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HP chip of Nvidia of trouble of 38 table engine exposing to the sun is chief culprit

October 12, 2008

According to foreign media coverage, nvidia is opposite at the outset of flaw chip predict to appear some are conservative, HP expressed recently, 38 table machine exists advocate board breakdown.

HP says, machine of table of 38 Pavilion Slimline exists advocate board breakdown, can bring about the computer to cannot be started or cannot show video normally. In machine of these 38 table, at least one part introduced series of Nvidia 6150LE chip.

This year in July, nvidia admits partial G84 and G86 series jotter show calorie of existence flaw, HP, Dai Er, Associate, a variety of model jotter of apple, Suo Ni and business of other jotter production are affected by this problem. To solve this problem, nvidia planned fund of 200 million dollar.

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AMD general at chip of 22nm of formal 2012 put into production

October 12, 2008

Will AMD catch up with Intel 45nm craft to force continuously 22nm? According to relevant report, yes. AMD and cloth of A of A couplet chief of a tribe plunge into compared ATIC to establish The Foundry Company to building the product line of circle of producible 22nm brilliant jointly, brilliant round factory predicts the Fab 4x of new York city in construction to be able to produce 22nm chip formally 2012.

Artful is, intel also will produce 22nm chip 2012, look the competition between AMD and Intel will grow in intensity.

The major move of AMD near future eventually can it competes in intense CPU industry in pant a little, in awaiting 22nm chip to control the process of Cheng, the factory still may meet the brilliant circle that is located in German Dresden produce 32nm chip for its.

The Fab 4x of new York city in the program brilliant round factory (blueprint) :

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AMD tears apart chip production factory in order to improve financial standing

October 10, 2008

Time of Beijing of dispatch of sina science and technology on October 7 message, according to foreign media coverage, AMD week 2 announce, after manufacturing industry of the chip below the banner Wu is torn apart, infuse and cloth of A of A couplet chief of a tribe tie the new joint-stock company that invests a company to hold water jointly than the advanced technique below governmental division. AMD this act aims to reduce cost considerably, in order to improve the competitive situation with Intel.

　　 Close case of those representing capital

Besides the improvement on finance affairs, this second tear apart still will make AMD dedicated the design development at computer chip. Name of new joint ventures is Foundry company, AMD will make chip business infuse is joint-stock company, include to be located in German heart among them tired this two chip manufactory, relevant asset and intellectual property.

In addition, the Mubadala that Abuzabi develops company subordinate develops a company (Mubadala Development Co. ) will note endowment 314 million dollar, make this company is in the equity of AMD by 8.1% rise to 19.3% .

A cloth ties the company of investment firm advanced technique that builds than the government (ATIC) will be noted to Foundry joint-stock company endowment 2.1 billion dollar, in addition, joint-stock company still will assume AMD at present the debt of 1.2 billion dollar. ATIC still will be in future invests to joint-stock company inside 5 years 3.6 billion to 6 billion dollar, produce in order to raise the chip of this company can, plan in new York city county builds Salatuojia factory.

　　 The problem is heavy

Regard the whole world as manufacturer of chip of the 2nd large computer, AMD suffers debt worry to reach all the time taste newly roll out logy problem. July, because the outside asks to AMD improves financial standing and recapture the pressure with Intel competition advantage to be increased increasingly, lu Yi wisdom (Hector Ruiz) demit drops CEO position, hold the position of company president only. This year 2 quarters, this company loss 1.19 billion dollar, adjacent last year double of specified number of deficit of the corresponding period.

AMD bought ATI company to deepen financial difficult position further 2006. Regard whole as bought one share, AMD must absorb the production branch of mobile phone and digital TV chip. The outstanding achievement as a result of these two branches not beautiful, AMD reduces the asset that marked 876 million dollar for this.

　　 Trot along on horseback change will

AMD appoints Mayer of heart gram · Er (Dirk Meyer) holds the position of company CEO, in order to replace doctor of Lu Yi wisdom. President of company of this predecessor of plum Ye Er holds presiding operation official concurrently. He is main and dedicated plan at the strategy, make cost in order to cut a firm. Although create a department to semiconductor manufacturer character is of great importance, but the worry that becomes AMD however, not only charge does not poor, and face the brutal competition with Intel.

