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| Software outsourcing grows |
4/8/2004 |
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There are enough satisfied IT customers of offshore services to keep the outsourcing phenomenon growing, according to a new report examining the offshoring and exporting of U. S. jobs.
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| Fujitsu and Samsung in plasma display dispute |
4/8/2004 |
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Fujitsu brought an action against Samsung in a district court here and in Los Angeles for infringing its Japanese and U.S. patents. Fujitsu is seeking a court order against future importation and sales of infringing PDP products and compensation.
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| Microsoft conceded by moving audio codec to digital radio |
4/8/2004 |
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Eager to move its proprietary audio/video codec into Europe's steadily growing digital radio market, Microsoft Corp. has gained membership in the World DAB Forum, an industry group developing digital audio broadcasting.
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| Motorola to get chip supply from spin-off |
4/7/2004 |
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The agreement also sees Motorola treat Freescale as a preferred supplier for other components required by its cellular subscriber businesses for handset manufacturing.
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| Intel announce new power saving mobile processors |
4/7/2004 |
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The new processors include the low voltage Intel Pentium M processor at 1.30GHz, the ultra-low voltage Intel Pentium M processor at 1.10GHz, the Intel Celeron M processor at 1.4 GHz and the ultra-low voltage Intel Celeron M Processor at 900 MHz.
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| Broadcom acquired video compression company |
4/7/2004 |
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The companies say the combination of technologies and products will accelerate the time taken for Broadcom to bring to market next-generation video solutions for applications such as enhanced cable and satellite TV and IP set-top boxes and video conferencing.
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| Lucent restructuring offshore executive amid corrupt practices |
4/7/2004 |
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Lucent found "incidents and internal control deficiencies" in its China operation that potentially could lead to FCPA violations. While Lucent did not provide specifics, the problems found in the Chinese operations led to the top management changes.
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| Taiwan to start work on Dual Layer DVD |
4/6/2004 |
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Two of the pioneers in DVD industry such as Philips and Sony have introduced the standard format for single sided dual layer disc as Philips will start to introduce 8x DVD+R DL (dual-layer) burners in Europe while Sony will launch its 8x DVD-R DL burners this month.
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| Toshiba announced 4Gb 90nm NAND |
4/6/2004 |
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Toshiba developed the 4Gb device together with SanDisk Corp under their 1999 joint development agreement for NAND flash. The new chips will be made with the 90nm process technology at the NAND flash facility at Toshiba's Yokkaichi Operations in Japan.
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| TSMC to make XBOX chips |
4/6/2004 |
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Thoughts of Microsoft producing its own chips for possible cost-savings efforts had once floated around the industry. Today's move with the top foundry -- coupled with its November 2003 deal with IBM and a prior deal with ATI -- infer that Microsoft will stay fabless.
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| Intel refuse to comply with Chinese WLAN standard |
4/6/2004 |
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Craig Barrett, Intel's CEO, said: "We haven't changed our basic position. We will sell our Centrino mobile technology up until 1 June. Hopefully, we'll get the issue resolved before then."
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| Kodak sue Sony for digital camera infringement |
4/6/2004 |
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Kodak filed a lawsuit against Sony on March 8 in the U.S. District Court of New York claiming Sony infringed 10 of its patents covering digital imaging technology such as digital data compression and storage.
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| Is SIM card sufficient for mobile plug-in memory? |
4/6/2004 |
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Nokia, impatient with the slow growth of mobile commerce and hoping to spur the development of multimedia markets, seek a second slot for removable cards that would allow content owners and handset users to skip the telecom middleman when providing and accessing content.
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| Intel placed quantity order for cell DRAM |
4/5/2004 |
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Winbond Electronics Corp. and Etron Technology Inc. recently received huge orders from Intel Corp. and Sharp Corp. for their memory chips, which will be bundled with multi-chip package (MCP) products installed in next-generation handsets.
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| 3G not likely to take off this year |
4/5/2004 |
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3G mobile telephony will make very little impact in 2004, according to this year's 3GSM Survey published by consultant company ARC Group.
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| Semi sales receipt grows |
4/5/2004 |
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SIA President George Scalise said the 31 percent growth reflects the "steady improvement" in business conditions, a trend the association expects to continue throughout the year.
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| Microsoft settles with Sun on Java |
4/5/2004 |
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Microsoft has agreed to pay Sun $700 million to resolve pending antitrust issues and $900 million to resolve patent issues. In addition, Sun and Microsoft have agreed to pay royalties for use of each other's technology.
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| DOD being asked to fund Sematach initiative |
4/5/2004 |
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If approved, the funding would support a proposed affiliate of Sematech called the Advanced Processing and Prototyping Center (AP2C), which would be part of the National Technology Initiative.
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| Complaint filed against Mosys for infringement |
4/5/2004 |
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UniRAM provided trade secret information to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (TSMC) sometime between 1996 and 1997 and that Mosys improperly obtained unspecified trade secrets of UniRAM from TSMC in an unknown manner.
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| February Chips sales up slightly |
4/2/2004 |
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Chips sales in February rose about 31 percent compared to the same month last year, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) reported Friday.
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| Gateway to close stores and cut payrolls |
4/2/2004 |
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Gateway announced that it will close 188 of its retail stores next week and lay off about 2,500 employees associated with the shops, or nearly 40 percent of its work force.
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