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Sunday, November 30, 2008
IN BRIEF: Intel Teams Up with Taiwanese Makers to Tap Digital Signage Market.
Intel and Taiwanese Makers Form Digital Signage SIG Joint Venture
Consumer Technology Spending Will Stay Flat or Will Grow, Claims ABI Research
Intel Admits Underestimation of Netbook Popularity on Developed Markets
Dell Plans to Install Chips from ARM and Intel
Friday, November 28, 2008
Nintendo Sells 34.55 Million Wii Video Game Consoles.
Life-to-Date Sales of Nintendo Wii Reach 34.55 Million
Elpida Takes Over Taiwanese Memory Maker
Thursday, November 27, 2008
IN BRIEF: Nokia Pulls Out From Japanese Cell Phone Market.
Global Financial Slump Forces Nokia to Cease Cell Phone Development for Japan
Set-Top Box Shipments to Peak in 2012, Says ABI Research
Fabless Chip Designers Tend to Transit to New Fabrication Processes
Via’s Dual-Core Processors Delayed to 2010
FTC Wants Supreme Court to Admit Anticompetitive Behaviour of Rambus
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Lenovo to Allow Locking Down ThinkPad Notebooks by Text Message.
Lenovo ThinkPad Notebooks to Get Remote Lockdown Feature
ImgTec’s PowerVR Reportedly Goes Into PlayStation Portable 2
No Cheap Blu-Ray in Europe for Christmas
UMC Promises 32nm/28nm Process Technologies in 2010
Motherboard Industry Faces Financial Disaster
Elpida Completes Development of 50nm Process DDR3 SDRAM
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Panasonic Vows to Standardize Three-Dimensional High-Def Movies on Blu-Ray.
New Lamps for Old: Panasonic Proposes Red-Blue 3D for Blu-Ray
Microsoft Claims Life-to-Date Sales of Xbox 360 to Be Over 24 Million
Elpida Confirms Intention to Merge with ProMOS
Monday, November 24, 2008
Western Digital Mulls Entering Solid-State Drive, SAS HDD Markets.
Western Digital Calm about Solid-State Drives, Serial Attached SCSI
Asus Eee Top PC to Slowdown Sales of Mainboards, PCs, Says Asustek Computer
Intel’s 35W Chips to Feature FC-PGA Packaging
Intel, Micron Move into Mass Production with 34nm NAND Flash
Hynix Reveals World’s Fastest Memory for Graphics Adapters
Friday, November 21, 2008
IN BRIEF: Qimonda Accuses Seagate, LSI of Patent Infringement.
Qimonda Asks ITC to Investigate Alleged Patent Infringements by LSI, Seagate
Sony Admits: High BD Movie Prices Curtail Sales of Blu-Ray Players
AMD’s “Champlain” CPU Set to Emerge in 2010
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Foxconn Rumoured to Take Over Pegatron, Quit Channel Business.
Foxconn May Sacrifice Channel Business for Contract Manufacturing Capacity Expansion
Intel Unsure When to Release Its Standalone Larrabee Graphics Chip
S3 Unveils GPU with Built-In Audio Core, Starts to Sell Chrome 530 GT Graphics Card
Relatively Inexpensive Blu-Ray Players Finally Emerge
JEDEC Plans to Standardize SSDs Next Year
Elpida May Plan Surprising Acquisition of Powerchip or ProMOS
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
IN BRIEF: HDMI Continues to Gain Popularity as DVI Slides, Analysts Say.
DVI Continues to Lose Popularity on Consumer Electronics, Notebooks Markets
Microsoft Zune Drops in Pricing, Changes Zune Music Pass Model
Intel Core i7 Microprocessors Will Remain a Niche High-End Product
End-Users to Spend More Money on PC Gaming Hardware, Research Firm Claims
Intel Readies Broad Lineup of Ultra Low Power Processors for Desktop Computers
Market Research Firm Reports on Portable Device Usage
Intel Plans to Release Low-Power 65W Quad-Core Processors for Desktops
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Nintendo Wii Still Most Popular Video Game Console in the USA – NPD.
Video Games Market Hit New Heights as Wii Continues to Outsell PS3 and X360 Combined
Intel to Speed Up Core i7 Processors in the Second Quarter of 2009
Optimus Aux Keypad Set to Sell for $650
Kodak Accuses LG and Samsung of Patent Infringement
Quanta Fights Against Compal, Wistron for Orders from Acer Group
Intel to Ramp Up Nehalem-Based Xeon Microprocessors in Q1 2009
AMD’s Quad-Core Opteron “Shanghai” Now Available for Purchase
Monday, November 17, 2008
Spansion Sues Samsung, Seeks to Ban Sales of Flash-Based Devices.
