Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2097 technology Semiconductor Industry & Servers en-us Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:23:44 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2097 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/semiconductor/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091119/bs_nm/us_semiconductors nm/20091119/us_semiconductors Reuters business Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:23:44 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/semiconductor/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091119/bs_nm/us_semiconductors"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091119/i/r1301638242.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=di8D5ea96pquPQFoP7vvoQ--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="A man walks past Intel motherboard displays during the 2009 Computex exhibition in Taipei June 2, 2009. REUTERS/Nicky Loh" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Chip stocks fell on Thursday after Bank of America Merrill Lynch downgraded the sector on a possible inventory correction, although two of Europe's top chipmakers were upbeat about recovery prospects.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/semiconductor/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091119/bs_nm/us_semiconductors"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091119/i/r1301638242.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=di8D5ea96pquPQFoP7vvoQ--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="photo" title="A man walks past Intel motherboard displays during the 2009 Computex exhibition in Taipei June 2, 2009. REUTERS/Nicky Loh" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/semiconductor/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091119/bs_nm/us_semiconductors_research_bofamerrill nm/20091119/us_semiconductors_research_bofamerrill Reuters business Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:40:48 GMT Reuters - Semiconductor stocks fell sharply after BofA Merrill Lynch turned bearish on the industry and downgraded several chipmakers, including Intel Corp , citing a modest rise in inventories. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/semiconductor/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091119/bs_nm/us_europeansemis_research_bofamerrill nm/20091119/us_europeansemis_research_bofamerrill Reuters business Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:42:18 GMT Reuters - BofA Merrill Lynch lowered its 2010 growth forecast for global semiconductor industry and downgraded ten chipmakers, including Intel Corp , turning more cautious on the group on expectations of a modest overshoot in global supply chain inventories. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/semiconductor/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091118/ap_on_hi_te/us_earns_semtech ap/20091118/us_earns_semtech AP technology Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:44:58 GMT AP - Semiconductor maker Semtech Corp. on Wednesday reported a third-quarter loss due to a charge related to its acquisition of Sierra Monolithics Inc. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/semiconductor/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091118/ap_on_hi_te/us_marvell_board_member ap/20091118/us_marvell_board_member AP technology Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:56:15 GMT AP - Semiconductor maker Marvell Technology Group Ltd. said Wednesday that it named Ta-lin Hsu to its board. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/semiconductor/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091118/ap_on_hi_te/us_semtech_acquisition ap/20091118/us_semtech_acquisition AP technology Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:33:50 GMT AP - Semiconductor maker Semtech Corp. said Wednesday that it agreed to buy fellow chipmaker Sierra Monolithics Inc. for $180 million in cash. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/semiconductor/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20091118/tc_zd/246205 zd/20091118/246205 PC Magazine technology Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:02:14 GMT PC Magazine - The Asus 1201 is the first Ion-based netbook that bundles a dual-core Intel Atom processor. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/semiconductor/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091118/tc_pcworld/microsoftoffice2010anintriguingbeta pcworld/20091118/microsoftoffice2010anintriguingbeta PC World technology Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:01:00 GMT PC World - With the release of the Office 2010 beta, the general public finally gets to check out how Microsoft plans to deliver on its promises for the next edition of its flagship productivity suite--namely, close integration with lightweight Web versions of core apps (Excel and PowerPoint Web are the first to debut for consumers via Windows Live, with Word and OneNote available only in the business-oriented SharePoint 2010 server beta), better multimedia support, a subtle interface refresh, and a slew of features designed to make document creation and sharing easier. But there's some news too, most notably support within Outlook for tracking feeds from social networks. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/semiconductor/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091118/bs_nm/us_intel_ombudsman nm/20091118/us_intel_ombudsman Reuters business Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:24:20 GMT Reuters - The European Ombudsman rebuked European Union regulators on Wednesday for procedural errors in their antitrust probe of Intel but the censure will not affect a 1.06 billion euro ($1.58 billion) fine against the U.S. chipmaker. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/semiconductor/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20091118/tc_zd/246176 zd/20091118/246176 PC Magazine technology Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:57:05 GMT PC Magazine - Intel Corp Chief Executive Paul Otellini said on Tuesday the semiconductor industry may experience possible "pinch points" in the PC production chain as manufacturers ramp up to meet higher demand next year. