December 29, 2008 - Industry News
Micron posts $706 million loss on memory woes
Memory chipmaker Micron Technology posted its eighth-straight loss as it was hit by a steep drop-off in chip prices caused by global oversupply ...
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December 29, 2008 - Industry News
An end to the Google bonus fairytale?
For Googlers eagerly awaiting their famous holiday bonuses, be warned: Santa is tightening his belt too. Google employees, some of whom have ...
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December 19, 2008 - Top Story News
Chip gear woes signal more trouble ahead for tech
As chip equipment goes, so goes the electronics industry and the rest of high tech.It's a pretty simple equation. Electronics gadget makers get ...
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December 18, 2008 - Industry News
Nvidia targets Netbooks, Intel with 9400M chip
Nvidia is launching its GeForce 9400M "Ion" graphics chipset for Netbooks and small desktop designs. And the Santa Clara company is hoping for ...
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December 8, 2008 - Industry News
SanDisk eyes year-end production halt
SanDisk is evaluating a production halt over the holidays at its manufacturing facilities in Japan, reflecting an overall slowdown in ...
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November 17, 2008 - Industry News
More dirt in 'Vista Capable' lawsuit
You know an e-mail is going to be juicy when its subject line is "CONFIDENTIAL" and it starts out: "I would prefer not to have this ...
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November 14, 2008 - Industry News
AMD seeks redemption with 'Shanghai' chip
Let bygones be bygones. That's what Advanced Micro Devices is hoping for with the roll-out of its first 45-nanometer processor Thursday...
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November 13, 2008 - Technology News
AMD will show tilt toward ultraportables Thursday
Advanced Micro Devices on Thursday plans to discuss its strategy for ultraportables, a market where the chipmaker is a self-professed ...
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November 10, 2008 - Industry News
Memo to Intel: Netbooks morphing into notebooks
Looking for signs that netbooks are catching on? And even morphing into notebooks? Here's a few.Netbooks were the big end-user gadget on ...
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October 27, 2008 - Industry News
Will MacBook chip end Intel graphics franchise?
Will Apple's decision to use Nividia chips in its new MacBooks be a catalyst for change? With all the hoopla surrounding Apple's choice of ...
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October 24, 2008 - Industry News
SanDisk layoffs appear to be in the works
In the wake of a big loss posted this week by SanDisk, layoffs appear to be in the offing. SanDisk said in prepared remarks that as part of its ...
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October 21, 2008 - Technology News
Next up for chips? 'Energy scavenging'
Microprocessors capable of sniffing out and harnessing energy from the environment could very well be the answer to power scarcity, according ...
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October 20, 2008 - Industry News
Forrester Research lowers IT spending predictions
Forrester Research revised its best-case-worst-case scenario for U.S. IT spending. Rather than possibly posting an upside above the base, ...
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October 2, 2008 - Industry News
Micron cuts executive pay amid chip glut, loss
Micron's earnings pain will pass directly to executives. Micron Technology attributed a $344 million loss in the fourth quarter to a ...
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October 2, 2008 - Industry News
Broadcom to use Wi-Fi positioning tech in chips
Chipmaker Broadcom is adding Wi-Fi positioning technology from Skyhook Wireless to its semiconductors to help provide more accurate location ...
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September 30, 2008 - Industry News
Chipmaker Rambus wins battles, but faces bigger war
Craig Hampel has spent the last two years trying to design the next leap in memory chip technology, one that will allow computers to display more ...
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September 12, 2008 - Technology News
NEC joins IBM on 32-nanometer chip research
IBM has added NEC to its growing list of allied companies doing research on next-generation chip manufacturing technology. IBM and NEC Electronics ...
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September 11, 2008 - Industry News
Lawsuit alleges Nvidia hid chip defects
A lawsuit filed alleges Nvidia lost more than $3 billion in market value because it concealed defects in its graphics chips. The complaint filed ...
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September 9, 2008 - Industry News
Smartphone shipments ease off the gas pedal
Smartphone sales slowed a bit in the second quarter amid a weak global economy, but Gartner thinks that's about to change. The worldwide ...
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July 28, 2008 - Industry News
Chipmaker paints bleak economic picture
Chartered Semiconductor, which builds chips for companies like IBM and Samsung, says it is looking at a bleak economic picture for the ...
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July 16, 2008 - Technology News
Intel Centrino 2 launch was not about the processor
There was relatively little said Monday at the Centrino 2 launch about new processors. Almost as little as was said about side shows such as ...
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July 16, 2008 - Industry News
AMD, Nvidia graphics chip designs diverge
Nvidia's GTX 280 and GTX 260 are designed to deliver the biggest performance bang per chip. A so-called "monolithic" approach packs ...
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July 1, 2008 - Industry News
Qualcomm vs. Intel: You decide
Qualcomm has Snapdragon. Intel has Atom and Moorestown. Which of these chips is (will be) a more viable, compelling chip for the fit-in-your-...
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June 23, 2008 - Industry News
Microsoft after Gates, Bill without Microsoft
As Bill Gates prepares to walk away from Microsoft, both the man and the company he founded will face challenges getting along without each ...
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June 23, 2008 - Technology News
AMD, Nvidia graphics chip designs diverge
Advanced Micro Devices and Nvidia are launching graphics chips based on distinctly different design philosophies. Nvidia chips are big and ...
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