Legal Dispute Between Samsung and Spansion May Lead to Ban of Sales of Products by Apple, Lenovo, Sony, Others
Novafora to Acquire Transmeta for $255.6 Million in Cash
Dell’s Chief Technology Officer to Leave in Two Months
USB 3.0 Specification Now Available
TSMC Begins to Ramp Up 40nm Fabrication Process Production
Sunday, November 16, 2008
ATI, Nvidia to Cut Prices on Graphics Cards, Says Report.
Standalone Graphics Cards Set to Become Cheaper
Saturday, November 15, 2008
AMD Delays Introduction of "Fusion" CPU-GPU Products.
The First AMD Fusion Products to Be Available Only in 2011
Friday, November 14, 2008
Kingston Set to Build Another Memory Module Plant - Media Report.
Kingston Plans Expansion Despite Economic Crisis
AMD Says “No” to Netbooks, Praises “Ultra-Portables”
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Chartered Semiconductor Rumoured to Merge with Bigger Market Player.
Chartered May Be Looking Forward to Merge with TSMC, UMC
ARM-Based Netbooks, Mobile Internet Devices to Get Ubuntu Linux Operating
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Mainboard Manufacturers Suffer from Declining Orders for Mainboards.
Mainboard Producers Seek to Cut Expenses Amid Downturn in Demand
Qualcomm Reveals Alternative for Ultra Low-Cost PCs for Internet Access
AMD to Talk About Netbook Platforms at Analyst Meeting
Intel Reduces Sales Expectations for the Fourth Quarter
Judge Rules Against Ex-IBM Executive in Legal Dispute
Kingston Launches HyperX T1 Family of Memory Modules
Economic Crisis – Major Challenge for Blu-Ray, Claim Hollywood Execs
Demand for Graphics Cards Increased in Q3 2008, Average Selling Prices Dropped Again – Research Firm
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Dell Denies Rumours Regarding Imminent Portable Digital Media Player Launch.
No MP3 Player from Dell, Says Company
Intel Core i7 Chips Available Online Ahead of Schedule
Financial Analysts Pessimistic about AMD and Intel
Nvidia Revolutionizes Professional Graphics Market with Integrated and Low-Cost Options
Microsoft DirectX SDK Update Now Features DirectX 11 Technical Preview
Monday, November 10, 2008
Panasonic and Sanyo in Talks for Merge.
Panasonic Set to Acquire Sanyo
Nvidia Continues to Deny Accusations of Rambus of Patent Infringement
IBM Starts to Offer 45nm SOI Foundry Services
Nvidia Tegra Delayed to Spring 2009
Apple, Asustek Computer Trim Down Orders for Notebooks
Intel Unveils Health Guide Tools
Economic Downturn to Help Blu-Ray Players to Decrease in Price
Sunday, November 9, 2008
ATI Rumoured to Refresh ATI Radeon HD 4000 Lineup with Higher-Performance Chips.
Advanced Micro Devices Expected to Release ATI RV790 Chips Shortly
Friday, November 7, 2008
Nvidia Reports Successful Transition to New Process Technology.
Nvidia Admits: GeForce GTX 280, 260 Are Too Expensive to Make
Rambus Files Complaint with International Trade Commission, Seeks investigation of Nvidia products
Thursday, November 6, 2008
IN BRIEF: Seagate Invests $100 Million into Development of Solid State Drives.
Seagate Has Huge Plans for Solid State Storage Systems
TSMC Becomes Ultra Aggressive with Adoption of New Process Technologies
Freescale and Samsung to Advance LED Displays
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Intel Discontinues Bunch of 45nm, 65nm Microprocessors.
Intel to Cease Supplying Several Microprocessors
SanDisk’s ExtremeFFS Technology to Accelerate SSDs
Intel, Partners to Start Selling Core i7 Chips, Systems on November 17
Qimonda Initiates DRAM Production Using Buried Wordline Tech
Sony Finds Way to Make Audio CDs More Expensive with Blu-Spec CD
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Windows 7 to Boost Performance of Solid State Drives – Microsoft, Research Companies.
Flash-Based Storage to Get a Boost from Windows 7
IBM’s Lawsuit May Point to Major Changes in Apple’s iPod and iPhone Biz
TSMC: Design in Mainland China, Manufacture in Taiwan
Alienware M17 Features Core 2 Quad Processor, Radeon HD 3870 CrossFire
Fujitsu to Acquire Siemens’s Stake in Fujitsu Siemens Computers
Nvidia and Via Abandon VN Computing Platforms
Monday, November 3, 2008
Apple Denies Plans to Update iMac, Mac Mini Desktops.
Apple Has Finished with Product Families Updates for This Year, Says Company
Analysts Project Decline in Apple iPhone Sales Going Forward
OCZ Adds Quad-Core Microprocessors, ATI CrossFire, Blu-Ray Drive to DIY Lineup for Gamers
A-Data Licenses SanDisk Flash-Related Patents, Others Unwilling
Acer Wants to Become Top Seller of Netbooks
Hard Drive Maker Unveils WD TV HD Media Player
PC Processor Market Hits Record Levels Amid Gloomy Prospects







