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January 31
- Global semiconductor sales hit record $213 billion
- Via intros PT chipsets for P4, supports PCIe and AGP graphics cards
- Intel, Nvidia were Q4's graphics chip winners
- LCD-monitor inventory levels increase by more than two weeks
- Excess semiconductor inventory falls faster than expected in Q4
- Graphics-card shipments to drop 15-20 percent in January
January 30
- MPAA anti-piracy software not as bad as reported, but still stupid
January 28
- Samsung: DDR2 production to surpass DDR1 in Q3
- Sixteen 300mm fabs to start this year
- Corsair intros water cooling kit
- Freescale licenses PowerVR MBX graphics core
- Gainward to ship NV45s
- ATI becomes largest graphics card supplier
- Technology conversion results in DRAM-supply constraint
- Albatron launches AGP6200 graphics card for AGP interface
January 27
- Intel files for "VIIV" trademark
- Iwill intros nForce Professional board
- Samsung leading DDR2 memory push in 2005
- Nanya to allocate up to 50 percent of capacity to DDR2
- January mobo shipments from Taiwan top four drop 3 percent
- Nvidia chisels away at ATI market share
January 26
- Intel to bring 64-bit to P4, Celerons in Q2
- LCD makers form trade group 3LCD
January 25
- Fujitsu and Fraunhofer develop amped optical fiber switch
- HIS launches overclocked Radeon X850XT card
- Tyan unveils nForce Pro mobos
- iSuppli: Mergers reshape PC- and LCD-monitor markets
- Agilent releases new LED backlighting system, predicts LEDs will replace CCFLs
- Micron's 2Gbit NAND flash not shipping on time
- DRAM report: New Intel chips may boost some DRAM firms
January 24
- Transmeta licences low-power tech to Sony
- AMD readies Castle, Snowmass and Dragonfly
- Intel indicates prices for Smithfield, 64-bit 600 CPUs
- Nvidia intros nForce Professional, Quadro SLI
January 22
- Nanoscale electron island key to new LCDs?
January 21
- Sony's Cell processor to run at 4.6 GHz
- Six Intel Yonah dual core processors cooking in fabs
- Intel prices up 8XX dual core Smithfields
- Intel to launch Presler dual-core desktop CPU in Q1 2006
- AMD to keep dual-core processors in current 90nm power envelope
January 20
- Sources: Prices for 15" monitor-use CFs drop to nearly US$20
- Hynix sees yield rate jump on 0.11-micron DRAM, plans to produce 90nm NAND flash
- DisplaySearch: 29- to 32" segment to become LCD-TV mainstream
- Western Digital to offer 6 GByte 1" harddrive
January 19
- Samsung completes working prototype of 512Mbit mobile DRAM
January 18
- ATI releases Catalyst 5.1 driver, supports 64-bit architectures under Linux
- Intel 2.13 GHz Pentium M 770 arrives
- ATI to launch R481 soon
- Infineon denies rumor claiming it had up to 30,000 defective DRAM wafers
- Intel's dual-core CPUs to set new record high in power consumption
January 17
- Nvidia announces GeForce 6200 AGP
- AMD holds off on DDR-2 support
January 14
- Intel delays death of 100 MHz Pentium
- XGI releases new Volari driver package
January 13
- Integrated circuits made of plastic
- Intel delays BBUL processor package
- Nvidia adds GeForce 6600 AGP and 6800 LE PCI Express to product line
- TFT-LCD panel prices bottom out in February?
January 12
- Intel tiger uses price cutting to spoil AMD strategy
- Nvidia makes its bucks from Geforce FX series
- Samsung ships more than 15 million GDDR3 memory units
- Boxed 533 MHz FSB Dothans spotted
January 11
- Samsung shows flexible LCD
- Corsair's blinking memory modules
- Infineon launches "Aeneon" branded DRAM modules
- Mobo shipments from Taiwan first-tier makers drop six percent
- Intel's Sonoma launch coming Jan. 19
January 10
- Micron ships first PC2-5300 FBDIMMs
- Lacie announces 2 TByte RAID subsystem, portable USB harddrive
- AMD's Turion to compete with Pentium M
January 7
- Transmeta offers Efficeon reference design kit
- Sony to pay $176 million for Taiwan firm's LCD unit
- Intel researchers build laser on chip
- 16x DVD-R media to ship in January
January 6
- Nvidia launches GeForceGo 6200 for mainstream notebooks
- FogScreen projects on thin air
- Intel boffins use lasers to replace electrickery
January 5
- CES: Verbatim to ship 8x DVD+RWs, prepares 8x DVD+R DL
- CES: Hitachi plans 10 GByte MicroDrive
- Taiwan makers to begin marketing 915GL/PL motherboards in early February
- Transmeta revamps business model, increases focus on IP licensing
January 4
- InPhase shows prototype of holographic disc drive
- Mu-Card Alliance's new 2 TByte 'µcard' ready
- DFI launches SLI and dual-display motherboards
- Samsung sees a slight DRAM oversupply for 2005
- SanDisk acquires Israeli company MDRM
- CES: Samsung claims to have developed world's largest OLED for TVs
- Iogear launches backup harddrive
January 3
- Fujitsu's DynaMo 1300 drive receives data encryption tech
- Global semiconductor sales pass $19 billion in November
- AMD intros portable multimedia processor, partners with TivoToGo
- Nvidia to debut entry-level AGP-capable GeForce 6-series chip
- Samsung raising DRAM allocation for PC OEMs
- Intel to introduce C0 stepping 915P/G chipsets in March
- Taiwan police seizes 60,000 suspect AMD CPUs