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- altis semiconductor Improves Operational Efficiency and Bolsters Strategic Development
- Altis Semiconductor, formerly a production company of IBM, is a major player on the semiconductor market in Europe. The company wanted to implement an IT solution to support the company's objectives - management independence, market expansion, and commercial development. The challenge was to ensure 24/7 availability of critical management processes,...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Production, High Availability, Altis Semiconductor
- Case studies 2008-02-01
- altis semiconductor Improves IT Productivity and Manufacturing Efficiency: Gains Over 2.6M Euros in Benefits With BMC Software's BSM Solution
- Altis Semiconductor, one of the world's leading manufacturers of electronic components, was founded in 1999. The goal for Altis Semiconductor to centrally manage and monitor its global enterprise IT infrastructure, increase network and server uptime, and improve the efficiency of its manufacturing process. Since the BMC solution has been deployed,...
- Tags: BMC Software Inc., Information Technology, Benefit, Manufacturing, Altis Semiconductor, It Management, It service Management
- Case studies
- altis semiconductor Increased System Performance With PATROL Solutions
- Altis Semiconductor was founded in 1999 as a joint venture between IBM Microelectronics and Infineon Technologies. At the end of 2001, Altis Semiconductor decided to reconsider its supervision system. Having relied until then on a competing technology, the company had to integrate new infrastructure elements and rethink its solution on...
- Tags: BMC Software Inc., Performance, Altis Semiconductor, It Management, It service Management
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- AMD's new roadmap: Can it execute?
- AMD has revamped its server processor roadmap with plans to jump to six and then 12 cores in the first half of 2010, but the larger question is whether the company can actually deliver. Given that AMD has had a hard time delivering its quad-core chips and...
- Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Asset Management, Manufacturing, Processors, Strategy, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-08
- Sharp to offer ultra-thin X-Series LCD TVs with wireless HD feed
- Like big TVs? (Who doesn't?) How about without tangled up cables hanging out the back? If you've ever seen the Sharp AQUOS X-series -- just 1.35 inches deep and, according to Sharp, the world's thinnest LCD televisions in production -- then you know what...
- Tags: IBM xSeries, LCD TV, Sharp Corp., Wireless, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Cable, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Telecommunications, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-04-30
- Toshiba making *another* bad storage bet
- Fresh off the HD-DVD fiasco, Toshiba execs are stepping up to pursue another expensive flop: notebook SSDs. Memo to Toshiba: flash SSDs cost too much and deliver too little to win that much market share. That won't change in the next 3 years. Here's why. Please sir,...
- Tags: Notebook, Disk, Storage, USB Flash Drive, Toshiba Corp., SSD, Flash Guy, Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2008-04-27
- Is Apple going back to the PowerPC?
- Hardware independence as a strategic weapon The Forbes magazine scoop that Apple is buying P. A. Semiconductor, a Silicon Valley company that designs high-performance, power-sipping PowerPC chips - the very chips Apple just migrated away from - raises a host of questions. But the people who need to worry...
- Tags: Apple Inc., IBM PowerPC, Intel Corp., Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2008-04-23
- Promises, promises: A look at Waste Management's case against SAP
- Promises, promises: A look at Waste Management's case against SAPBetter than the other reason to give your garbage man's Daughter a computerBolivia and Amar Maha Roma; spending his new life on his personnal Land Expansion off the Coast of India. It is beautiful there from the video I've seen, India....
- Tags: Sales strategy, Hardware upgrade, Sales force management, SAP AG, Waste Management
- Discussion threads 2008-04-01
- Semiconductors up 3.3% in 2007
- Global semiconductor market revenue grew by only 3.3% in 2007. iSuppli predicted the global chip market would grow by 4.1% in 2007. Worldwide DRAM revenue fell by 19.1% in the Q4 2007 compared to Q3 2007. NAND flash revenue declined by 3.9% in Q4 2007. by AM
- Tags: Revenue, Operational Accounting, Semiconductors, Finance, Hardware, AM
- Blog posts 2008-03-26
- $21.5 bln worth of semiconductors sold in January 2008
- Worldwide sales of semiconductors in January 2008 were $21.5 bln, a nominal increase of 0.03% from January 2007, the Semiconductor Industry Association SIA reported. Sales declined by 3.6% from December 2007 when the industry reported sales of $22.3 bln. by AM
- Tags: Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Semiconductors, Sales, Hardware, AM
- Blog posts 2008-03-23
- I'm really worried about AMD ...
