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Intel’s Itanic is close to the end
CommentIn the last week we reported how the Itanium Solutions page, hosted by Intel has been disappeared with virtually no traces left. The ISA, launched to fanfare in 2005 - had as members Intel, HP, NEC, SGI, Unisys, Hitachi, Fujitsu, Microsoft, Red Hat, Novell, Oracle, SAP and SAS - as reported by ZD Ne -
LCD makers cough up antitrust pay-out
Under the arrangement Samsung pays $240 million, Sharp $115.5 million, Chimei Innolux, $110.3 million, Hitachi Displays pays $39 million, HannStar Display, $25.7 million; Chunghwa Picture Tubes Ltd, $5.3 million, and Epson Imaging Devices $2.9 million. -
Hitachi-LG execs facing jail time over price-fixing
South Korean execs at a joint Hitachi and LG venture have pleaded guilty to charges of price fixing. -
Hitachi GST ships 'fastest' enterprise hard drives
Hitachi GST is beating its chest about the Ultrastar C10K900 enterprise drive family. The kit is shipping now, and the company claims it's the fastest around. -
Panel industry top dogs Chimei, AUO move closer to merger
A similar situation has cropped up in Japan where Sony, Hitachi and Toshiba have teamed up with Japanese authorities to stay competitive. -
Notebook prices rise as Thai floods damage industry
As we reported earlier this month, Western Digital has had to shut down its Thai plants - not as a direct result of the flooding but because component manufacturers have been hit hard by the situation. -
Thailand flooding wreaks havoc on supply chain
Seagate is expected to make further announcements on its situation today, while Hitachi has also been affected substantially by component manufacturers dropping production. -
Trading Standards searches Britain for Hitachi vibrator
Sex toy retailer LoveHoney is claiming that the infamous Hitachi Magic Wand has been banned from the UK. -
Thai floods disrupt HDD industry
Major players like Western Digital, Seagate, Hitachi GST and Toshiba have factories set up in Thailand. -
Sony faces battery assault
According to Business Week, more than two million batteries will be scrapped in devices made by Casio and Hitachi and sold between 2007 and 2009, KDDI said in a statement today. -
EMC steals storage revenues crown from HP
The lion's share of external disk storage systems factory revenue for the quarter went to Kickin' Pat Gelsinger's EMC, holding 28.7 percent of the market. IBM and NetApp were roughly tied for second place, with 13.7 percent and 12.8 percent respectively. -
Sony, Hitachi and Toshiba team up with goverment cash
Sony, Hitachi and Toshiba have agreed to team up to pit their combined might against Samsung in the LCD panel market. -
Hitachi says hello to new MLC SSDs
Hitachi GST thinks it has cracked an affordable enterprise-class Multi Level Cell (MLC) SSD - which will be a cost effective alternative, it claims, to Single Level Cell SSDs. -
Back to the drawing board for Sony's TV business
RumourIt's thought that a merger with some other Japanese firms could be on the cards. Toshiba also sold one of its factories over in Mexico on the cheap, and could be looking to team up with Sony. Hitachi is the third company potentially holding deal discussions. -
Toshiba sells Mexican LCD plant for peanuts
Just as Hitachi, Toshiba and Sony merge to create a monster in LCD, Toshiba is selling off one of its Central American plants in Mexico - to a bidder and friend in Taiwan's Compal. -
LG's smartphone sales take a dive
Tellingly, it is claiming to be the first phone manufacturer to incorporate 3D technology into a handset with the latest release. A lofty boast considering Hitachi has released one already. -
Mobile manufacturers eye up AMOLED
Samsung Mobile Display, which has already been mucking about with a flexible display at CES, holds a huge 98.3 percent share of the AMOLED market. But with the Hitachi, Toshiba and Sony merger rumoured to be on the cards, Samsung's place in mobile display overall will face stiff competition. -
Hitachi, Toshiba and Sony to merge LCD business
RumourThe company which sounds like a sneeze, Hitachi, is chatting to Toshiba and Sony about merging their liquid-crystal display (LCD) units.
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