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Thursday 28 June 2007
Late but focused: Q&A with Kingston NAND flash director, Darwin Chen, part II
Despite its relatively late presence in the NAND flash sector, Kingston Technology, which is well known for its DRAM module business, sees its late presence as giving the company...
Thursday 28 June 2007
GPS applications in handsets to see explosive growth: Q&A with SiRF founder Kanwar Chadha
SiRF's recent success in the GPS chip market is undeniable. But for Kanwar Chadha, founder of the IC design house, SiRF still has a long way to go. Digitimes recently talked with...
Wednesday 27 June 2007
MediaFLO ecosystem is ready: Q&A with Omar Javaid from Qualcomm
Although the promotion of MediaFLO as a standard for mobile TV broadcasting by Qualcomm was lagging behind other technologies such as DVB-H and DMB in the beginning, commercial MediaFLO...
Monday 25 June 2007
No more Frankenstein means opportunity: Q&A with Synopsys CEO, Aart de Geus
As more customers are now preferring their solutions to be made on one complete automation design platform, Synopsys believes it is exposed to more opportunities like growing partnerships...
Wednesday 20 June 2007
Blue-laser to take up 20-30% of ODD sales volume in 2010, Q&A with Masayuki Kozuka of Matsushita
In light of emerging global demand for blue-laser – Blu-ray Disc (BD) and/or HD DVD – optical disc drives (ODDs) Matsushita Electric Industrial (Panasonic) has established...
Wednesday 13 June 2007
When dual-core is a must for handsets: Q&A with Casey Springer from IDT
When the concept of "dual-core" spreads from PC to handsets, chip makers will be addressing challenges arising from basic handset functions and multimedia content management...
Tuesday 12 June 2007
Asia becoming market leader in Wi-Fi handsets: Q&A with Milos Djokovic, CEO and president of Zi Corporation
VoIP telephony is increasingly being adopted in use around the world and Wi-Fi handsets are playing an ever larger role in this sector. Milos Djokovic, CEO and president of Zi Corporation,...
Friday 8 June 2007
Intel discusses quad-core processor server market: Q&A with Boyd Davis, general manager of server platform group marketing of Intel
With AMD and Intel pushing their quad-core server processors at Computex Taipei 2007, Digitimes got a chance to talk to Boyd Davis, general manager of server platform group marketing...
Friday 8 June 2007
Intel discusses Bearlake: Q&A with Richard Malinowski, vice president, chipset group, Intel
With the launch of its 3 series chipset (Bearlake) at Computex Taipei 2007, Intel expects to see the chipset ramp to become the mainstream standard in 2007, while introducing new...
Thursday 7 June 2007
Micron 2Gbit DDR3 ready to go, but demand not there
With Intel's DDR3-supporting Bearlake chipsets now officially launched, players in the DRAM market will begin their transitions to DDR3 production. Like many other DRAM makers, Micron...
Thursday 7 June 2007
Computex 2007: Apacer showcasing "True" SATA SSD
Apacer has placed SSD applications in the spotlight at its booth (D126, D136, D225, D235, Hall 1) at Computex Taipei 2007. While most major memory applications makers are featuring...
Wednesday 6 June 2007
Vertical integration key to Kingmax success on microSD platform
Although memory cards have become a must for consumer electronics (CE) gadgets, various standards continue to be pushed in the market, creating some confusion among users. However,...
Wednesday 6 June 2007
Transcend to expand capacity in China by 50% this year
Memory module maker Transcend Information is already seeing a five-fold sales increase for its NAND flash cards and USB drives this year, and the company is confident it will sustain...
Monday 4 June 2007
There is no principle to indicate whether acquisition or separation is good or bad: Q&A with TH Tung, vice chairman of Asustek Computer
With many IT players expanding their business by acquiring others over the past few years, TH Tung, the vice chairman of Asustek Computer and chairman of Kinsus Interconnect Technology...
Wednesday 30 May 2007
The mobile TV ecosystem: Q&A with Hamutal Raab and Ronen Jashek of mobile chip designer Siano
Mobile TV is a hot topic. Technology standards have been set, spectrum has been allocated and the content is there. However, the industry is fragmented, with different markets supporting...