Plum Ye Er expresses in statement: Cling to ü  offers the way that makes MD of 珹 of  chaste tree initiated new innovation, with dedicated Yu Xin piece design, maintain the understanding that makes a technology to newest chip at the same time, extensive capital investment prevents while contented business needs. Extensive capital investment prevents while contented business needs..

AMD will own 44.4% stock of joint-stock company, ATIC hold is odd 55.6% , two companies will win same seat in joint-stock company board of directors. AMD senior vice president Doug Geluosi (Doug Grose) will take up the post of Foundry company CEO, and AMD president Lu Yi wisdom will take up the post of joint-stock company president.

If win shareholder approval, trade will be by this year or finish at the beginning of next year. Because involve foreign capital, committee of investment of American foreign country also will develop to trading examine. (Wang Xu)

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AMD tears apart chip to make business detail

October 9, 2008

Dispatch of sina science and technology on October 8 message, AMD and cloth of A of A couplet chief of a tribe plunge into more subordinate than the government ATIC company to announced last night, establish combination production company of a semiconductor temporary denominate is ” The Foundry Company ” . AMD will make chip business infuse is joint-stock company. It is below trade detail:

　　 Trade after finishing, joint-stock company The Foundry Company will:

• has company total prices to be worth 5 billion dollar, the manufacturing capital fund that includes AMD to offer among them and intellectual property (include its to be in heart is tired this pausing manufacturing base) , the intellectual property of 2.4 billion dollar mixes value employee; The additional capital of the 1.4 billion dollar that ATIC offers; The Foundry Company assumes the liability of the 1.2 billion dollar of AMD;

Amalgamative finance affairs of • and AMD reports;

• establishs an origin to represent compositive board of directors identically from the number of AMD and ATIC;

• has AMD and ATIC only two partner, two are in trade have when the end decide by ballot authority identically;

If • is changed into common stock completely, have respectively by AMD and ATIC 44.4% with the share of 55.6% .

Those who consider the equity measure of AMD and ATIC hold is different, the rights and interests of ATIC step up, specific depend on the growth that whether AMD will urge joint-stock company with coming with capital of infuse of ATIC proportionate means.

• headquarters will be set in Silicon Valley; Research and development and production lead group general to will be located in new York, heart tired this pause and Austin;

Unless • is certain special situation, sign exclusive supply agreement in order to produce AMD processor, product of semiconductor of certain proportional other AMD is produced below competitive situation;

• is in metaphase began to build Fab 4X to produce base in new York 2009, state service attends in new York directly after overall investment is used many 1400 employee;

• plans to rise heart is tired this the productivity of a pausing manufacturer, complete the construction of the manufacturer with another advanced technology to 2009;

• joins IBM technology to develop alliance, enter SOI and development of body silicon technology, the market limits of greatly patulous and joint-stock company;

The • heart that finish is tired this of the factory upgrade and after the construction of factory of patulous, new York, the manufacturing base amount inside limits of whole world of the step up below suitable case, if consider to have feasibility from commercial angle, new manufacturer will be built in Abuzabi;

• announces permanent company name and label.

　　 Trade after finishing, AMD general:

• and ATIC are had in joint-stock company decide by ballot authority equally;

If • is changed into common stock completely, have joint-stock company the equity of 44.4% ;

• joint-stock company will partake for AMD the debt of about 1.2 billion dollar, ATIC will pay the joint-stock company that 700 million dollar will come to buy AMD hold share to AMD, in addition, mubadala will pay 314 million dollar to AMD, buy 58 million new emission AMD share assures 30 million subscribe is additional. All these will enhance the cash flow ability of AMD greatly;

• benefit handles shirt-sleeve advantage of the technology with computation and graph, energy is designed and develop next generation innovation products centrally;

Delegate of a Mubadala regards • select as its directorate member;

• and joint-stock company independence have financial report. Assume through allowing joint-stock company 1.1 billion (the net value after deducting AMD to provide ready money of about 100 million dollar to joint-stock company) the debt of the dollar, the cash that pays plus ATIC and Mubadala (total amount amounts to) of 1 billion dollar, the cash flow of the company will raise 2.1 billion dollar;

• can need to choose according to capital in the future and not be to be asked to provide more fund to joint-stock company;

Unless • is certain special situation, joint-stock company signs exclusive supply agreement in order to produce AMD processor, sign an agreement with joint-stock company, product of semiconductor of certain proportional other AMD is produced below competitive situation.

