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Tuesday, September 30, 2008


Microsoft Reportedly Initiated Shipments of Xbox 360 with New Chips.
[11:22 pm]

Microsoft Xbox 360 Code-Named Jasper Hits the Market – Media Reports

ARM Targets Mobile Internet Devices with New Platforms.
[10:51 pm]

ARM to Fight Intel in MID Market Segment

Foxconn Sues Molex for Anti-Competitive Business Behaviour.
[10:35 pm]

Foxconn Files Lawsuit Against Molex Regarding Implementation of DisplayPort Connectors

ATI, Nvidia to Pay $1.925 Million to Settle Price Fixing Legal Dispute.
[10:05 pm]

ATI and Nvidia Agree to Pay Nearly $2 Million to Settle Lawsuit

Toshiba to Help Distribution of Content on Secure Digital Flash Cards.
[9:19 pm]

Toshiba, NCR Invest into MOD Systems

TSMC Unveils 32nm, 28nm Process Technologies Roadmap.
[8:54 pm]

TSMC Delays High-K Metal Gate Implementation Till 28nm Process Technology in 2010

ATI Demonstrates Mobility Radeon HD 4000 Graphics Processor, Readies Dual-Chip Mobile Graphics Solution.
[3:51 pm]

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4000-Series Graphics Chip Shows Up

Super Talent Dramatically Slashes Prices of Entry-Level Solid-State Drives.
[2:08 pm]

Super Talent's 64GB SSD Now Available for $179

ATI Intros New Entry-Level Graphics Cards.
[8:39 am]

AMD Launches New ATI Radeon HD 4350, 4550 Products

 

Monday, September 29, 2008


ARM Teams Up with IBM, Chartered, Samsung to Create System-on-Chip Designs for Next-Gen Mobile Electronics.
[11:39 pm]

Industry Alliance to Enable Energy-Efficient 32nm and 28nm Systems-on-Chip

AMD: Shanghai Processors Are In Full Production.
[11:26 pm]

AMD Says It Is On-Track with New Server Chip

Lenovo Is Ready for Another Take Over on Personal Computer Market.
[9:46 pm]

Lenovo May Acquire Part of Fujitsu Siemens Computers

ATI Readies New Mainstream Graphics Card.
[1:21 pm]

AMD Preps ATI Radeon HD 4830

Diamond Multimedia Accuses Ex-Employee of Spreading Misinformation.
[1:20 pm]

Diamond Multimedia Denies Existence of Defective Graphics Cards

Sony PlayStation 4 Likely to Feature Improved Version of Cell Processor.
[10:03 am]

Sony Expected to Look at Lower Cost Hardware for PlayStation 4

 

Friday, September 26, 2008


Microsoft to Release Pre-Beta Windows 7 Version in Late October.
[4:52 pm]

Microsoft Promises to Reveal More Details Regarding Windows 7 Next Month

Asustek Computer to Make New Mainboards More Affordable.
[12:23 pm]

Asustek Reportedly Cut Prices on Intel P45 Mainboards

 

Thursday, September 25, 2008


Diamond Multimedia Denies Massive Amount of Defective Graphics Cards.
[9:29 pm]

Diamond: Only 188 Graphics Cards Were Defective, Not 15 000

Sony Reveals World’s Smallest and Lightest Notebook with Blu-Ray Drive.
[4:56 pm]

Sony Installs Blu-Ray Disc Drive Inside Thin and Light Laptop

Buffalo Announces DDR3 Memory Modules at 2.4GHz.
[3:46 pm]

Buffalo Plans to Release World’s Fastest Memory Modules

Transmeta Initiates Process to Seek Potential Sale.
[5:27 am]

Transmeta Is Up For Sale

 

Wednesday, September 24, 2008


Mobile Internet Devices to Surpass Netbooks – Analyst.
[10:33 pm]

200 Million Ultra Mobile Devices to Ship in 2013

Another Scandal with Potentially Defective Graphics Cards Transpires.
[4:12 pm]

Diamond Multimedia Reportedly Shipped Plenty of Faulty Graphics Cards

AMD: Bobcat Processor Still in Development, Despite Rumours.
[11:56 am]

AMD Denies Reports Claiming Cancellation of Bobcat Processor Development

Seagate Creates New Storage Services Subsidiary.
[6:09 am]

