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| Google switches to AMD server |
3/3/2006 |
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Google has more than 200,000 internal servers worldwide. The search engine company has started to buy AMD’s 64-bit Opteron processors for almost all new purchases, according to the reports, which cited Morgan Stanley analyst Mark Edelstone.
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| Gateway settles infringement for $47M |
3/3/2006 |
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In 2004 and 2005, H-P filed additional suits against both Gateway and eMachines, including one with the International Trade Commission claiming that at least 27 of its patents were being breached.
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| Samsung not to shift NAND capacity back to DRAM |
3/2/2006 |
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Samsung will not shift a significant amount of NAND flash capacity to DRAM production, as it expects NAND flash pricing will rebound in the short-term, according to Woosik Chu, senior vice president of investor relations at Samsung.
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| Hynix executive to serve jail terms for price fixing |
3/2/2006 |
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Four South Korean executives from Hynix Semiconductor Inc. have agreed to plead guilty for their role in fixing prices of DRAM (dynamic RAM), agreeing to serve about one-half year in U.S. prison and pay a US$250,000 fine each.
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| Xilinx offer 65nm FPGA technology |
3/2/2006 |
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Configurable logic chipmaker Xilinx Inc. said Tuesday that that it has sampled first silicon for the 65nm generation of its Virtex FPGA product family.
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| DDR2 price to climb |
3/2/2006 |
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DDR2 SDRAM contract prices are expected to grow by a minimum of 5-to-10 percent sequentially in the first half of March, while standard DDR SDRAM tags should stay flat, according to the DRAM clearing house.
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| Global LCD display sales increased |
3/2/2006 |
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DisplaySearch (Austin, Texas) reported fourth-quarter 2005 sales of $14 billion, up 13 percent quarter-to-quarter and 78 percent year-over-year.
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| Samsung joined force with Avaya on VOIP |
3/2/2006 |
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Under the agreement, the partners will collaborate on the delivery of enhanced IP convergence and mobility products. The solutions will combine Samsung’s mobile technologies with Avaya’s IP telephony expertise, Samsung said.
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| Renesas acquired license for smart card security |
3/1/2006 |
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Renesas’ security IC is equipped with a FIPS-validated Java Card OS, and is suitable for network access ID, point of sale (POS) terminals, and other authentication systems as it allows for the design of embedded security solutions which meet the highest security standards.
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| Sipex combines with Chinese Fab partner |
3/1/2006 |
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Sipex Corp. has inked a definitive agreement with Hangzhou Silan Microelectronics Co. Ltd. and Hangzhou Silan Integrated Circuit Co. Ltd to turn over its foundry manufacturing, product licenses, process technology transfers and fab equipment sales to Silan.
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| Tensions at Taiwan Strait might affect supply chain |
3/1/2006 |
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Any conflict in the region would be disastrous for China, Taiwan and the United States. In total, Taiwan has poured up to $100 billion into China since the late 1980s. Acer, Hon Hai, TSMC and other major electronics companies in Taiwan have set up plants in China.
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| Apple rolls out iPod Hi-Fi |
3/1/2006 |
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Apple's hope that its mini will find a home beyond the office desktop can be read in its mention of TVs and home stereos in its description of the mini's connection options.
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| Stats ChipPAC to expand 3D wafer packaging |
2/28/2006 |
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PoP is a three dimensional (3D) package technology in which two fully-tested packages are stacked during the board mount process to achieve higher functionality with a minimal increase in size.
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| Avnet to distribute Kingston products |
2/28/2006 |
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As part of the agreement, Avnet will market and distribute Kingston ValueRAM and flash memory products, concentrating on specific customer segments including value-added resellers, system builders and PC assemblers.
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| Microsoft confirmed working on a handheld device |
2/28/2006 |
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News of the device started circulating on the Web after Microsoft put up a cryptic Web site that hinted at a Thursday announcement, but gave no details. The site generated so much buzz among bloggers that a Microsoft technical evangelist on Monday tried to temper expectations that the company was ready to release a product.
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| OLED lights up mobiles |
2/28/2006 |
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The world market for organic light emitting diodes is set to grow 64 percent by volume and 45 percent by value in 2006, to reach 100 million units and $900 million, according to DisplayBank, a South Korean display market researcher.
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| CMOS microphone a reality |
2/27/2006 |
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“On the one hand, we are mainstreaming MEMS devices with our Microphone Chips for a broad consumer audience. On the other, we are helping manufacturers of laptop PCs, mobile phones and other digital media devices to overcome the acoustic problems that have seriously limited the widespread adoption of VoIP and other voice-based applications in the past.”
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| Toshiba licensed LongRun2 from Transmeta |
2/27/2006 |
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The agreement allows Toshiba to use Transmeta's LongRun2 technologies for selected application areas in the 90-nm through 22-nm CMOS process generations. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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| Terms of Micron/Intel Flash JV disclosed |
2/27/2006 |
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Micron did acquire a perpetual, paid-up license to use and modify and the designs, but, in essence, the NAND flash memories that the joint venture will manufacture for Intel and Micron will be Intel’s designs. This is a according to a 10-Q form filed.
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| Investor group sue Micron |
2/27/2006 |
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As a result of Micron's alleged participation in illegal price-fixing activities, the company's sales and earnings reports and forecasts issued during this period were false and misleading, according to the complaint.
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| Good time for Taiwan DRAM manufacturers |
2/24/2006 |
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With DDR2 prices continuing to rise, Taiwan DRAM makers should benefit with margins hitting 20% in the first quarter while memory module makers should see margins drop due to dropping NAND flash prices.
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| Micron adds lawsuite in Italy |
2/24/2006 |
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Just a day after filing a lawsuit in Virginia, Micron Technology Inc. Thursday announced that it has brought a new lawsuit against memory interface IP supplier Rambus Inc. in the court of Milan, Italy.
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