　　 Trade when the end, ATIC general:

• and AMD are had in joint-stock company equal voting authority;

If • is changed into common stock completely, have joint-stock company the equity of 55.6% ;

• is initiative invest 2.1 billion dollar, among them 1.4 billion dollar invests new company directly, additionally 700 million dollar pays AMD directly;

• future is returned 5 years will contributive 3.6 billion to 6 billion dollar, with Yu De tired this of the production factory upgrade and extend, go up in new York city build a new plant.

　　 Trade when the end, mubadala will:

• buys amount 58 million AMD of 314 million dollar are new issue the stock identifies equity evidence with additionally 30 million, in AMD equity be in after complete fry batter in a thin layer is thin of AMD hold a scale to will rise to 19.3% .

• has authority name election of a delegate is taken up the post of in AMD directorate member.

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Global chip sales revenue rose August 5.5%

October 7, 2008

Dispatch of sina science and technology on October 3 message, according to foreign media coverage, evening of Beijing time Zhou Si, semiconductor guild (SIA) report says, because personal computer and mobile phone demand are driven, the whole world chip sales revenue grew compared to the same period August 5% .

SIA expresses, the chip sales revenue August by the 21.5 billion dollar of the corresponding period rose last year to 22.7 billion dollar. This year up to now, global semiconductor sales revenue already amounted to 170.2 billion dollar, than last year the corresponding period increased 4.5% .

SIA report shows, the chip sale July glides this year, the reason is memory product supply exceeds demand brings about a product average price drops.

SIA points out the sales revenue of global personal computer August at the same time ” small glide ” . In economy the setting of growing decelerate falls, other analyst also observed similar result.

SIA president George - Sikalisi (George Scalise) thinks financial crisis may be right chip industry causes adverse effect. He expresses, individual consumer bought behavior to had contributed the sales revenue of half above for semiconductor industry, because this consumer confidence is right industry of global science and technology is crucial. He thinks accordingly, congress should adopt measure quickly to restore the stability of American banking system.

Beautiful east between time Zhou Sizao, semiconductor industry board piece drop generally. Philadelphia semiconductor index dropped 3.9% , AMD of chip industry tycoon dropped 8.3% , intel dropped 3.7% .

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Global chip sale grew 5.5% compared to the same period August

October 7, 2008

[dispatch of Sai Di net] on October 3 message, association of American semiconductor industry expresses, pull strong in personal computer and mobile phone sale move below, global chip sale grew 5.5% compared to the same period August this year.

According to foreign media the report says, but the monthly that association of American semiconductor industry is publishing says in the report, this orgnaization supports cautious attitude to foreground of chip industry near future. Closely related chip industry foreground and consumer confidence.

Association of American semiconductor industry says, august global chip sale by go up the 21.5 billion dollar of year of the corresponding period rose 22.7 billion dollar.

Tall of president of association of American semiconductor industry treats · Si Kali a place of strategic importance to say, consumer occupied the above of half the number that global chip sells, the consumer confidence supply to global high-tech industry catenary is most important. Accordingly, united States Congress ought to begin to restore the stability of American banking system instantly.

Association of American semiconductor industry says in a statement, global chip sale is 170.2 billion dollar during 1-8 month this year, grew 4.5% compared to the same period.

Association of American semiconductor industry says, DRAM memory and NAND show the price pressure be a burden on that puts chip to last the growth of whole chip industry. Do not incorporate memory chip inside, sale of global chip industry grew 11.4% August.

A when published a few days ago according to Swiss credit the report says, pull in what rising market rises strong move below, sale of global personal computer grows extent to will exceed 13% this year, range of growth of mobile phone sale will be in 10% the left and right sides.

(Responsibility edits: Zhang Xiaobin)

Author: Liu Yan is green

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DRAM chip price falls 18% record-breaking

October 4, 2008

[News of plan world network] (Liu Qing river is compiled) report according to foreign media, come from chip online trade the data of website DRAMeXchange shows, in the past inside two weeks of time, the contract price of mainstream DRAM chip falls approach 18% , the historical record of innovation.

