SAN DIEGO, CA - A senior executive at Sony has reported solid U.S. sales for the company in the first two months of the year, despite economic concerns.
"We have already had a solid January and February," said Stan Glasgow, Sony US president and COO.
He noted that the company had a record holiday sales season, and that
it had gained market share for some products. He added that he expected
total global sales of Blu-ray high-definition movie players produced by
all manufacturers to reach approximately 5 million in 2008, and that
most will be sold in the U.S.
CHICAGO - AT&T will reportedly invest $1 billion worldwide this year to expand networks and services in key markets.
Speaking to reporters in New Delhi, Greg Brutus of At&T Asia
Pacific said that the largest portion of the investment would be spent
outside the United
States, to install undersea
fiber-optic cables for an Ethernet network in Europe and Asia.
SAN JOSE – Tessera Technologies claims recent questions over a handful of the chip-packaging firm’s patents mischaracterized the process and the patents’ validity.
BANNOCKBURN, IL – In a nod to the IPC’s expansion into China, Bob Neves, chairman and CTO of Microtek Laboratories, has been named the latest inductee into IPC’s Hall of Fame.
Neves has represented the U.S. and IPC at IEC meetings for a decade, and has helped spur the IPC’s move into China.
Neves, who has been active with IPC since 1986, is a former chairman of
key committees for printed boards and bare board specifications. He
also chaired the California Circuits Association Council of the IPC.
Based on lifetime achievement, the award is the association’s highest
level of recognition, honoring members who make extraordinary
contributions to IPC and the electronic interconnect industry.
Neves involved Microtek in several IPC test programs and has played an
active role in IPC long-range planning and roadmapping sessions.
SANTA
CLARA, CA - Intel expects lowered profits in the first quarter, as the company
sees falling flash memory prices.
The
company announced that it was reducing its expectations for gross margin by 2%,
due to lower than expected prices for NAND flash memory chips.
According to
reports, Intel will move out of the fluctuating flash memory market by
creating a joint
partnership with STMicroelectronics and technology investment group
Francisco
Partners. The company, called Numonyx, will manufacture flash memory
for the companies and allow both to get their flash memory businesses
off the books.
Numonyx
will supply non-volatile memory for MP3 players, digital cameras, computers and
other high-tech equipment.
Apple has reportedly also cut its flash memory purchases for 2008, as credit
tightens and prices increase.
