iSuppli the first major market research firm to drastically cut its PC
outlook for 2009. Amid rapidly deteriorating conditions in the global
economy and financial system iSuppli said that it
Friday, November 21, 2008 17:31
DRAM chip contract quotes dropped 10% again in the second half of November. 1GB DDR2 modules also fell to the re lowest point at less than $10. DRAM prices will not rebound until the end of this
Friday, November 21, 2008 10:08
Google has added a choice of 31 different the mes to its Gmail GUI. All the mes retain the basic layout of the email service, but sprinkle color over the surface. The re is one slightly more sophistica
Thursday, November 20, 2008 18:36
The general manager for Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, Dean
Hachamovitch, revealed in a surprise blog post that Microsoft will not
release the final version of Internet Explorer during the re
Thursday, November 20, 2008 14:28
Apple is updating its Cinema Display lineup in time for the Christmas
shopping season. The 23” Cinema Display is gone to make room for the
new 24” Cinema Display. It features the same LED-bac
Tuesday, November 18, 2008 14:49
Notebook makers are cautiously monitoring the ir component inventories, keeping the levels at as low as three to four weeks, according to industry sources. The makers' cautious monitoring of the i
Monday, November 17, 2008 09:51
Analyst Opinion - The impact of Web 2.0 technologies on the current
global economic downturn will hasten the demise of closed and siloed
corporate cultures while providing a reality-based bal
Thursday, November 13, 2008 09:49
Analyst Opinion - A lot hinges on Shanghai, AMD's replacement for
Barcelona. It is the first major announcement since AMD decided to go
fabless and the first real indicator of whethe r the company
Thursday, November 13, 2008 00:02
...italizations and stock value declines in a 12-month high comparison. Compared to our October 22 chart, the only company to show a slight increase in stock value was Nvidia. All othe r companies showe...
Wednesday, November 12, 2008 17:23
Bad news about the economy dominate the headlines today, as even
companies we believed almost invulnerable are affected by the changing
business climate. The DRAM industry was in a bad
Wednesday, November 12, 2008 10:43
Taiwan's major DRAM makers may see the ir overall net profit margin fall to -72% in 2008, with combined losses of $3.42 billion, according to the Industrial Economics and Knowledge Center (IEK) o
Wednesday, November 12, 2008 08:26
Researchers at The University of Nottingham, one of UK's Top 10 universities, also ranking in the world's Top 100, stated yesterday that Project Nanodevice is underway. The ir goal is to create molecu
Wednesday, November 12, 2008 03:30
The path toward reliably and effectively creating sheets of graphene has just gotten one step closer. Researchers at UCLA used a bath of hydrazine (nitrogen + hydrogen) and graphite oxide paper to cr
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 09:31
NASA officials said Monday that the organization’s Phoenix Mars Lander
has ceased communications after operating for more than five months or
152 Martian days. The end may have come sooner th
Monday, November 10, 2008 17:57
Wired.com recently reported that the use of online psychic mediums has dram atically increased since the decline of the stock market. Online psychics are claiming that as individuals lose fai
Monday, November 10, 2008 15:29
...Sun today said that it will use its Java platform to promote
Microsoft’s Internet Explorer toolbar to the U.S.-based Internet
users. Sun already has a similar deal in place with Yahoo and Goog...
Monday, November 10, 2008 14:24
Contract quotes of DRAM chips tumbled anothe r 10% in the first half of November, dragged down by declining chip prices on the spot market and dumping of DRAM modules by branded chip vendors, accor
Monday, November 10, 2008 09:11
...stock may be in crapper, Microsoft may have not received
anything from Yahoo and Google may have left the table with empty
hands, but the re were some who benefitted from Yahoo’s business
odyssey. T...
Friday, November 07, 2008 16:31
The DRAM industry certainly has seen much better times and, in fact, the segment may never have seen more challenging times than what is currently experienced. However, while DRAM manufacturer are
Thursday, November 06, 2008 16:42
...Data Technology has said that it will focus its efforts on controlling inventory as a means to curtail the impact of declining demand for DRAM and NAND flash products. As of the end of the third quart...
Thursday, November 06, 2008 10:45
Despite of sharp decline in demand for consumer electronics products caused by the global financial crisis, the output of global NAND flash chips continued to post a bit growth rate of 25% seque
Wednesday, November 05, 2008 10:30
...drastic measures such as laying off workers, Taiwan DRAM and memory module makers are trying to reduce the ir operating costs by asking employees to take more leave without pay, according to sources in...
Wednesday, November 05, 2008 10:29
While the DRAM industry continues to see losses, some niche market segments are currently performing better than the overall market, such as the 512Mb DDR segment, where prices have increased over
Tuesday, November 04, 2008 09:40
...ted, but by as much as 40% compared to Q3 levels. Apple said it sold more than 6.89 million iPhones in the third quarter of this year, but it is unknown how many iPhones the company actually had order...
Monday, November 03, 2008 17:37
...veral hardware upgrades, including Nvidia graphics chips as well as a DisplayPort interface. Despite the general trend toward mobile computing systems, the iMac remains a driving force in Apple’s ov...
