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Friday, November 20, 2009


Ebay Completes Skype Sell Off.
[9:11 am]

Skype No Longer Belongs to Ebay

 

Thursday, November 19, 2009


IBM and Infineon Want to Transform Altis into Contract Maker of Semiconductors.
[2:39 pm]

Altis Set to Become Independent Foundry Services Provider

Intel to Explore Hyper Computers in New Research Center.
[12:24 pm]

Intel Creates European Exascale Computing Research Center to Study Exaflop Super Computers

 

Wednesday, November 18, 2009


AMD to Repay One Debt, Secure Another Loan.
[11:03 pm]

AMD to Buy Back Senior Notes Due 2012, Offer New Senior Notes Due in 2012

European Ombudsman Rejects Intel’s Complaints Against European Commission.
[8:04 pm]

Ombudsman Confirms Maladministration in Anti-Trust Case Against Intel, But Says They Were Not Serious

Chief Executive of Intel Expects Shortages of PC Components Next Year.
[9:03 am]

Paul Otellini Predicts Short Supply of PC Components in 2010

 

Friday, November 13, 2009


Nvidia’s Chief Exec Praises Apple, Accuses PC Vendors of Lack of Innovation.
[5:42 pm]

Jen-Hsun Huang: I am All Apple

 

Wednesday, November 11, 2009


Microsoft Windows 7 Tests 4% Market Share After Two Weeks of Usage.
[11:21 pm]

Microsoft Windows 7 Becomes Rather Popular – Net Applications

 

Monday, November 9, 2009


TSMC Denies Huge 40nm Yield Drop.
[11:25 pm]

TSMC: Yield of 40nm Chips Is 60%

Globalfoundries Set to Become World’s Second Largest Foundry in Two Years – ATIC. ATIC  Mubadala  Globalfoundries  AMD  Semiconductor  Business
[6:56 am]

ATIC: The First Chip Foundry in Abu Dhabi to Emerge in Four Years

 

Sunday, November 8, 2009


Nvidia’s Chief Executive Says “No” to Globalfoundries, Microprocessors.
[10:51 pm]

Nvidia Denies Intentions to Use Globalfoundries, Develop Own Central Processing Units

 

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