MarketPublishers.com http://marketpublishers.com/lists/news_66.html Hardware & Equipment news en-us 2008-12-02 14:48:08 GMT 2008-12-02 14:48:08 GMT Nvidia Cuts 6.5 Percent of Its Workforce http://marketpublishers.com/lists/3537/news.html Nvidia, a leading maker of graphics chips, added to its recent woes by announcing Thursday afternoon that it will lay off about 6.5 percent of the company’s workforce, or close to 360 people. The layoffs will hit all of Nvidia’s global... 19.09.2008 H-P to slash nearly 25,000 jobs as part of EDS deal http://marketpublishers.com/lists/3517/news.html SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Hewlett-Packard Co. on Monday said it would cut 24,600 jobs and take a fourth-quarter charge of almost $2 billion as part of its recent acquisition of IT services giant Electronic Data Systems. In a written... 16.09.2008 H-P's earnings rise 11% on broad sales gains http://marketpublishers.com/lists/3439/news.html Hewlett-Packard Co. on Tuesday reported fiscal third-quarter profit rose 11% from a year ago as sales reached $28 billion and the technology giant recorded growth in all of its main business areas. H-P said it earned $2 billion, or 80 cents... 20.08.2008 LG Display Says Profitability Will Fall on LCD Prices http://marketpublishers.com/lists/3293/news.html LG Display Co., the world's second- largest maker of liquid-crystal displays, forecast third-quarter profitability will fall more than analysts estimated on declining panel prices, reported The Bloomberg. Earnings before interest, taxes,... 09.07.2008 SDI to Invest 551.8 Billion Won for Organic Displays http://marketpublishers.com/lists/3252/news.html Samsung SDI Co., the world's largest maker of organic displays, plans to invest 551.8 billion won ($529 million) to increase production of the screens, reported The Bloomberg. The investments will be completed by June 2009, Suwon, South... 30.06.2008 IBM aims to cool chips with water http://marketpublishers.com/lists/3145/news.html A network of tiny pipes of water could be used to cool next-generation PC chips, researchers at IBM have said, reported The BBC. Scientists at the firm have shown off a prototype device layered with thousands of "hair-width"... 09.06.2008 IBM races to make hi-tech memory http://marketpublishers.com/lists/2939/news.html Handheld gadgets storing thousands of hours of film footage could soon be a reality thanks to IBM scientists, reported The BBC. Researchers for the computer giant are working on a technology known as racetrack memory which uses tiny... 15.04.2008 Elpida, Memory Chipmakers Rise on Price Plans http://marketpublishers.com/lists/2850/news.html Elpida Memory Inc. led shares of computer-memory producers higher for a second day after saying it plans to raise prices in the face of a glut that has driven chipmakers to record losses in the $31 billion market, reported The Bloomberg. ... 01.04.2008 Silicon chips stretch into shape http://marketpublishers.com/lists/2836/news.html Normally fragile and brittle silicon chips have been made to bend and fold, paving the way for a new generation of flexible electronic devices, reported The BBC. The stretchy circuits could be used to build advanced brain implants, health... 31.03.2008 Chips pass two billion milestone http://marketpublishers.com/lists/2483/news.html The first chip to pack more than two billion transistors has been launched by silicon giant Intel, reported The BBC. The quad-core chip, known as Tukwila, is designed for high-end servers rather than personal computers. It operates at... 04.02.2008 Tiny wind engines cool computers http://marketpublishers.com/lists/1633/news.html Minuscule wind engines could help to take computing power to the next level, scientists believe, reported The BBC. US researchers have developed a prototype device that creates a "breeze" made up of charged particles, or ions, to... 15.08.2007 Apple, Sony Adopt LED Lights, Lift Producers' Shares http://marketpublishers.com/lists/1496/news.html Light-emitting diodes started as the little red indicators on clock radios and are backlights in most cell phones. Now the LEDs are helping Apple Inc. and Sony Corp. slim down computers and televisions and cut power usage, reported The Bloomberg.... 20.07.2007 Samsung May Report Lowest Profit in 4 Years on Chips http://marketpublishers.com/lists/1444/news.html Samsung Electronics Co., Asia's largest maker of semiconductors, flat screens and mobile phones, may report its lowest quarterly profit in four years after a glut drove prices of computer memory chips to record lows, reported The Bloomberg. ... 12.07.2007 Toshiba Says It Expects Chip Sales to Rise 54% in Four Years http://marketpublishers.com/lists/1428/news.html Toshiba Corp., Japan's biggest chipmaker, forecast sales at its semiconductor division to rise 54 percent in the next four years on demand for NAND flash memory, reported The Bloomberg. The company expects the chip business's sales to reach... 09.07.2007