Micron Technology Inc.
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OEMs must take hard, solid look at disk drives
News They should quit pitting hard disk drives against solid-state drives, and focus on the strengths of each to add value in offerings, analyst urges.
Tags: Storage, Memory, Semiconductor, Storage, OEM, hard drive, IM, Micron Technology Inc., revenue, vice president
Firms bring projector mobiles closer to reality
News update Singapore semiconductor turnkey provider and Israeli chipset maker gear to debut projection technology on phones and laptops, to aid presentations on the move.
Tags: Processors, Development/design, Handhelds, Notebooks and tablets, Chief Scientist, Mobile Device, Singapore, Israel, projector, Micron Technology Inc.
Hyundai Electronics to sell US$782m of assets, cut 5,000 jobs
News Hyundai Electronics Industries Co said it plans to raise 1 trillion won (US$782 million) in asset sales and cut 5,000 jobs, hoping to convince investors the world's second-largest computer memory chipmaker can stay afloat.
Apple snapping up flash memory for new iPhone?
News The company is asking flash memory companies to deliver as many chips as they possibly can, perhaps in advance of a new iPhone this summer.
Tags: Smart phones, Storage, Apple Inc., COO, Apple iPhone 3G, Storage, Hynix Semiconductor Inc., phone, 3G, flash memory
Obama meets with technology CEOs
News A handful of chief executives in the industry, including IBM's Sam Palmisano and Motorola's Greg Brown, meet with U.S. President Barack Obama to discuss the economy.
Tags: Federal Government, Hardware, Software, Investments, Entrepreneurship, Venture capital, Business plans, Motorola Inc., Applied Materials Inc., Samuel J. Palmisano
Micron, Intel move to 34nm NAND flash
News The very small-format, high-capacity 32Gb flash memory chips should be available soon for use in devices such as cameras and personal music players.
Tags: Memory, Digital cameras, Music devices, Storage, Intel Corp., Memory Chip, Chip, Storage, NAND, NAND Flash
Semiconductor sales defy energy price rises
News The first half of 2008 saw 5.4 percent year-on-year growth in global semiconductor sales, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association.
Tags: Processors, Memory, Mobile, Semiconductor Industry Association, Semiconductor, Semiconductor Sale, Sales, Memory, NAND flash, unit growth
Micron module promises to boost server memory
News Company says its new DDR3 memory module will significantly increase the amount of memory available on servers.
Tags: Processors, SAP AG, CPU, Motherboard, Memory Chip, Chip, Memory, memory capacity, Server, processor
Apple signs deal with LG for display supply
News LG received US$500 million upfront as part of a five-year deal that seems similar to deals Apple has cut with flash memory suppliers.
Tags: Monitors and displays, Storage, Apple Inc., South Korea, flat panel, Apple iPod, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., flash memory, Micron Technology Inc., LG Electronics Inc.
Hyundai Electronics to sell US$782m of assets, cut 5,000 jobs
News Hyundai Electronics Industries Co said it plans to raise 1 trillion won (US$782 million) in asset sales and cut 5,000 jobs, hoping to convince investors the world's second-largest computer memory chipmaker can stay afloat.
Slight relief for Asia DRAM chip market
News The dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chip sector in Asia is set for a modest cyclical pickup in the coming months, following a bleak second quarter which saw spot prices plummeting to new lows, according to a Dow Jones report.
Dell AP to replace glitchy memory chips in notebooks
News Dell Computer Corp will replace the faulty memory chips in its Latitude and Inspiron notebooks sold in Asia Pacific between February and November 1999.
NEC, Hitachi to disclose strategy for chip venture
News NEC Corp, the world's No. 2 chipmaker, and Hitachi Ltd said they will today disclose the strategy for their memory chip joint venture to build market share in a business increasingly dominated by four to five companies.
