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Using a CMOS sensor, Toshiba's new TCM8230MD camera module offers a very small form factor (6mm x 6mm x 4.5mm) and 40mW power consumption at 30 frames per second, a big improvement on its previous generation. Mass production is slated for May.

Semiconductor capital spending to jump 41% in '04, says report

Amkor posts strong 4Q, plans to boost spending

IDC: Slight quarterly growth in worldwide handheld devices market, but full-year decline of 18% (Jan 27)

Epson to acquire surface acoustic wave (SAW) IP and equipment from Sumitomo Electric (Jan 28)

Canon introduces EOS-1D Mark II pro digital SLR, enabling 8.2-megapixel image capture at 8.5 fps (Jan 29)

Canon's new image stabilizer-equipped zoom lenses for EOS-series AF SLR cameras (Jan 29)

NTT, NEC, Fujitsu Labs, Furukawa Electric, Hitachi and Mitsubishi Electric succeed in photonic GMPLS network experiment (Jan 28)

Funai Electric invests in TeraRecon, tied to digital imaging technology agreement (Jan 29)

Toshiba to start production of latest series of tiny VGA camera modules in May (Jan 29)

Top tech firms boosting R&D (Jan 29)

Hutchison Whampoa clinches green light for back-door listing (Jan 29)

Electronic Arts commits to Sony's portable PSP system (Jan 28)

SanDisk ships 1GB Secure Digital card (Jan 27)

Konami 3Q profit falls, full-year forecast raised (Jan 28)

Apple launches repair program for some iBooks (Jan 28)

Multiband OFDM Alliance: Ultra Wideband wireless standard with enough bandwidth to carry cable TV signal ready in 2005 (Jan 27)

Susquehanna Financial Group: Intel planning earlier price cuts (Jan 28)

See our Jan 20 "Intel to cut P4 price ahead of schedule, accelerate migration to Prescott" story

Briefly: BenQ names sales exec for America (Jan 28)

Intel signals 64-bit offering may be on horizon (Jan 28)

Canon aligners enable world's largest full-field exposure size for 7G LCD panels/color filters (Jan 28)

STMicroelectronics' 4Q net slipped 11%; revenue up 18% (Jan 28)

Intel to open production of PCBs, other products in Russia (Jan 26)

iSuppli: Consumer devices boost hard drive sales (Jan 28)

Gartner: Server shipments grew 25% in 4Q and 20% in 2003 (Jan 28)

Universal Transportable Memory Association (UTMA) to launch new memory card format (Jan 28)

IBM to merge server, chip groups (Jan 28)

Microsoft faces sanctions in Europe (Jan 27)

Gateway still undecided about launching PDA (Jan 28)

ICRT pushes for better quality English-language TV in Taiwan (Jan 29)

Two DJs at ICRT, Taiwan's leading English-language radio station, are pushing for better-quality foreign-language TV. If you often visit Taiwan or you live here and have been disappointed by the available TV, you may want to sign their petition.

LSI Logic posts 4Q profit amid cuts in expenses (Jan 28)

Dell delivers new business notebook computers in Middle East (Jan 28)

Taiwan chipmakers TSMC, UMC likely to report strong 4Q (Jan 28)

Sony fiscal 3Q down, raises yearly forecast on strong euro (Jan 28)

Vodafone eyes US as customer base tops 130 million (Jan 28)

Flextronics expects less severe fiscal 4Q slowdown (Jan 27)

Broadcom exceeds expectations in 4Q (Jan 27)

Nikon aims for 40% of SLR digital camera market next fiscal year (Jan 28)

The New York Times describes Nikon's sub-US$1,000 Coolpix 8700 and D70 here (free registration required)

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