DRAMeXchange data shows, in the half moon below September, accompanying the argy-bargy between chip manufacturer and PC manufacturer, the average contract price of DRAM chip falls to 1.44 dollars, and in the half moon on September, average contract price is DRAM chip 1.75 dollars.

Analytic personage points out, industry of current DRAM chip appears substantially the price glides, to it before memory chip manufacturer is blind relationship of product line of mount a horse is close, cause the price between the manufacturer inside course of study to hit thereby pressure, bring malign competition.

After Microsoft rolls out Windows Vista system, chip manufacturer people think consumer can joyfully formerly fast accept Windows Vista system, because be compared with photograph of Windows XP system, former need more memory capacities, windows Vista of expectation of memory chip manufacturer can be pulled move its product to consume growth. But things go contrary to one’s wishes, of Windows XP user loving make Vista system exceedingly awkward not only, also bring a trouble to memory chip manufacturer at the same time, caused chip finally serious supply exceeds demand.

Value of market of current memory chip goes low prices, at good news is for consumer: PC manufacturer can borrow machine memory is added with low price on his equipment, give an user freely perhaps, meanwhile, consumer also can upgrade directly oneself memory capacity, after all, consumer is become the biggest be benefited group. But at manufacturer for however incessantly of complain of suffering: Price of chip of the memory on current market already greatly under manufacturing cost. In the financial report that issues in manufacturer of the closest science and technology, the money newspaper of most DRAM manufacturer shows for the loss, of gain only SamSung electron.

Analytic personage thinks, so bad memory chip market may appear the law of jungle — the firm with powerful actual strength may buy the competitor with weaker actual strength. Include lucky silver-colored group (UBS) analyst Uche Orji inside numerous analyst thinks, micron Technology and German Qimonda company already developed relevant negotiation with respect to amalgamative be related. But at present two companies all reject to publish a comment to this.

Manufacturer of partial DRAM chip tries to be produced through control will adjust market supply and demand, but this can’t make store chip market comes into being changeover. At present takes any step, can be opposite only the yield November can produce an effect, and when when November, the inventory be exhausted before gold shopping holiday, just meet traditional demand puts delay period.

The whole world semiconductor of Hynix of manufacturer of the 2nd big DRAM announces to shut two last week year long, be engaged in 8 inches (the production base that 200mm) chip produces, partial analysis personage thinks this one measure may close to litre of DRAM price, but look at present not be successful. Chief analyst Andrew Norwood represents branch of semiconductor of Gartner of market survey orgnaization, the base of these two chip that Hynix semiconductor closes does not produce DRAM memory, main production NAND shines put, and on current market, NAND shines put the value also going low continuously.

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Er is amounted to surely announce chip of memory of reduction of output is produced can 10%

September 13, 2008

[on September 10 dispatch of network of Pacific Ocean computer] afterwards Li Jing is after 10-15% of this reduction of output of Zhou Yixuan cloth, manufacturer Er amounts to Japanese memory chip to announced formally external yesterday surely, always produced formal reduction in production since the middle ten days of a month in September oneself can 10% , the whole world chip of every months of memory (quantity of DRAM) total supply is expected to decrease accordingly about 1.5% .

Li Jing announces formally to will reduce the yield of standard type DRAM of 10-15% external the day before yesterday, be equivalent to every month namely near 15 thousand 12 吋 brilliant is round, defer new plant to build program at the same time, hope with this slow the whole world is serious the situation of supply exceeds demand.

Regard main strategy of Li Jing as the partner, er amounts to the statement yesterday surely for off-season to be about to enter tradition of the four seasons memory chip industry, the likelihood is a good news, especially Er is amounted to surely is one of international big plants. Although the plan of reduction of output of two companies is short-term inside still be opposite hard at present the state of supply exceeds demand brings too big improvement, but industry public figure thinks this will big to other memory chip plant has effect of cast a brick to attract jade-offer a few commonplace remarks by way of introduction so that others may come up with valuable opinions.

The merchandise on hand of chip of memory of the whole world at the beginning of September and contract price in pairs drop greatly, the price of 1Gb merchandise on hand of DDR2 already fell to the 1.3-1.5 dollar that approximates cash cost.