Seagate Unifies Its Services Businesses Under i365 Brand

S3 Graphics Enables High-Definition Video Playback on Ultra-Mobile Devices.
[5:16 am]

S3 Graphics’ Chrome 400 ULP Enables HD Video on Netbooks, UMPCs

 

Tuesday, September 23, 2008


Toshiba Still Has No Intention of Adopting Blu-Ray.
[11:25 pm]

Toshiba Has No Plans for BD Players

Google and T-Mobile Unveil “G1” – World’s First Phone Powered by Google Android.
[1:10 pm]

Google Enters the Market of Smartphones with T-Mobile’s G1

JEDEC Receives Specifications of Memory Cards from MultiMediaCard Association.
[1:08 pm]

JEDEC and MMCA Merge Certain Intellectual Property Assets

Nvidia Hopes to Sustain Chipset Business after AMD and Intel Offer CPU-GPU Products.
[7:37 am]

Nvidia Expects Demand for Integrated Graphics Processors Going Forward

 

Monday, September 22, 2008


Rumours May Point to Transformation of HP’s Voodoo Unit.
[10:38 pm]

HP May Shut Down Voodoo PC Luxury PC Division

SanDisk Plans to Sell Music on Micro Secure Digital Cards.
[6:44 pm]

SanDisk Unveils slotMusic Cards

Intel Officially Begins to Ship Dual-Core Intel Atom Processor.
[2:48 pm]

Dual-Core Intel Atom Now Shipped by Intel

Sony, Toshiba Prepare to Release 45nm Version of Cell Processor Next Year.
[1:09 pm]

Companies to Make Cell Processor Using 45nm Process Tech in 2009

TSMC to Manufacture Microprocessors for Advanced Micro Devices – Rumours.
[1:08 pm]

TSMC Reportedly Contracted to Make AMD CPUs

 

Friday, September 19, 2008


Nokia's Music Subscription Service "Comes with Music" to Start Operation Next Month.
[11:30 pm]

Nokia's First "Comes with Music" Cellphone to Go on Sale on October 17

Nvidia Reduces Workforce for the First Time in Recent History.
[2:36 pm]

Nvidia to Reduce Workforce by 360

 

Thursday, September 18, 2008


European Retailers Project Huge Demand for Xbox 360 After Price Slash.
[5:50 pm]

Retailers in Europe Happy about Microsoft Xbox 360 Price-Cut

Asustek Computer Unleashes World’s First Skype Videophone.
[1:20 pm]

Skype Certifies Asus AiGuru SV1 Videophone

IBM to Collaborate on “Racetrack” Memory Development with Taiwan Institute.
[11:58 am]

IBM and ITRI Sign Pact to Co-Develop “Racetrack” Memory

Shuttle Begins to Ship Intel Atom-Based Nettop Barebone.
[5:23 am]

Shuttle Ships X27 Nettop Barebone

 

Wednesday, September 17, 2008


AMD Changes Corporate Vision: The Future Is Fusion.
[11:57 pm]

Fusion to Shape the Future of Advanced Micro Devices

First Google Android Phones Set to Release Next Week for $199.
[11:32 pm]

T-Mobile to Release First Google Android Phone on September 23

System Integrator Pre-Announces Desktop with Dual-Core Intel Atom Inside.
[10:18 pm]

Abaco Computers Unveils First Nettop Featuring Dual-Core Intel Atom Processor

Game Developer Foresees Death for DirectX, Graphics Processing Units.
[7:28 pm]

Epic Software’s Tim Sweeney: Software Rendering Is Definite Future!

Counterfeit Flash Products Found in China – Report.
[4:23 pm]

Fake Flash Products Distributed in China, Report Claims

AMD’s Patrick Moorhead Condemns Netbooks for Short Battery Life, High Price, Low Performance.
[1:11 pm]

Vice President of Advanced Micro Devices Criticizes Netbooks

The Time of Affordable Blu-Ray Disc Players Has Not Come – Blu-Ray Disc Association.
[7:56 am]

Blu-Ray Players Not Expected to Get More Affordable Shortly

Toshiba May Be Interested in Acquiring SanDisk – Company.
[4:07 am]

Toshiba Needs to Take “Preventive Steps” to Stop Samsung-SanDisk Deal

 

Tuesday, September 16, 2008


Super Talent Refreshes Lineup of Solid-State Drives with New Models.
[11:30 pm]

