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- Semiconductor manufacturing capacity down to 84.8% in Q1 2005
- According to the Semiconductor International Capacity Statistics report in Q1 2005 the manufacturing utilization rate dropped to 84.8% from 86.0% in Q4 2004, to hit the lowest level in two years. Total MOS capacity utilization declined to 85.6% in Q1 2005 from 86.5% in Q4 2004.
- Tags: Q4 2004, Q1 2005
- Blog posts 2005-06-15
- Semiconductor surplus down to $500 mln in Q1 2005
- iSuppli is estimating that the surplus has halved to $500 mln in Q1 2005 from $1.03 bln in Q4 2004. iSuppli had previously predicted that the value of the surplus would diminish by 24% to $780 mln in Q1 2005.
- Tags: Q1 2005, surplus
- Blog posts 2005-05-30
- Venture investment in semiconductor industry decreased 40% in Q1 2005
- Venture capital activity in the semiconductor sector in Q1 2005 was up on the seasonally quiet Q4 2004 but was down more than 40% YTY, according to the Venture Capital Counter by Silicon Strategies. $397.55 mln was invested into semiconductor startups in Q1 2005, up 13.4% from Q4 2004 but...
- Tags: Q1 2005, Q4 2004
- Blog posts 2005-04-07
- Venture investment in semiconductor industry decreased 40% in Q1 2005
- Venture capital activity in the semiconductor sector in Q1 2005 was up on the seasonally quiet Q4 2004 but was down more than 40% YTY, according to the Venture Capital Counter by Silicon Strategies. $397.55 mln was invested into semiconductor startups in Q1 2005, up 13.4% from Q4 2004 but...
- Tags: Q1 2005, Q4 2004
- Blog posts 2005-04-07
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- News to know: Apple's $800 laptop; MS and Mac Patch Days; Vista Home for business
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ryan Naraine: Mac OS X Patch Day: 40 security flaws fixed MS Patch Tuesday heads-up: 11 bulletins, 4 critical Ed Bott: Look who's buying...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Laptop Computer, H-1B, Notebooks, Human Resources, Labor Relations, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, David Grober
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Economy-pinched semiconductor industry: How to ride the storm
- The credit crisis and overall economic downturn is starting to hit the semiconductor industry, which saw 5.5 percent sales growth in August. Research firm iSuppli has cut its 2008 sales growth forecast for the semiconductor industry from 4 percent to 3.5 percent and potentially even more if economic conditions continue...
- Tags: iSuppli Corp., Semiconductor Industry, Lidlow, Semiconductors, Hardware, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-10-09
- Where are all the programmers?
- Where are all the programmers?It's worse than you think!I'm in SO CAL. The market for good communicating and highly technical developers vanished back in 2000 with the .com meltdown. The guys from India and China are bright, but come on, business rules that are highly complex are missed when you...
- Tags: Development tools, programmer, software development
- Discussion threads 2008-10-08
- US Internet ad revenues reach $11.5 bln in the first half of 2008
- US Internet advertising revenues in January-June 2008 were $11.5 bln, setting yet another new half-year record that represents a 15.2% increase over the first half of 2007. Q2 2008 was up 12.8% over Q2 2007 and showed a slight decline of 0.3% from Q1 2008. Search revenues totaled almost $5.1...
- Tags: Revenue, Advertisement, Internet Advertising, Internet, Operational Accounting, Finance, AM
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- Can two AMDs be better than one?
- Can two AMDs be better than one?They should never have bought ATIATI was content with competing with NVIDIA, and if market conditions had let them fail at it, so be it. What we're seeing now is the failure of 2 companies, not just one.ExpensiveThe cash infusion may have been...
- Tags: Research & Development, Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-07
- AMD finally announces "asset-smart" plan; new Foundry Company created
- AMD and a technology investment company backed by the government of Abu Dhabi have established a new semiconductor company that will manufacture AMD's advanced processors. The new company--currently known as "The Foundry Company"--will take over all of AMD's existing manufacturing facilities, including the two leading-edge fabs in Dresden, Germany, and...
- Tags: Asset, Foundry Networks Inc., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Manufacturing, Semiconductors, Government, Hardware, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- Asset smart? AMD moves manufacturing off its balance sheet; Bolsters capital
- AMD said Tuesday that it will split off its manufacturing operations in a deal with the Advanced Technology Investment Company of Abu Dhabi. AMD will also receive a capital infusion from Mubadala Development Company, which will wind up owning more than 19 percent of Intel's smaller rival. ...