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/semiconductor/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20091118/tc_zd/246174 zd/20091118/246174 PC Magazine technology Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:47:27 GMT PC Magazine - The European Ombudsman rebuked European Union regulators on Wednesday for procedural errors in their antitrust probe of Intel but the censure will not affect a 1.06 billion euro ($1.58 billion) fine against the U.S. chipmaker. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/semiconductor/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091118/tc_pcworld/intelcapitalinvests25millionintechcompanies pcworld/20091118/intelcapitalinvests25millionintechcompanies PC World technology Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:00:13 GMT PC World - Intel Capital, the venture capital arm of the world's largest chip maker, Tuesday detailed seven new investments worth around US$25 million in total, in addition to an investment in U.S. WiMax operator Clearwire. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/semiconductor/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091118/tc_pcworld/amdgetsbroaderrightstooutsourcechipproduction pcworld/20091118/amdgetsbroaderrightstooutsourcechipproduction PC World technology Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:30:11 GMT PC World - An updated cross-licensing agreement between Intel and Advanced Micro Devices expands their rights to use third-party chip makers to manufacture x86 chips under certain conditions. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/semiconductor/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091118/tc_nm/us_intel_capital_otellini nm/20091118/us_intel_capital_otellini Reuters technology Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:05:43 GMT Reuters - Intel Corp Chief Executive Paul Otellini said on Tuesday the semiconductor industry may experience possible "pinch points" in the PC production chain as manufacturers ramp up to meet higher demand next year. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/semiconductor/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091117/ap_on_bi_ge/us_amd_board ap/20091117/us_amd_board AP business Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:06:24 GMT AP - Chip maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. said Tuesday it has named Nicholas M. Donofrio, 64, to the its board of directors. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/semiconductor/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091117/ap_on_bi_ge/us_intel_investments ap/20091117/us_intel_investments AP business Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:46:16 GMT AP - The equity investing unit of computer chip maker Intel Corp. said Tuesday it has made seven new investments totaling $25 million to help foster new technologies. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/semiconductor/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091117/ap_on_bi_ge/us_tvia_sec ap/20091117/us_tvia_sec AP business Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:38:00 GMT AP - The Securities and Exchange Commission said Tuesday it has charged former executives at semiconductor company Tvia Inc. with improperly inflating the company's revenue. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/semiconductor/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20091116/bs_nf/70103 nf/20091116/70103 NewsFactor business Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:11:05 GMT NewsFactor - Cray Systems' Jaguar supercomputer, running Advanced Micro Devices six-core Opteron processors, was awarded the top slot Monday among the world's fastest 500 machines after running an industry benchmark at an astounding performance level of 1.759 petaFLOPS, or 1.759 quadrillion calculations per second. By contrast, IBM's BlueGene/P supercomputer achieved just 825.5 TeraFLOPS on the identical Linpack benchmark. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/semiconductor/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091116/tc_afp/usitchipinternetfinanceeconomygartner afp/20091116/usitchipinternetfinanceeconomygartner AFP technology Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:18:16 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/semiconductor/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091116/tc_afp/usitchipinternetfinanceeconomygartner"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091116/capt.photo_1258406265342-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=CY0n.IxrAT7qUQsPkf8B8w--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A semiconductor exhibition at the Taipei World Trade Centre in September 2009. Worldwide semiconductor revenue is expected to decline by more than 11 percent in 2009 over last year, less than previously forecast, market research firm Gartner said Monday.(AFP/File/Patrick Lin)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Worldwide semiconductor revenue is expected to decline by more than 11 percent in 2009 over last year, less than previously forecast, market research firm Gartner said Monday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/semiconductor/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091116/tc_afp/usitchipinternetfinanceeconomygartner"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091116/capt.photo_1258406265342-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=CY0n.IxrAT7qUQsPkf8B8w--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A semiconductor exhibition at the Taipei World Trade Centre in September 2009. Worldwide semiconductor revenue is expected to decline by more than 11 percent in 2009 over last year, less than previously forecast, market research firm Gartner said Monday.(AFP/File/Patrick Lin)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/semiconductor/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091116/ap_on_bi_ge/us_amd_moody_s ap/20091116/us_amd_moody_s AP business Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:33:35 GMT AP - Moody's Investors Service said Monday it is hiking its credit ratings for Advanced Micro Devices Inc. after the chip maker won a $1.25 billion settlement in its antitrust dispute with rival Intel Corp.