Hitachi

LCD Makers Cough Up $538 Million to Settle Price-Fixing Charges

John Paczkowski in News on December 27, 2011 at 3:24 pm PT

Seven major liquid-crystal display makers settle charges that they illegally conspired to fix prices of LCDs.

LCD Merger Gets Boost

Kenneth Maxwell and Judy Lam, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on September 1, 2011 at 4:00 am PT

In a move to support technology companies striving to compete with aggressive rivals from other parts of Asia, Japan is pumping $2.6 billion into a merger of the small-panel LCD operations of three of the country’s biggest electronics makers.

The Satellite: Extra Storage for Tablets on the Go

Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on July 6, 2011 at 6:04 pm PT

Seagate Technology’s GoFlex Satellite is a portable hard disk that carries big storage capacity for your tablet by creating a local Wi-Fi network.

Short Supply of Japanese Electronic Parts Hitting Global Car Industry

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on March 24, 2011 at 11:56 am PT

The problems plaguing the supply of electronics components in the wake of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster are reverberating into the automotive industry and causing some production lines to shut down.

How the Japan Quake Is Disrupting the Supply of Notebook Batteries and LCD Displays

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on March 16, 2011 at 3:19 pm PT

You can’t sell notebook PCs without lithium-ion batteries, and it turns out many of the companies making batteries or parts for them are in areas of Japan affected by the quake. It’s also hard to make LCD screens amid rolling blackouts.

News Byte

Western Digital Acquires Hitachi Hard Drive Unit

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on March 7, 2011 at 8:00 am PT

The number of companies making computer hard drives is dropping by one, as Western Digital–the industry’s largest player–agreed to acquire Hitachi GST, the hard drive unit of the Japanese electronics concern Hitachi for $4.3 billion in cash and stock. Western Digital will pay $3.5 billion in cash and issue 25 million shares to Hitachi, giving it a stake worth about 10 percent of Western Digital’s equity. Steve Milligan, president and chief executive of Hitachi GST, will become Western Digital’s president. Hitachi bought IBM’s hard drive business for $2 billion in 2003. The deal follows an attempt by Western Digital to buy rival Seagate, though, as Bloomberg News reported at the time, the approach failed over concerns that the combination wouldn’t pass muster with antitrust regulators. Seagate also turned down an offer to go private from TPG Capital last year.

Who Isn't Rambus Suing at the ITC?

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on December 30, 2010 at 9:27 am PT

The chip interface designer known best for its epic court battles is taking a virtual who’s-who among tech companies to the International Trade Commission.

Hitachi, Johnson Controls in Lithium-Ion Battery Tie-Up

Juro Osawa, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on October 18, 2010 at 3:47 pm PT

Hitachi Ltd. and Johnson Controls Inc. will team up to produce lithium-ion batteries for electric cars and advanced power distribution systems, the latest in a series of tie-ups and joint ventures looking to capitalize on the burgeoning market for next-generation batteries. Hitachi and Johnson Controls said they will work together in all aspects of the lithium-ion battery business—from research, development and production to marketing and sales.

Laptop Deals So Hot They're on Fire! Act Now and We'll Send You a Fire Blanket and the Sony 'Stop, Drop and Roll' Burn Kit–Free!

John Paczkowski in News, April 26, 2007 at 10:29 am PT

Laptop Deals So Hot They’re on Fire! Act Now and We’ll Send You a Fire Blanket and the Sony ‘Stop, Drop and Roll’ Burn Kit–Free!

John Paczkowski in News, April 26, 2007 at 10:29 am PT

AllThingsD by Writer