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Monday April 28, 2003

[H]ardNews - In The News

Up for March:

SAN JOSE -- There is good and bad news in the IC industry. Worldwide semiconductor sales climbed to $12.1 billion in March 2003, a 2.6 percent increase from $11.8 billion in the previous month, according to new data from the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) here today (April 28).

Common Crashes:

NEW YORK (AP) - When his dishwasher acts up and won't stop beeping, Jeff Seigle turns it off and then on, just as he does when his computer crashes. Same with the exercise machines at his gym and his CD player.

Malfunctions caused by bizarre and frustrating glitches are becoming harder and harder to escape now that software controls everything from stoves to cell phones, trains, cars and power plants.

Extinct Soon:

The report, The Ever-Shifting Internet Population, found 19 per cent of people who stopped using the internet remain offline because they no longer own or have use of a computer. Another 13 per cent said they didn't like the internet, or find it interesting or useful. And 12 per cent said they didn't have the time to go online.

SiS Graphics & UMC:

Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) has decided to spin off its graphics chip division (multimedia product division) as a new subsidiary in May or June under the name of Tu Chiang Technology (transliterated from Chinese), according to sources.

Celeron $s Down:

Intel on April 27 lowered its high-end Celeron processor prices, with cuts reaching around 20%. The top-end 2.4GHz Celeron processor is now the only one in the line priced over US$100.

I had no idea there was such a thing as a "high-end Celeron". (Rim shot please.)

Posted by Kyle 2:58 AM (DST)