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| Is NAND winning over HD? |
10/9/2006 |
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The talk is not so much about competition between HDDs and flash, but of cooperation and coexistence. The key areas of hybrid HDDs and Intel Corp.'s Robson concept are major areas where flash is making a dent in the computing space. Both Microsoft Corp. and Intel have announced initiatives to use NAND flash memory to reduce the mechanical latency inherent in HDDs.
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| Amkor took charges for option mis-statement |
10/9/2006 |
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Amkor said it remains the subject of an SEC investigation into its historical stock options granting practices and other matters. The company said it would continue to fully cooperate with the SEC. In August, Amkor said it would likely restate its financial results for fiscal years 1998 through 2005, plus the first quarter of 2006.
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| HP executives surrendered to authorities |
10/9/2006 |
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They each face charges for allegedly engaging in fraudulent wire communications, wrongful use of computer data, identity theft, and conspiracy to commit those three crimes.
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| Transcend posts strong quarter |
10/6/2006 |
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Transcend Information posted record revenues of NT$3.08 billion (US$93.1 million) for third quarter, up 95% year to year.
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| Solectron to cut 1,400 jobs |
10/6/2006 |
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Solectron Corp. announced plans to cut 1400 jobs amid consolidation on its manufacturing operations.
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| Micron missed earning target |
10/6/2006 |
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Micron Technology posted a quarterly profit that rose from a year earlier but fell short of Wall Street expectations.
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| Rumors said Intel to buy Nvidia |
10/5/2006 |
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Rumors on the street said that Intel Corp. is looking to acquire the graphics-chip maker, according to an analyst.
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| Intel to ship Santa Rosa by 2007 |
10/4/2006 |
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Santa Rosa" notebook platform will hit the streets in the first half of 2007, bringing improvements in processing power, battery life and wireless connectivity
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| Tech spending to slow |
10/4/2006 |
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Technology spending forecasts fell in the third quarter, the latest sign that IT managers are worried about a slowing economy.
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| Sharp unveils triple-images LCD panel |
10/3/2006 |
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Japan's Sharp Corp. said it has developed the world's first liquid crystal display (LCD) panel that allows the viewing of three different images on one screen at the same time.
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| AMD to delay DDR3 adoption |
10/3/2006 |
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AMD has postponed launch of its Socket AM3 processors to the middle of 2008, from an originally scheduled third-quarter 2007
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| Sony to sell blue-ray recorder December |
10/2/2006 |
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Sony Corp. said on Tuesday it will launch its Blu-ray high-definition optical disc recorder in Japan in December, with an expected price tag of around 300,000 yen ($2,550) for a model with a 500-gigabyte hard disk drive.
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| Siemens helps BenQ workers in job training |
10/2/2006 |
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Siemens said it will defer an executive pay hike and contribute the proceeds to a 35 million euro ($44.3 million) fund to help employees of its former cell phone business.
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| Chips sales hit records |
10/2/2006 |
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Worldwide sales of semiconductors reached an all-time monthly record of $20.5 billion in August, an increase of 10.5 percent from the $18.6 billion reported in August 2005, according to the latest report from the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA).
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| ATE sales to slow down ahead |
10/2/2006 |
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Most ATE vendors experienced a surge in orders in recent quarters, but vendors are now seeing a slowdown.
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| Intel to develop "Tera-scale" chips |
9/29/2006 |
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At the Intel IDF, Justin Rattner said that during the next decade online software services, hosted by mega data centers with more than a million servers, will allow people to access personal data, media and applications from any high-performance device to play photo-realistic games, share real-time video and do multimedia data mining
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| Half million Thinkpad batteries recalled |
9/29/2006 |
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LENOVO are recalling more than half a million notebook batteries made by Sony after a Notebook caught fire at the Los Angeles International Airport on September 16.
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