With the upcoming launch of Intel’s Nehalem CPUs, the highly integrated CPU means a boost for corresponding flip-chip (FC) substrate demand is likely as more substrates are required for new designs, according to industry players. Continue reading “Intel Nehalem CPUs to fuel FC substrate growth”.
Corsair just announced what they claim is the the worlds first high performance memory modules for the MacBook noteboks. The new Corsair memory modules are the industrys first low latency modules specifically tuned for the Continue reading “Corsair Memory Announces Low Latency Apple MacBook Memory Kits”.
Japan’s Toshiba is likely to book a $986 million loss in its high-definition DVD business and post a full-year operating profit of about $2.44 billion, falling short of its outlook, the Nikkei business daily said Continue reading “Toshiba faces $986 million loss on HD DVDs”.
Electronic Arts on Thursday launched a tender offer for rival video game maker Take-Two Interactive at $26 a share, indicating its $2 billion bid is turning hostile. EA’s tender offer will expire at midnight on Continue reading “Electronic Arts launches tender offer for Take-Two”.
Although Intel has not yet officially announced its high-end X48 chipset, some first-tier motherboard makers started shipping boards in small volumes a few days ago. Mass shipping will start in the middle of March, according Continue reading “Intel X48 motherboards to show up in the channel this week”.
Toshiba Corp. is expected to see total HD DVD losses balloon to as much as 100 billion yen (985.61 million dollars), the Nikkei business daily said, without identifying its sources. Toshiba declined to confirm specific Continue reading “DVD failure to cost Toshiba nearly a billion dollars”.
Apparently the mourning period for HD DVD is over and everyone is falling into the BluRay line! Microsoft is developing software that will add native support for devices that play Sony’s Blu-ray high definition movie Continue reading “Microsoft Adding Sony Blu-ray Support To Windows”.
ASUS IS FINALLY taking the step that you knew they would, they are making PCs. Low and high end machines are first out of the gate, complimenting the laptops and accessories they already make. First Continue reading “Asus becomes a PC company”.
Adobe Systems plans to update its ColdFusion 8 technology within the next month with additional 64-bit platform support before launching a full-scale upgrade codenamed “Centaur” in 2009. ColdFusion is a server platform for deploying Web Continue reading “Adobe ColdFusion warming to 64-bit Operating Systems”.
OCZ Technology today unveiled the OCZ Vendetta 2, an efficient new CPU cooler with a powerful 120mm fan design for maximum performance. Utilizing a distinctive stacked fin design and trend-setting heat-pipe direct touch (HDT) design Continue reading “OCZ Announces The Vendetta 2 CPU Cooler”.
Google said today it has completed its $3.1 billion takeover of DoubleClick for the New York company’s online advertising management expertise, shortly after the European Union approved the deal. “We are thrilled that our acquisition Continue reading “Google closes $3.1 billion DoubleClick acquisition”.
Mozilla accelerated toward the final of Firefox 3 Monday by posting the fourth beta for download and immediately confirming that it would give developers just a week before it froze the code on the next. Continue reading “Mozilla unleashes Firefox 3 Beta 4”.
AMD has recently notified its partners that the company expects its share in the discrete graphics card market to rise after its next generation RV770 GPU shows up in the end of the second quarter, Continue reading “AMD lineup for GPU, CPU and notebook platforms revealed”.
IBM and Hitachi are expected to announce a research agreement on Monday in which the companies will collaborate to improve semiconductor technology, including shrinking the features on silicon chips. Researchers from the companies will try Continue reading “IBM, Hitachi team up to advance 32nm and 22nm chip research”.
A British company has developed a camera that can detect weapons, drugs or explosives hidden under people’s clothes from up to 25 meters away in what could be a breakthrough for the security industry. The Continue reading “Britain makes camera that ‘sees’ under clothes”.