Super Talent Updates Family of Solid-State Drives

Samsung Makes Hostile Bid to Acquire SanDisk, But Gets Rejected.
[6:08 pm]

SanDisk Rejects Take Over Proposal by Samsung Electronics

University Develops “Real” 3D Chip Design.
[3:35 pm]

“Rochester Cube” Points Way to More Powerful Chip Designs

Graphics Card Suppliers Upgrade GeForce GTX 260, Nvidia Stays Quiet.
[2:03 pm]

Several Graphics Card Vendors Start to Offer Improved GeForce GTX 260 Versions

Apple Develops ARM Processor for Future iPhone Devices.
[12:35 pm]

Future Apple iPhone May Not Get x86 Processor – Chip Designer

Nvidia Does Not Get Enough Manufacturing Capacities from TSMC – Analyst.
[11:28 am]

Relationship Between Nvidia and TSMC "Sounds Problematic", Says Analyst

Asustek Begins to Outsource Production to Former Rivals.
[8:22 am]

Asustek Outsources Desktops, Notebooks to Foxconn, Flextronics

 

Monday, September 15, 2008


Nvidia Opens Up Hybrid Graphics Technology for Centrino 2 Notebooks.
[11:05 pm]

Nvidia Reveals Hybrid SLI-Like Technology for Intel Centrino 2 Laptops

Intel Launches Six-Core Microprocessors for High-End Servers.
[4:48 pm]

Intel Releases Xeon 7400-Series Microprocessors for MP Servers

Microsoft Plans to Release Windows 7 on June 3, 2009 – Rumours.
[2:59 pm]

Microsoft Reportedly Plans to Launch Windows 7 in Mid-2009

Graphics Cards Suppliers May Dislike the Upgrade of Nvidia’s New Chip.
[2:57 pm]

Upgraded Version of Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 260 Expected to Cause Overstock Issues

 

Friday, September 12, 2008


Standard War Expected in Wireless HDTV Space – Market Research Firm.
[11:45 pm]

Holiday Buying and CES Will Indicate Wireless HDTV’s Early Prospects – ABI Research

Western Digital Joins the Club of Half-Terabyte Mobile Hard Drives.
[5:28 pm]

Western Digital Launches 500GB Hard Disk Drive for Notebooks

 

Thursday, September 11, 2008


Sony to Acquire NEC’s Share in Optical Drive Maker Optiarc.
[10:39 pm]

Sony NEC Optiarc to Become a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Sony

Contract Semiconductor Makers Slowdown Fab Expansion – Report.
[12:39 pm]

Chartered, TSMC, UMC Decelerate Expansion of 300mm Fabs

 

Wednesday, September 10, 2008


Sales of Xbox 360 Game Console Surge Following Price Drop – Company.
[11:04 pm]

Microsoft Claims Sales Increases of Xbox 360

ATI Updates Entry-Level Graphics Cards Lineup with ATI Radeon HD 4600 Chips.
[6:26 pm]

AMD Unleashes ATI Radeon HD 4650, 4670 Graphics Cards

Microsoft Updates Zune Portable Digital Medial Player Family.
[3:53 pm]

Microsoft Expands Zune Family, Adds New Features

Fujitsu Microelectronics Looks Forward Creating a Semiconductor Alliance.
[7:12 am]

Fujitsu in Talks with Others “From Co-Development to Business Integration”

 

Tuesday, September 9, 2008


Toshiba Unveils World’s Largest 1.8” Hard Disk Drive.
[11:46 pm]

Toshiba’s New Dual-Platter 240GB HDD Sets Areal Density Record

Chinese Inventors to Reveal Quad-Core “Nearly x86” Microprocessor Next Year.
[6:06 pm]

Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Godson 3 May Compete Against AMD and Intel

Leadtek Readies Image and Video Processing Card Based on Toshiba’s SpursEngine.
[3:12 pm]

Leadtek Creates Co-Processing Board Featuring Toshiba SpursEngine

Chief Executive of AMD: We Are Going to Go Away from a Captive Fab Model to Fabless Model.
[12:33 pm]

The Head of AMD Again Talks About Selling Off Manufacturing Facilities

Nvidia’s Enthusiast-Class Product Roadmap Leaked: Code-Named GT212 Due Next Year.
[4:53 am]

Nvidia Readies GT206, GT212 Graphics Chips for Enthusiasts – Slide

 