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Fuji connects product of 8 nucleuses chip to cater to SUN processor

September 5, 2008

[News of plan world network] (Liu Qing river is compiled) the 4 nucleuses big fight that launchs between chip manufacturer has not end, the declare of processor of 8 nucleuses Sparc64 that Fuji connects is about to come on stage. According to foreign media coverage, japanese Fuji connects a company to alleged a few days ago, future will roll out code name be ” Venus ” (the 8 core processor of Venus) , the buy inside this chip has store controller, and increase operation capacity 128Gflops(Gflops: Billion floating-point dictates / every second) .

Fuji is connected express, the 8 nucleuses version that this is the Sparc64 processor that company of small system of its and Sun develops jointly, it is the successor of 4 core Sparc64 VII, basically face client of Sparc Enterprise Servers, this product supports the Solaris 10 operating system of Sun.

Although company of Sun small system and Fuji connected a company to develop Sparc enterprise server jointly, but both has his market severally and have separate sale.

Local time this Zhou Er, fuji connects Takumi Maruyama of chief of section of research and development of company business server at American California Paluoaoduo (the popular chip plenary meeting that Palo Alto) holds (the gist speech of Hot Chips Conference) is medium brief introducing the partial detail of chip of processor of this 8 nucleuses, incorporate this chip appear on the market time.

Maruyama says, processor of 8 nucleuses Sparc64 used craft of 45 accept rice to make Cheng, and what processor of 4 nucleuses Sparc64 VII uses is Cheng of 65 pay the metric system, express, “The hope is on the popular chip mass rally of next year, I can bring everybody the more detail about this chip. I can bring everybody the more detail about this chip..

The arrival of processor of 8 nucleuses Sparc64 may make Sun company glad extremely, what because more or less can this make up for Sun company products introducing to the market,delay place brings is awkward.

In the big fight that seeks chip rate, chip manufacturer often promotes his the property of processor through much nucleus strategy. Be in early 2006, ground of sex of the look up before Sun company is well-heeled announced his processor of 16 core Rock appears on the market plan, but this year the beginning of the year, because chip designs a matter,Sun company discloses, sun general of this chip appear on the market plan by original 2008 remit to 2009 second half of the year.

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NVIDIA shows unfinished of calorie of chip breakdown aftershock

August 20, 2008

Report from our correspondent (reporter Zhang Yi) Ying Weida (NVIDIA) denies processor of its GPU(graph yesterday) breakdown may affect computer of 18 million relevant notebook, state, at present GPU problem is centered at notebook computer, table machine did not show calorie of issue related discovery.

As we have learned, because the whole world estimates work off chip of issue of NVIDIA of 18 million configuration (G84 and G86 series) jotter, industry thinks these jotter are facing taller breakdown odds. To this, wei Ming of manager of public relations of NVIDIA Asia-Pacific area expresses, in the notebook computer that used this series chip at present, only very small one part jotter appears breakdown, cannot conclude from this the jotter that gives all use G84 and G86 series chip is facing bigger breakdown odds. In addition, the problem appears on computer of a few notebook only, the table aircraft that deployed its to show clip won’t appear similar systematic breakdown.

At the beginning of July, NVIDIA admits what its apply at notebook computer to go up generation GPU and MCP(media address manage implement) product presence blemish, it is this obligate the 150 million expenses to 200 million dollar comes brushstroke solve a problem, assume what arise from this to guarantee, repair, withdraw goods, exchange goods and other cost and charge. According to NVIDIA explanation, the problem that the product exists depends on ” core and enclose material to be not worth ” . Like pit heart temperature change rises and fall bigger, the likelihood causes jotter trouble, bring about appear video repeat, ineffable stripe of model of written characters, screen or do not show video wait for a problem.

NVIDIA regards an industry as the celebrity, manufacturer of almost all and famous jotter used his to show clip, for instance Dai Er, HP, associate, grand 碁 . Dai Er, HP announced the jotter model that is put possibly in the problem on official website early or late recently. Official gain guest of Dai Er goes up, the product of user requirement recall that there already are more than 50 to encounter this kind of problem inside a week. The share price that NVIDIA restrains in Na Sida from since announcing to show calorie of trouble all the time cannot recover after a setback, from original 19.03 dollars fall to 10.84 dollars, drop adjacent 50% .

　　 Relevant report:

NVIDIA shows calorie of blemish disaster and all jotter manufacturer

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