- I'm really worried about AMD ...Couldn't agree moreI've bought a number of AMD CPU's over the years. The Athlon X2 was an amazing product. But AMD just can't keep it up long enough to make real traction.The ATI deal like you said wasn't a bad deal in and...
- Tags: Leadership, Processors, Semiconductors, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-03-20
- Samsung to spend $1.4 billion to upgrade chip lines
- Samsung to spend $1.4 billion to upgrade chip linesABVOUT TIME!The processors are nearly outpacing the rest of the board nowadays! Vista needs more power to run Aero people!http://fakesteveballmer.blogspot.comRE: Samsung to spend $1.4 billion to upgrade chip linesOk...so that's for chip lines. Any specifics as to which ones? Semiconductor?...
- Tags: Semiconductors, Network technology, chip line, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., chip
- Discussion threads 2008-03-15
- Decoding AMD's 45nm processor announcement
- After a dismal 2007, AMD is trying to regain its footing. The company made several technology announcements at a computer tradeshow in Hannover, Germany last week--including progress on 45nm processors. But it remains to be seen whether AMD can deliver on all of this, and be more competitive in 2008....
- Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., Penryn, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-03-11
- AT
- ATOh that's real smart!Someone PULL the plug on this company please! First, they are about to go thru BIG lawsuits for violating crimes in assisting the Bush Admin to eavsdrop... and now they want to invest in fiber optics for the Pacific area... when Japan just shot up a top...
- Tags: Benefits, Broadband Internet, Optical networking, Fiber optics, Network technology, Intel Corp., AT&T Corp., salary
- Discussion threads 2008-03-05
- Catching x86 between Rocks and Cells
- Catching x86 between Rocks and CellsA note about TII wrote this one before going ski-ing (just in case..). Since then Sun announced thatTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co would be providing fabrication services for its next generation 45nm chips - and, I'm guessing, that really means the Rock series.StampedingMovement away from x86...
- Tags: Processors, Intel x86
- Discussion threads 2008-02-25
- $255.6 bln worth of semiconductors sold in 2007
- The Semiconductor Industry Association reported that global sales of semiconductors grew for the sixth-consecutive year, reaching a record $255.6 bln in 2007, an increase of 3.2% from the $247.7 bln reported in 2006. Worldwide sales in December 2007 were $22.3 bln, an increase of 2.5% compared to the $21.7 bln...
- Tags: Semiconductor, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, AM
- Blog posts 2008-02-24
- Semiconductor revenues to grow 2.4% in 2008
- In-Stat expects worldwide semiconductor revenue to grow by 2.4% in 2008 to $261.9 bln. The consumer segment will lead 2008 growth at 5.9% and the consumer and communications segments will gain share while the computer segment share declines over the forecast period. The computer segment, whose share has been trending...
- Tags: Revenue, Segment, In-Stat, Semiconductors, Hardware, AM
- Blog posts 2008-02-23
- What your disk drive isn't telling you
- What your disk drive isn't telling youNo safe havenIt seems that our data simply have no safe place to reside anywhere. Hard disks are unsafe, DVD's are unsafe disk rot.....Come on, industry, give us a safe, reliable and enduring storage medium. How hard can it be?Greetz, Pjotr.Broken main page link,...
- Tags: Storage, HARD DISKS, disk, disk drive, SCSI, RAID, file system
- Discussion threads 2008-02-18
- Protein nanotech in next gen storage
- The magnetic spots in disk storage are already smaller than semiconductor feature sizes, and patterned media and heat-assisted recording will allow 10 TB 2.5" disks in a few years. But then what? Optical protein-based recording could be the answer. Scientists at a Osaka University lab have demonstrated...
- Tags: Disk, Protein, Nanotechnology, Protein Storage, Storage, Hardware, Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2008-02-13
- China’s semiconductor market to surpass $28 bln by 2011
- IDC predicts that the Chinese semiconductor market will surpass $28 billion in 2011. The largest capacity distribution of China fabs was represented by 8″ wafer lines, followed by the 6″ and 12″ capacity respectively. The computing semiconductor segment will account for over 62% of the total China semiconductor market in...
- Tags: China, International Data Corp., Semiconductors, Hardware, NB
- Blog posts 2008-02-06
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