Monday, September 8, 2008


Intel Achieves New Core 2 Micro-Architecture Clock-Speed Heights with New Xeon Processor.
[11:14 pm]

Intel Adds New Xeon Chips into Lineup

HP Enables 24-Hours Battery Life with New Ultra Capacity Battery.
[4:55 pm]

HP’s EliteBook 6930p Laptop Can Operate 24 Hours on Battery

Intel Intros Solid-State Drives for Personal Computers.
[2:53 pm]

Intel Reveals SSDs for Desktops, Notebooks

Quanta Plans to Create Own-Brand Mobile, Consumer Devices.
[2:50 pm]

Quanta to Compete with Its Customers with Own-Brand Products

Nokia Sustains Smartphone Market Leadership, Apple Commands 2.8% of the Market.
[12:01 pm]

Market of Smartphones Continues to Grow, Nokia Stays on Top

Dell Unveils Its First Netbook – Inspiron Mini 9.
[7:00 am]

Dell Enters the Market of Netbooks

 

Friday, September 5, 2008


Samsung Looks Forward Acquiring SanDisk.
[3:26 pm]

Samsung Wants to Take Over Supplier of Flash-Based Products

Dell Intends to Sell Off PC Manufacturing Factories.
[2:43 pm]

Dell Plans to Cut Costs by Selling Off Its Factories

 

Thursday, September 4, 2008


Intel Delays Introduction of Chips with Integrated Graphics Core – Slides .
[4:15 pm]

Intel’s Auburndale, Havendale Microprocessors May Launch Only in 2010

Boutique Gaming PC Manufacturers Express Worries over Power Consumption.
[2:22 pm]

Makers of High-End Gaming Systems Concerned about High Power Consumption

IBM’s Storage Specialists Set Speed Record for Solid-State Drives.
[2:19 pm]

IBM Outlines Strategy Around the Business Value in Solid State Technologies

Samsung: Blu-Ray Has Five Years Left.
[7:21 am]

Samsung Predicts Short Lifespan for Blu-Ray

 

Wednesday, September 3, 2008


Microsoft Confirms Xbox 360 Price-Cuts in the USA.
[7:24 pm]

Microsoft Xbox 360 Arcade to Cost $199 – Official

AMD to Announce Manufacturing Fabs Spin Off in Two Weeks – Analyst.
[3:18 pm]

AMD Expected to Disclose Details of “Asset Smart” Strategy in September

Microsoft, Sony Humiliate Importance of Exclusive Video Game Titles.
[1:44 pm]

Microsoft and Sony: The Age of Exclusive Games Is Ending

Sony and PNY Team Up to Distribute Movies on USB Drives.
[1:42 pm]

Sony and PNY Offer “Ghostbusters” on USB Drives

Market of Desktop Graphics Cards Shrink in Q2 amid Slight Increase in Average Prices.
[8:45 am]

Desktop Discrete Graphics Boards’ Sales Volumes, Revenues Collapse

Sony Reveals New Version of PlayStation Portable.
[6:22 am]

Sony Announces PSP 3000, Third Incarnation of PlayStation Portable

 

Tuesday, September 2, 2008


Intel Quietly Releases Low-Cost Dual-Core, Quad-Core Microprocessors.
[11:57 pm]

Intel Launches Core 2 Duo E5200, Core 2 Quad Q8200 Chips

Sony Admits: Blu-Ray Is the Last Optical Disc Format.
[1:54 pm]

Blu-Ray Disc Cannot Be Improved, Says Sony

New Apple iPod Music Players Scheduled for September 9 Launch.
[1:50 pm]

Apple Plans to Show Off New iPod Players on the 9th of September

ATI to Enable High-Definition Video Playback on Linux-Based Computers.
[11:36 am]

ATI Radeon to Playback Protected HD Content Under Linux Operating System

AMD to Substantially Expand Lineup of Triple-Core, Quad-Core Desktop Chips.
[11:08 am]

AMD Has No Plans for Single-Core Chips Made Using 45nm Process Technology

 

Monday, September 1, 2008


Microsoft Xbox 360 Now Costs Less than Nintendo Wii in Japan.
[11:37 pm]

Microsoft Slashes Xbox 360 Pricing in Japan

AMD Plans to Release New “FX” Microprocessors in 2009.
[9:19 pm]

AMD Intends to Unveil Deneb FX Chips in Mid-2009