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- 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
- Gartner very bullish on semiconductor industry
- The worldwide semiconductor industry is closing in on a double-digit increase in revenue for 2003, with market revenue in 2004 projected to approach levels not achieved since 2000, according to preliminary results by Gartner, Inc. The worldwide semiconductor market is forecast to reach $174 billion in 2003, an 11.7%...
- Tags: semiconductor, semiconductor industry
- Blog posts 2003-11-12
- Escosy 2.07 (Windows)
- Software for defect review in semiconductor industry.
- Tags: Semiconductor Industry, Raith GmbH, Semiconductors, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2000-08-27
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- SIA: Chip sales "above expectations"; more growth expected
- Echoing a growing sentiment that economic recovery is in the works, the Semiconductor Industry Association today said that worldwide sales of semiconductors were up nearly 20 percent from the previous quarter, though down more than 10 percent from the same quarter a year ago. For the quarter...
- Tags: Semiconductor Industry Association, Semiconductor, Chip, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-11-02
- DRAM error rates: Nightmare on DIMM street
- A two-and-a-half year study of DRAM on 10s of thousands Google servers found DIMM error rates are hundreds to thousands of times higher than thought -- a mean of 3,751 correctable errors per DIMM per year. This is the world's first large-scale study of RAM errors in...
- Tags: DRAM, Error, DIMM, Hardware Failure, Memory, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2009-10-04
- SIA: Global chip sales showing sequential growth, hints of recovery
- The latest efforts to "Go Green," along with the rise of netbook computers, helped boost global chip sales in August by 5 percent, compared to the previous month - a common way for companies to gauge their recession-recovery efforts. On a year-over-year basis, sales were down 16...
- Tags: Recovery, Semiconductor Industry Association, Computer, Chip, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Semiconductors, Sales, Hardware, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-10-02
- Security Separation of Multi-Core Processors
- The semiconductor industry has arguably reached the point where security is not just an application level requirement, but a processor level requirement as well. A small but specialized industry has addressed several government needs for high speed classified processing, but more is needed. Specialized ASIC design with electromagnetic and air...
- Tags: Multi-core Processor, Security, CPU Technology Inc., Multi-core, Firewalls, ASICs, Processors, Networking, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
- White papers 2009-09-22
- IBM scientists create DNA computer chip
- IBM scientists and a collaborator from the California Institute of Technology have created a computer chip utilizing synthesized DNA molecules. The approach could pave the way to create tiny circuits that could form the basis of smaller, more powerful computer chips. The DNA acts as scaffolding where...
- Tags: Computer Chip, DNA, Scientist, Computer, IBM Corp., Chip, Biotechnology, Semiconductors, Hardware, Chris Jablonski
- Blog posts 2009-08-18
- Chip industry's boom/bust cycles and the failure of business intelligence
- The chip industry appears to be recovering from its bust cycle and beginning to enter into its boom cycle - it's a repetitive cycle of around four years in length. The Semiconductor Industry Association reports a 20 percent drop to $51.7 billion for the second...
- Tags: Business Intelligence, Industry, Chip, Chip Industry, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Manufacturing, Hardware, Networking, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2009-08-03
- Google's Chrome OS: A threat to Intel and the rise of ARM chips
- Google's Chrome OS, which generated an extreme amount of hubbub, is a defensive move as much as it is an offensive one, say analysts. Nevertheless, Google's move will have a wide impact on the industry. Analysts were handicapping Google's move into operating systems on Thursday and some...
- Tags: Google Inc., Google Apps, ARM, Operating System, Analyst, Google Chrome, Intel Corp., Chip, Cloud Computing, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-07-09
- Enterprise ripe for green disruption, Samsung VP says
- When it comes to adopting green technology, the enterprise is ready for a "disruptive" approach to innovation, said Jim Elliott, vice president of memory marketing at Samsung Semiconductor. In a presentation yesterday at the Time Warner Center in New York City, Elliott explained that the industry is...
