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| Wafer fabs saw business decline |
2/24/2003 |
The average for all MOS fabs went from 87.3% in the second quarter of 2002, through 86.5% in the third quarter and down to 81.9% utilization in the fourth quarter.
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| Rambus identified chipset partners |
2/24/2003 |
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The R659 chipset drives four channels of 1200MHz RDRAM memory resulting in 9.6GByte/sec of memory bandwidth. This represents a 50% higher performance gain than competing dual-channel DDR chipsets.
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| Micron to offer DDR400 |
2/21/2003 |
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Micron Technology Inc. announced the availability of its validated DDR400 products following the earlier news of the same validation from other DRAM makers.
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| Agilent layoffs 4,000 workers |
2/21/2003 |
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Agilent Technologies reported a widened first-quarter loss amid the slowdown in tech spending. To cut cost and return to profitability, it plans to cut 4,000 of its 35,000 employees in the coming months.
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| Matsushita posts 3Q profits |
2/20/2003 |
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Matsushita Electric posted a third quarter profit of 20.9 billion yen ($176 million) compared to a loss a year ago citing strong sales of DVD recorders and plasma display TV sets.
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| Intel to embrace DDR400 |
2/20/2003 |
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Intel's move to release the 800MHz front side bus chip will lift the demand for DDR400 even for a short cycle.
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| National Semi cut 5% jobs |
2/20/2003 |
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National Semiconductor Corp. said it will reduce 500 jobs or 5% of its work force and take a charges of $35 million to $45 million as part of a restructuring.
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| Intel expects 4-7% growth in IT spendings |
2/19/2003 |
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Intel's CEO said at Intel Developer Forum that worldwide information technology market is expected to grow by 4%-7% to $3 trillion in 2003 in anticipation of the PC upgrade and broadband push.
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| SGI signs $26 million deal with Army |
2/19/2003 |
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SGI has won a $26 million contract to supply the U.S. Defense Department with high-end technical computing machines, software and services over the next 42 months, the company said.
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| Micron to cut workforce |
2/19/2003 |
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Micron Technology announced plans to cut approximately 10 percent of its staff to battle the prolong sluggish of the technology market.
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| AMD, ASE joint developed Flip-Chip Packaging |
2/18/2003 |
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Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and Advanced Semiconductor Engineering Inc. (ASE) have signed a deal to jointly develop technologies for flip-chip assembly on organic packages for microprocessor chipsets, the companied announced today.
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| Manufacturing index in NY drops |
2/18/2003 |
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The manufacturing index in New York State fell in February to the lowest level in four months, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said Tuesday.
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| Chips sales expected to rise |
2/18/2003 |
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Demand for PCs, cell phones,digital cameras and wireless systems could boost industry revenue 20% in 2003, amid the continued economic recovery and a possible war, reported by a research firm.
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| Cisco launches new ad |
2/18/2003 |
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Cisco is launching a $150 million global marketing campaign to raise awareness of the company and boost sales. The ad campaign will appear in print, on television and, and on the Internet.
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| PC shipments may rise in 2003 |
2/18/2003 |
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PC shipments will post a modest increase for 2003 despite the continuous slow economy, according to a new report by Gartner Dataquest.
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| Rambus speed up its memory interconnection technology |
2/17/2003 |
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Rambus Inc. disclosed its new Redwood high-speed logic bus interface. It claims data rates of up to 6.4GHz or 10 times faster than the current highest speed 667MHz processor front side buses, the company reported.
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