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Friday, November 6, 2009


Microsoft Windows 7 Appears to Be More Popular in Retail than Vista Back in 2007.
[11:56 am]

First Week Windows 7 Sales Surpass Sales of Windows Vista in First Week – Research Firm

 

Thursday, November 5, 2009


“Gordon” Supercomputer to Use Solid-State Drives.
[3:21 pm]

“Gordon”, “Dash” – First Supercomputers with SSDs Inside

 

Wednesday, November 4, 2009


Chartered Shareholders Approve Acquisition by ATIC.
[2:53 pm]

Shareholders Approve Acquisition of Chartered by Globalfoundries’ Owner

 

Monday, November 2, 2009


AMD’s Former Chief Executive Officer to Leave Globalfoundries. AMD  Globalfoundries  TFC  Business  Galleon  New Castle Partners
[4:43 pm]

Globalfoundries’ Chairman to Step Down After Scandal with Hedge Funds

 

Thursday, October 29, 2009


TSMC Warns About Further Problems with 40nm Process Technology.
[10:50 pm]

TSMC’s 40nm Yield May Be Lower Than Expected

Sony Recalls AC Adapters Because of Shock Hazard.
[9:36 pm]

Sony to Replace Faulty Adapters Due to Shock Hazard

Tech Support Firm Recommends to Wait with Windows 7 Upgrade. Microsoft  Windows  Rescuecom
[6:14 pm]

Tech Service Specialist Offers Five Reasons Not to Upgrade to Windows 7

 

Wednesday, October 28, 2009


TSMC’s 40nm Revenues Quadruple in the Third Quarter. TSMC  40nm  Semiconductor  Business
[11:17 pm]

TSMC’s Customers Intensify Transition to Newer Process Technologies

Intel’s New Firmware Corrupts Data on Latest Solid-State Drives.
[10:05 am]

Intel Has to Pull Latest Firmware Due to Data Corruption Again

Toshiba to Further Expand Manufacturing of Super Charged Ion Batteries.
[9:02 am]

Toshiba to Build Second SCiB Factory in Japan

 

Monday, October 26, 2009


Intel Rumoured to Delay Implementation of USB 3.0.
[7:37 pm]

Intel May Only Implement USB 3.0 in 2011

Lenovo Hopes Windows 7 to Catalyze Customers to Increase PC Spending.
[1:27 pm]

Lenovo Expects Windows 7 to Boost PC Sales

 

Thursday, October 22, 2009


Microsoft Starts Selling Windows 7 Operating System. Microsoft  Windows
[4:06 pm]

Microsoft Promises Simplicity with Windows 7

 

Tuesday, October 20, 2009


AMD’s OpenCL SDK Now Supports Both CPUs and GPUs.
[11:58 pm]

AMD Unifies OpenCL for CPUs and GPUs

 

Monday, October 19, 2009


TSMC Expects Global Chip Market to Recover Completely in 2011.
[11:39 pm]

TSMC Projects Its 2010 Revenue to Be on 2008 Level

 

Wednesday, October 14, 2009


Acer Becomes World’s Second Largest Maker of PCs as Market Growth Slightly.
[10:11 pm]

PC Market Up 2.3%, Acer Leaves Dell Behind

 

Tuesday, October 13, 2009


Intel Reaffirms Aggressive 32nm Plans for 2010. Intel  Semiconductor  Business  32nm
[10:14 pm]

Intel to Have Four 32nm Production Facilities Next Year

 

Monday, October 12, 2009


ARM: SOI Process Technology Provides 40% Reduction in Power Consumption.
[11:29 pm]

ARM’s Test Chip Confirms Reductions Because Of SOI Usage

 

Thursday, October 8, 2009


Windows 7 Will Not Boost Sales of PCs Tangibly – Microsoft. Microsoft  Windows  Business
[12:37 pm]

Microsoft Windows 7 Not Expected to Catalyze Sales of PCs

AMD Hires Ex-Qimonda Chief Operating Officer.
[7:32 am]

AMD Recruits CFO from Insolvent Memory Manufacturer

 

Wednesday, October 7, 2009


Users of Macintosh Computers Also Own Windows PCs – Report.
[11:13 pm]

Owners of Macintosh Systems Tend to Use More Electronics In General, Study Finds

 

Tuesday, October 6, 2009


Only Three Contract Makers of Semiconductors Set to Remain on the Market – Analysts.
[10:41 pm]

Massive Consolidation Expected on Foundry Market

TSMC Plans to Initiate Tests of 450mm Equipment in 2010 – Rumours.
[10:28 am]

Despite Economic Slump TSMC Still Interested in 450mm Wafers

Globalfoundries Set to Make ARM Microprocessors.
[4:53 am]

ARM and Globalfoundries Form Strategic Alliance

 

Wednesday, September 30, 2009


AMD Kicks Off “Fusion” Marketing Campaign to Boost Sales.
[11:39 pm]

AMD Fuses Marketing Efforts to Drive Channel Business Growth

TSMC and UMC Ramp Up Manufacturing Capacities. TSMC  UMC  Globalfoundries  Semiconductor  Business  300mm  40nm
[9:26 pm]

TSMC and UMC to Increase Output of 300mm Wafers

Globalfoundries on Track for 50% Natural Yield by Year End with 32nm Process Technology.
[12:09 pm]

Globalfoundries to Provide Additional Details About 28nm, 32nm Fabrication Processes

 

Tuesday, September 29, 2009


TSMC to Produce Power Micro-Architecture Central Processing Units.
[9:57 pm]

TSMC to Make Chips for AppliedMicro

 

Wednesday, September 23, 2009


Intel Light Peak to Enable High-Speed Universal Optical Interconnection.
[11:45 pm]

Intel Talks Beyond Copper I/O Interfaces at IDF 2009

 

Tuesday, September 22, 2009


Intel Demonstrates Industry’s First 22nm Test Silicon. Intel  22nm  Semiconductor  Sandy Bridge  Ivy Bridge  Haswell  Larrabee
[12:36 pm]

Intel Shows Off First 22nm Test Chips

 

Thursday, September 17, 2009


Sistema Financial Drops Plans for Acquisition of Stake in Infineon, Qimonda.
[10:03 am]

Sistema Will Not Buy a Stake in Infineon – Company

 

Tuesday, September 15, 2009


ARM, Via Technologies See Opportunities for Linux on Mobile Platforms.
[10:12 pm]

ARM and Via Technologies Join Linux Foundation

 

Tuesday, September 8, 2009


Analysts Have Mixed Opinions over Acquisition of Chartered by ATIC.
[11:51 pm]

Analysts: AMD and Globalfoundries May Benefit from Chartered Deal, Or May Not

Intel Proposes to Charge All Devices Wirelessly.
[3:53 pm]

Intel Demos Wireless Resonant Energy Link

Advanced Technology Investment Company Eyes More Acquisitions.
[2:51 pm]

Globalfoundries May Get Further Boost As ATIC Eyes More Acquisitions

TSMC to Make Microprocessors for Sun Microsystems – Report.
[12:33 pm]

TSMC to Produce 16-Core “Rainbow Falls” Processors for Sun