced technology to produce 50nm chips which will double DRAM output, helping to increase profit.
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| Qimonda ships XDR for PS3 |
8/27/2008 |
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“We are very proud to have started the volume production of our XDR product for PS3. This is a further milestone reflecting our product diversification strategy and demonstrating our leading position in the specialty memory market,”
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| SiRF file appeal on ITC judge's decision |
8/27/2008 |
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"There is no ban on shipment of SiRF's or our customers' products. In fact, the ITC will not even make any final determination until December after they have finished their investigation including reviewing the ITC Staff's appeal and our appeal,"
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| Apple business booming this quarter |
8/26/2008 |
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IPhone 3G has become available in 20 more countries today and market watchers now believe that Apple will ship more than 5 million iPhone 3Gs this quarter. A record 3 million Macintosh are projected to be sold this quarter, fueled by the user experience of the iPhone 3G and back-to-school rebate programs.
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| Rumor: Micron to acquire Qimonda |
8/26/2008 |
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Despite of especially tough times for Qimonda, the benefits of acquisitions are clear to Micron: it will be able to control roughly 20% of the DRAM market and will get technologies necessary to produce high-margin GDDR and XDR memory for graphics cards, video game consoles and other products.
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| German automobile electronics to expand |
8/26/2008 |
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In order to differentiate themselves in the highly competitive market, automotive OEMs will roll out several new applications in the near future, Kumar said. Besides environmental and safety aspects, these applications will meet customers demand for comfort inside the vehicles at affordable prices.
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| ITC judge recommand bar SiRF GPS chips |
8/26/2008 |
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Judge Carl Charneski recommended that the ITC block the importation of all downstream products that incorporate those chips—such as personal navigation devices and cell phones
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| Siemens acquired software service company |
8/25/2008 |
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Siemens boasted that the deal makes its industry automation group the first industrial equipment provider able to offer all sectors of the manufacturing and process industries system-wide solutions for integrating the entire production sequence and production lifecycle.
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| Open source tools to get more popular |
8/25/2008 |
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Most commercial off-the-shelf board vendors now offer preconfigured open-source board-support packages for their products. For example, WinSystems provides a customized open-source-development kit with its off-the-shelf board-level products, which includes device-specific drivers, documentation, cables, and a quick-start guide
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