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| Slower economic might hurt PC growth |
3/26/2008 |
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Worldwide PC shipments are forecast to reach 293 million units this year, a 10.9% jump from 2007, a market research firm said. But weaker economic could drive the growth down to single digit.
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| Renesas plans to expand back-end production |
3/25/2008 |
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Renesas Technology announced plans to invest four billion yuan (US$566.4 million) to add a new building at its back-end process plant to increase its capacity for micro-controller production.
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| 40nm manufacturing process by TSMC |
3/25/2008 |
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TSMC announced its first 40 nm manufacturing process technology that includes a full design service package and a design ecosystem that covers verified third party IP, third party EDA tools, TSMC-generated SPICE models and foundation IPs.
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| Intel unveiled WiMax/WiFi module for Notebook |
3/19/2008 |
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Intel has unveiled the prices for its upcoming Echo Peak WiMAX/Wi-Fi and Shirley Peak Wi-Fi modules with volume shipments of the wireless modules for Montevina-based notebooks.
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| SIS to restructure company |
3/17/2008 |
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Silicon Integrated System (SiS) has signed off on plans to reorganize the company and will spin-off its investment management, digital TV, and mobile device businesses to form three wholly-owned subsidiaries.
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| AMD to launch new desktop CPU |
3/17/2008 |
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AMD is planning to launch B3 stepping quad-core Phenom 9050 series CPUs including 9850, 9750, 9650, 9550 and 9150 shortly
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| Lenovo launches "Idea Brand" PC in India |
3/14/2008 |
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“India is an important market to us... besides launching new products, we will enhance our retail presence and after sales service to become the No. 1 PC maker in the country,” Lenovo Senior Vice-President and President (Consumer Business Group) Liu Jun said.
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| Converge reports on the state of PC related component market |
3/14/2008 |
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So far the first week , DRAM market has shown no signs of any positive activity. 512 MB chips have dropped back down into the $0.85 to $0.90 range after hitting a high of $1.15. 1 GB chips have dropped to under $2 after reaching a high of $2.20 to $2.30.
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| Combination of NXP, ST and Infineon suggested |
3/14/2008 |
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NXP Semiconductors (Eindhoven, The Netherlands), ST (Geneva, Switzerland) and Infineon Technologies AG (Munich, Germany) have to stop operating individually, and join to achieve critical mass at a scale close to that of semiconductor market leader Intel and to be larger than number two Samsung.
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