Monday, November 03, 2008 10:44
Worldwide sales of semiconductors, the second-largest US export, increased by 1.6% to $23 billion in September compared to sales of $22.6 billion in September 2007. Sales grew by 1.1% from Augus
Friday, October 31, 2008 10:08
A documentary film broadcast on Britain's Channel 4 in March, 2007 entitled "The Great Global Warming Swindle," reports a very different take on global warming than is being widely reported here in t
Friday, October 31, 2008 08:00
Microsoft today delivered an impressive first demonstration of the
Windows 7 feature set and the way how it improves key Vista
shortcomings. The re was enough information to keep every Windows
Tuesday, October 28, 2008 13:09
...ll give us a first glimpse at Windows 7
this week and will introduce developers to core components of the new
operating system. So far, Microsoft used every opportunity to
underwhelm customers when...
Monday, October 27, 2008 00:56
A team of scientists at UC-Berkeley have successfully stored and retrieved information using the nucleus of an atom. A paper outlining the achievement entitled "Solid-state quantum memory using the 3
Friday, October 24, 2008 09:50
DRAM prices will not rebound until the second half of 2009, when the overall global economic outlook brightens as well, according to Frank Huang, chairman of Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation
Tuesday, October 21, 2008 09:10
...icewatch – Our most recent watchlist of Blu-ray players reveals
dram atic price drops just in time for the Christmas shopping season.
Average U.S. retail prices for most mainstream Blu-ray players ha...
Friday, October 17, 2008 00:05
...d running Firefox 3.1 beta 1 is a revealing
experience. Just like Chrome reminded us a few weeks ago, the basics of
a browser matter. While Microsoft is figuring out new proprietary
features for In...
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 17:27
Mozilla released the first beta of the first major update for Firefox
3. The new software comes with the new Gecko 1.9.1 rendering platform,
new end-user features such as previews for tabs an
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 11:19
...ludes a triple-core CPU, 4 GB of memory
and a Blu-ray drive. Also, Acer’s Emachines unit is first out the gate
with a PC that integrates AMD’s answer to Intel’s Atom CPU. San Jose (CA) – Prices for ...
Monday, October 13, 2008 13:57
...to sell its 35.6% stake in Inotera Memories, its joint venture with Nanya Technology, to Micron. Under the terms of the agreement, Micron has agreed to purchase Qimonda's shares in Inotera for $400 mi...
Monday, October 13, 2008 09:22
Feature - The holiday season is approaching quickly: If you have children or if
you are an avid gamer yourself the n you know the re are tons of video
games you could buy. This Christmas season
Friday, October 10, 2008 00:02
With catastrophic messages hitting the financial world each day now,
the battered DRAM industry has become a negligible topic even in IT
lately. And while DRAM manufacturers are dealing with
Thursday, October 09, 2008 16:17
The holidays are fast approaching and Nintendo wants
everyone to have a Wii game console. To combat the chronic Wii
shortages experienced over the last two holiday seasons, Nintendo of
Ameri
Wednesday, October 08, 2008 18:07
... Research in Motion (RIM) today unveiled its “clickable” touchscreen
smartphone “Storm”. It is yet anothe r iPhone-class cellphone that
adapts the iPhone most successful features – in this case even
...
Wednesday, October 08, 2008 12:38
Finding a popular stock that actually gains value in the current financial crisis is like finding the famous needle in a haystack (actually, AMD slightly gained on Tuesday due to its Asset Smart ann
Wednesday, October 08, 2008 00:01
The basics of today’s AMD Asset Smart announcement were known for some
time. But now we know about the extent of the involved investment and
the fact that AMD will unload a significant portio
Tuesday, October 07, 2008 09:21
... 300 mm wafer, or a 60% increase compared with wafers for 70 nm process products. Volume production of the new shrunken chip is expected to begin before the end of 2008 and will be shared among Elpida...
Monday, October 06, 2008 09:14
Already reeling from a major downturn in business conditions, DRAM suppliers now face anothe r challenge: raising money for servicing debt and for funding capital spending, according to iSuppli."
Monday, October 06, 2008 09:10
...dobe will soon release an experimental software called
Configurator, which will allow users to create the ir custom panels that
house often accessed menu items and advanced features. Here is a first
...
Monday, October 06, 2008 00:09
...st official, according to market sources. According to Micron's newest financial report, losses during the most recent fiscal quarter were about $344 million, equivalent to $0.45 per share.
More h...
Friday, October 03, 2008 09:25
...ogy and ProMOS Technologies to see on-month revenues drops of around 10% in September, however, due to the continued weakening of spot market and contract prices, the watchers are now preparing for dr...
Thursday, October 02, 2008 10:05
Japanese website PC Watch has published a (very) speculative outlook on
the possible inner workings of the next Playstation, which may arrive
sooner than expected, given the high cost and lim
Wednesday, October 01, 2008 14:22
Microsoft has been ridiculed for the perks the company offers users in
exchange for the use of its Live Search service. At least for now,
Microsoft is showing signs of abandoning that strateg
Wednesday, October 01, 2008 10:29
The recent drastic decline of branded 1Gb DDR2 prices has pushed the price of DDR2 1Gb eTT chips to an historic low, according to sources at Taiwan DRAM makers. 1Gb DDR2 eTT chips recently trade
Wednesday, October 01, 2008 09:32
Overclocking:
Electric Motorcycle inventor crashes at NextFest 