- Tags: Asset, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., ATIC, Manufacturing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- Microsoft Xbox 360 Messenger Kit
- When the Xbox 360 was released in November 2005, owners of the previous console were delighted to see that the online element would not only be preserved, but it would also be vastly improved. Xbox Live on the 360 not only provided updated features across the board, but it also...
- Tags: Game players, Microsoft Corp., chatpad, Microsoft Xbox, Microsoft Xbox 360, headset
- Product reviews 2008-10-06
- Lawson Q109: 'sloppy execution'
- Harry Debes, CEO at Lawson Software doesn't mince his words. So when the company announced its missed Q1 fiscal 2009 results PDF yesterday it came as no surprise that during the earnings call he had this to say about the way the company performed: ...some of this was sloppy...
- Tags: Revenue, Lawson Software Inc., Earnings, Operational Accounting, Financial Accounting, Finance, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-10-03
- Does Sprint have a Nextel nibble?
- The Wall Street Journal, citing unnamed sources, is reporting that Sprint Nextel has received interest in its Nextel business from Latin American carrier NII Holdings Inc. and several private-equity firms. But this is far from a done deal. Sprint has been exploring a sale of Nextel but...
- Tags: Nextel Communications Inc., Sprint Communications, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-10-02
- Semiconductor sales up 5.5% in August 2008
- Worldwide sales of semiconductors grew by 5.5% to $22.7 bln in August 2008 from August 2007 sales of $21.5 bln. Sales grew by 2.4% from July when sales were $22.2 bln, SIA says. Year-to-date sales through August were $170.2 bln, an increase of 4.5% from the same period of 2007...
- Tags: Semiconductor, PC Unit Sale, Unit Sale, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, AM
- Blog posts 2008-10-02
- Gadget nostalgia: Five things I had and five things I have now
- I was quite inspired by fellow ZDNet blogger Matthew Miller's post listing every mobile device he's had over the years (86 and counting, my friend!). Though my memory isn't as robust as Matt's, I thought I'd compile a list of my own ghost gadgets of the past, comparing them with...
- Tags: Motorola Razr, Phone, Logitech, Intel Core 2 Duo, Camera, Computer, Motorola Inc., Processors, Telecom & Utilities, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-10-02
- Interest in switching to broadband among Americans in 2002, 2004, 2005 and 2008
- Oct 2002 Feb 2004 Dec 2005 May 2008 Yes, interested in broadband 38% 40% 39% 36% No, not interested 57 58 60 62 % of all Americans with dial-up at home 38 30 25 10 Source: Pew Internet Project ...
- Tags: Broadband, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking, NB
- Blog posts 2008-10-01
- Zoho bitterness at the credit crunch...and a solution
- Zoho bitterness at the credit crunch...and a solutionMissing Facts...You're missing several key facts about our current mess...1) The banks were forced into making high risk loans by our delightful government. Based on a study later determined to be flawed showing bias in lending, the Clinton administration passed laws requiring banks...
- Tags: Government, Obama, JFK
- Discussion threads 2008-09-30
- Windows 7 to get parallel-processing tweaks
- Windows 7 to get parallel-processing tweaksWindows 7It seems that Microsoft is playing it safe with Windows 7 by having minimum changes.Is WinFS still alive or do we have to consider it as a dead duck?Thanks RodIt's mostly the applications anywaysFrankly, it's mostly the applications that need to take advantage of...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Windows Kernel, Craig, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, parallel-processing tweak, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Win32, tweak, operating system
- Discussion threads 2008-09-30
- Sprint's Xohm service and the first "WiMax" review
- [Update 10/2/08: Hands-on reviews of Sprint's Xohm service, which is based on Mobile WiMax, have now been posted at LaptopMag.com (XOHM WiMAX In Baltimore: Speed Tests With XOHM ExpressCard) and PCMag.com Sprint XOHM Mobile WiMAX.] No sooner had Sprint flipped the switch on its WiMax wireless broadband...
- Tags: Mobile, Sprint Xohm, Clearwire Corp., Sprint Communications, Service, Laptop Card, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-09-29
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