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September 30
- Microsoft's Ballmer to confer with EU antitrust chief next week
- SanDisk and M-Systems said to set sights on 40 percent U3 penetration
- The M2, Sony's new Memory Stick
- Sandisk to launch 4 GByte embedded Flash memory for cellphones
- iPod subway map maker tells his story
- Intel to partner with RIM on next-gen Blackberry device
- Future Crossfire cards not limited to 1600x1200 @ 60 Hz
September 29
- Intel's 65 nm Pentium 4 to consume less power
- Samsung plans biggest chip plant
- Spansion said to be planning NOR flash price increase
- Samsung: LCD TV panel prices to continue falling
- Asia-Pacific AMD CPU supply tightens
- TMDisplay to feature finger shadow touch-screen at CEATEC Japan
September 28
- ATI samples next-generation X1000 mobile graphics processors
- Nvidia increases the pace in high-performance mobile graphics
- Sandisk to launch 4 GByte embedded Flash memory for cellphones
- Spot markets say Samsung NAND flash shortage intensifying
- PC makers slow move into LCD TV market
- SanDisk introduces "gruvi" memory card with built-in DRM
- SanDisk launches secure memory card
September 27
- Sony may invest more in Samsung LCD venture
- Future Crossfire cards not limited to 1600x1200 @ 60 Hz
- TFT LCD equipment market growth to slow, says research firm
- Spansion said to be set to sample 90nm 1Gbit ORNAND flash
- Hynix to sample 8Gbit NAND flash this month
- Ritek and CMC to up DVD DL disc production capacity
- CMO claims it developed world's highest screen resolution LCD TV panel
- Server vendors form Itanium alliance to resurrect, promote 64-bit platform
- OCZ, Corsair launch new DDR memory modules
September 26
- AMD launches dual-core MP Opterons; Intel responds with low-voltage Xeons
- Epox launches SLI mobo for Sempron processors
- Elpida to boost 90nm DDR2 proportion above 50 percent in Q4
- High-density NAND flash from Samsung in short supply
- ATI turns to UMC for 90nm R-series orders
September 23
- Brightside intros 200,000:1 contrast ratio display
- Nanomaterials to benefit flat panel industry
- Graphics card makers expect Vista to improve profits
- Acer to deliver 24" wide screen LCD monitors in October
- SEC investigating Altera's dealings with analysts
September 22
- New virtual memory tools, devices may speed up Windows Vista I/O
- Microsoft to include Crossfire support in Windows Vista
- DRAM market shows stronger shift to DDR2
- Large-size LCD panel oversupply to be worse than expected
- Abit to migrate half of its capacity to ECS by end of October
- MSI readies three new NVIDIA 6100-integrated boards
- Vista graphics drivers to be more stable than XP drivers, ATI says
September 21
- Katrina damage to silicon firm won't affect chip production in 2007: iSuppli
- Agere unveils system-on-a-chip for portable HDD devices
- ATI launches Avivo graphics platform for home entertainment
- New Biostar iDEQ 330N mini-PC based on Nvidia GeForce 6100
- Manufacturers report Intel chipset shortage across-the-board
September 20
- LaCie offers a fashionable, flashy USB keychain hard drive
- New Intel 65 nm lithography promises reduced leakage for small devices
- Intel remixes chip recipe to cut power
- Nvidia's first IGP targets mainstream market
September 19
- PDC: Microsoft's Greg Sullivan on XML, information systems, Google
- ATI strikes deal with Intel, delivers Xpress 200 IGP for Intel boards
- New Nvidia and ATI GPUs to help drive up average selling price in 4Q
September 16
- Memorex intros "smallest" 4 GByte USB harddrive
- Nvidia C51 to help grab integrated chipset market
- PDC: Microsoft to aim for "tiered" hardware requirements for Vista
- ATI announces X800 GT, GTO
September 15
- Reports of demise of 1" harddrives "greatly exaggerated" - iSuppli
- Seagate buys Mirra, NAS capabilities
- LCD TV panel inventory building, as are oversupply concerns
- Industry group to challenge Intel's AMT manageability tech, sort of
September 14
- Nvidia ships 6800XT graphic cards
- Premier, Ability Enterprise: DSCs not to be supplanted by camera phones
- ATI Radeon X1800 graphics card expected to cost $599
- Intel's cost per die is only $40
- Benq announces "world's fastest" 20" wide-screen LCD
- Micron releases high-res CMOS image sensors for cellphones
- PDC: Microsoft unveils new programming platforms
September 13
- 100 GByte storage for your cell phone?
- BitMicro rolls out 155 Gig solid-state flash drive
- Planar debuts stereoscopic 3D display
- PDC: "SuperFetch" to accelerate application boot time in Vista
- ASP for handset-use LCD panels to drop more than 10% this month
- Second-tier NAND flash makers to raise contract prices
- Intel 975X chipset to support Nvidia's SLI and ATI's CrossFire
- Albatron announces Nvidia nForce4 SLI Intel motherboard
September 12
- Albatron intros PCIe bridge card for AGP graphics cards
- Intel's Viiv specifications leaked
- Intel schedules Pentium Extreme Edition 955 for Q1 2006
- ATI to match Nvidia's GeForce 7800 volume launch - almost
- Intel buys entry-level chipsets from ATI
- LCD monitor makers report declining shipments
- Nanya remains positive about DDR2 demand, despite Intel chipset shortage
- First Toshiba SED TVs to have 50" diagonals
- Samsung builds foundation for 32 GByte Flash cards
September 9
- Semiconductor growth to slow substantially in 2005, analysts say
- First-tier vendors cutting flat-panel TV prices
- TI DLP 1080p chips for projectors arrive
September 8
- Brands of ATI's new graphic chips leaked, Crossfire boards to cost more than $200
- Australian Microsoft strategist raises eyebrows with Vista hardware requirements
- Xbox 360 component shipments to boost Foxlink and Ji-Haw revenues
- DDR and DDR2 trending in opposite directions in contract market
- Intel said to be scheduling CPU price cuts for January 2006
- A-Data sampling DDR2-533 and DDR2-667 FB-DIMMs
September 7
- Hitachi GST to start volume shipments of Mikey microdrives in 4Q
- DRAM prices to see moderate increase in September
September 6
- Samsung to increase production capacity of LCD glass substrates by 150 percent
- Nvidia 7800 Ultra cancelled?
- Samsung announces first 256 Mbit PSRAM for cellphones
- PBGA substrate shortage may disrupt SiS and VIA chipset shipments
- Gigabyte introduces Nvidia nForce Professional RoHS-compliant motherboard
September 5
- Tight PDP supply expected for 4Q
- Packaging and testing outlook bright as demand picks up
- ATI R520 GPUs to come in 3Q
September 2
- Maxtos intros 500 GByte external network and media storage
- Via announces P4M800 Pro IGP chipset for P4
- Hitachi thinks small with new 8 GByte microdrive
- DRAM price slide to continue next year amid capacity expansion
- ASP for 7" LCD panels to rise in 2H05
- Chipset prices may rise 10 percent
- Elpida jumps into consumer electronics DRAM business
September 1
- Fierce competition causes semiconductor market to decline
- New IrDA spec shoots for 100Mbit/s data rates