Gartner: Chip sales lower than expected in 2004
Global semiconductor revenue is on track to post a lower-than-expected gain in 2004, following a sudden downturn during the closing months of the year, according to Gartner.
Global semiconductor revenue is on track to post a lower-than-expected gain in 2004, following a sudden downturn during the closing months of the year, according to Gartner.
In a move that could undercut top Japanese consumer electronics makers, Taiwanese companies are gearing up to introduce a new generation of optical disc players for high-definition video that will be priced about US$150.
On November 9, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) announced a manufacturing partnership with Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, a contract chip maker based in Singapore. Under that agreement, Chartered will begin producing 64-bit microprocessors for AMD in 2006.
Intel has released its Quick Start Kit for Linux, stepping up support for Asian system integrators that offer Linux-based desktop PCs.
Next year will be a tough year for semiconductor makers, as global chip sales are expected to be flat compared with 2004, according to a prominent industry group and industry analysts.
In a move that could upstage the dual-core processor plans of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and Intel, Via Technologies is developing a twin-core x86 processor that is likely to hit the market by June 2005, a company executive confirmed Tuesday.
Intel will likely add support for location-based services to its Pentium M line of mobile processors in 2006, a senior company executive said Monday.
Intel gave its Centrino laptop package a speed boost Wednesday with the release of a new, faster Pentium M processor.
More than two years after completing its buyout of rival Compaq Computer, Hewlett-Packard (HP) has not done enough to take full advantage of the acquisition, according to HP's chairman and chief executive officer (CEO).
While much has been made of efforts by Advanced Micro Devices and Intel to bring dual-core processors to PCs and servers, Freescale Semiconductor announced Tuesday at a conference in Frankfurt, Germany, details of a dual-core PowerPC processor designed for embedded applications, such as networking and storage.
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is disappointed by Microsoft's decision to delay the introduction of 64-bit versions of its Windows operating system, but sees no significant impact from the delay on sales of its 64-bit processors, the company's top executive said Thursday.
In February, Eric Rongley, the founder and chief executive officer of Shanghai-based outsourcing service provider Bleum, had wrapped up a recruiting trip to the Indian city of Chennai and was headed to the airport.
Intel has begun shipping samples of its first WiMax chip, called Rosedale, and the first network trials based on the technology will start next year, a senior company executive said Tuesday.
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has demonstrated the company's first dual-core microprocessors at its Texas office.
Matrix Semiconductor is shipping samples of a new, cheaper memory chip that has been delayed by technological problems for nearly two years.