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The World Is Overflowing With Memory Chips

Arik Hesseldahl in News on January 5 at 3:00 pm PT

The economy, the euro and Thailand have combined into a perfect storm that has caused memory chip inventories to pile up to extreme levels.

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Rambus Is Dealt Patent Setback

Shara Tibken, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on May 13, 2011 at 12:10 pm PT

A U.S. appeals court dealt a blow to Rambus Inc.–and its share price–as it vacated the chip technology company’s win in a patent case against Hynix Semiconductor Inc.

Worries About Phishing Attacks Rise as Epsilon Data Breach Mess Goes On

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on April 6, 2011 at 4:01 pm PT

More companies are drawn into the Epsilon data breach. But don’t worry. Its parent, Allied Data Systems, says it expects “minimal impact” on its operations. Meanwhile, worries about phishing attacks against consumers remain high.

Days After Its Release, the IPad 2 Gets the Teardown Treatment

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on March 13, 2011 at 7:59 am PT

Like night follows day, an Apple product release is always followed by a bunch of reports by people who live to tear the latest gadgets apart to see what’s inside, and more importantly to investors, to estimate what everything inside them costs. The release of the iPad 2 has been no different.

Memory Chips Are About to Get Cheaper

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on January 13, 2011 at 8:28 am PT

As demand for PCs has slowed, so has demand for the memory chips that go into them. Good news for everyone but the companies that make memory.

2010 Was a Boom Year in Chip Sales

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on December 17, 2010 at 8:56 am PT

When 2010 ends, worldwide sales of chips will have grown by their largest single-year increase ever, the market research firm iSuppli says in its latest survey of the global semiconductor market.

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Intel Downgrade Hits Tech Sector

David Benoit, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on August 10, 2010 at 3:07 pm PT

Technology stocks fell hard, as an apparent decline in demand for personal-computer components spurred fears of a sales knock to chip-making giant Intel Corp. and its peers. Several analysts said they had seen a dismal start to August for PC-related orders coupled with piling-up inventories of memory chips, a worrying sign for Intel and other chip makers that were coming off record quarters and had predicted the strength would continue.

Apple Ups Stake in iPhone Chip Firm

John Paczkowski in News on June 26, 2009 at 5:30 am PT

Apple put some of the vast $28 billion in cash and short-term investments it has socked away to good use this week by raising its stake in Imagination Technologies. The $5.16 million investment nearly triples Apple’s original 3.6 percent stake, giving it 9.5 percent ownership of the British chip designer whose PowerVR graphics technology figures prominently in the iPhone and iPod touch.

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Micron: Another Rough Quarter; Cuts Exec Pay By 20 Percent

Eric Savitz, Blogger and Columnist, Baron's, Tech Trader Daily in News on October 1, 2008 at 5:03 pm PT

Micron (MU) posted worse-than-expected results this afternoon for its fiscal fourth quarter ended August 28. The memory chip company posted revenue of $1.45 billion, below the Street consensus at $1.54 billion. The company lost $344 million in the quarter, including a $205 million write-down of inventory and work in progress, offset by a gain of $70 million for price adjustments for NAND products purchased from other suppliers in prior periods.