- Tags: Green Technology, Lenovo Group Ltd., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-06-18
- PC makers plead with China for release from Youth Escort
- True to form, having figured out the wind is blowing strongly against Green Dam - Youth Escort the censorware that China had ordered PC makers to install before selling computers in the country, the tech industry has now lent its name to a tepid letter of protest to the Chinese...
- Tags: Software, China, PC Company, Tools & Techniques, Government, Management, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-06-16
- Chip sales: April a case of good news, bad news
- Global chip sales rose to $15.6 billion in April, up 6.4 percent from March. That's the good news. The bad: Chip sales are still down 25 percent from April sales of $20.9 billion a year ago, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association. The SIA provides the following...
- Tags: Chip, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Semiconductors, Sales, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-06-01
- EU's Intel ruling: Are there intangible benefits for AMD?
- EU's Intel ruling: Are there intangible benefits for AMD?Why?The average American be it in business or elsewhere usually knows little and/or cares less about what people/companies do. Besides, they are probably more worried about if they are employed next week rather than being overly concerned with Intel, AMD or the...
- Tags: Free trade, benefit, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-05-18
- Photos: Chip champs inducted into hall of fame
- Silicon Valley gala and awards ceremony honors semiconductor industry MVPs. by CNET News.com
- Tags: Photograph, Chip, Semiconductors, Hardware, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2009-05-04
- Your next software buying decision: zero cost?
- My piece about SugarCRM contains a line from Vinnie Mirchandani that's been ringing in my ears: "They're tiny." What's tiny about: Free edition 400,000 users 50,000 systems Commercial customers 100,000 users 5,000...
- Tags: Software, Open Source, Margin, OSS, Jeff Nolan, Tools & Techniques, Management, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-05-01
- China and IP: the piper will get paid
- As everyone knows, and as our quarterly supply chain risk data proves, China is a den of thieves as far as IP is concerned. Today's New York Times has a lengthy and prominent article on brand piracy in Shenzhen's cell phone industry. The practice of making and selling black market...
- Tags: Brand, Branding, Business Operations, China, Corporate Law, Enterprise Software, IP, Kevin O'Marah, Marketing, Network Technology, Networking, Piracy, Software, Supply Chain Management (SCM)
- Blog posts 2009-04-28
- Nanowires, nanoribbons and 'graphane' among materials that'll revolutionize computers
- Architects of the next generation of computers are developing a variety of nanostructures to meet the demand for increasingly smaller features for semiconductors, microprocessors, and other components. These tiny building blocks are quite extraordinary-some even self-assemble. And they'll help overcome many of the limitations of today's microelectronics...
- Tags: Nanotube, Carbon Nanotube, Computer, Chip, Nanotechnology, Semiconductors, Emerging Technologies, Hardware, Chris Jablonski
- Blog posts 2009-04-24
- Chip sales tank amid industry's 'steepest corrections in its history'
- The Semiconductor Industry Association released its February tally for chip sales and it isn't pretty. February sales were $14.2 billion, down 30.4 percent from a year ago. Chip sales were off 7.6 percent from January. The good news? In a statement, SIA president George...
- Tags: Chip, Hardware, Larry Dignan, Sales, Sales Force Management, Sales Strategy, Semiconductor Industry Association, Semiconductors
- Blog posts 2009-04-03
- Nanorobot for Brain Aneurysm
- The idea of nanorobots floating throughout our arteries to fight diseases and deliver drugs is migrating from science fiction to medical fact, at least in virtual 3D simulations. Nanorobotics pioneer Adriano Cavalcanti and his colleagues report progress with their nanorobot control design NCD software which helps them simulate the behavior...
- Tags: Gradient, Vessel, Manufacturing, Nanotechnology, Team Management, Emerging Technologies, Management, Chris Jablonski
- Blog posts 2009-03-25
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