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NEWS & VIEWS |
Taipei,
Sunday, November 22, 2009
10:27 (GMT+8)
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Strong partnerships and complete solutions drive growth: Q&A with LSI executive VP and general manager Jeff Richardson Nov 20, 14:38 Despite the economic downturn in 2008, LSI saw annual revenues increase. With complete solutions and a strong position in the storage and networking markets, LSI is expected to continue growing. In a recent interview with Digitimes, Jeff Richardson, executive VP and general manager of semiconductor solutions group at LSI, talked about LSI's advantages in the market and what strategies it is employing in pursuit of further success. Read more |
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Lite-On IT, Quanta Storage see September revenues up on month Stockwatch - Oct 12, 11:32 Taiwan-based Lite-On IT and Quanta Storage, which specialize in half-height and slim-type optical disc drives (ODDs) respectively, saw September consolidated revenues increase on month by 10.43% and 24.11% respectively. Read more |
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Intel details future low-power Xeon chips for communication and storage Sep 15, 16:37 Intel executives have disclosed new information about next-generation Intel Xeon processors (Jasper Forest) for embedded, communications and storage applications, due in early 2010. Read more |
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Lite-On IT and Quanta Storage see August revenues up on month Stockwatch - Sep 11, 12:07 Taiwan-based makers optical drive makers Lite-On IT and Quanta Storage have reported their consolidated revenue figures for August 2009, each increasing from July. Read more |
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Maxtronic unveils PCIe SAN solution targeting video industry Aug 7, 09:25 Maxtronic's ExaSAN solution is built upon an architecture to provide maximum flexibility and speed. It features higher performance through utilizing the PCI Express (PCIe) x4/ x8 bus and lowers cost over traditional fiber SANs targeting the video market, the company claimed. The ExaSAN family includes RAID storage devices, ExaSAN host /device SAN switches, PCIe HBAs, cabling and accessories. Without components from third-party providers, Maxtronic is able to design, verify and produce every component in the ExaSAN. Read more |
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Intel to ship 34nm SSDs Jul 22, 09:31 Intel has announced a new lineup of NAND flash-based solid state drives (SSDs) that utilize 34nm multi-level cell (MLC) NAND flash memory, and said the move to the more-advanced process will help lower prices of the SSDs by up to 60% thanks to the reduced die size and advanced engineering design. Read more |
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Lite-On IT, Quanta Storage see June consolidated revenues up from May Stockwatch - Jul 13, 10:34 Taiwan ODD OEM Lite-On IT has reported consolidated revenues of NT$3.81 billion (US$116 million) rising on month by 20.16% for June 2009. Fellow maker and Quanta Storage has reported revenues of NT$.117 billion also up by 13.3%. Read more |
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Global storage market shrinks in 1Q09, says Gartner Jun 8, 11:29 Revenues for the external controller-based disk storage market worldwide totaled US$3.8 billion in the first quarter of 2009, an 11.1% decline from the same period in 2008, according to Gartner. Read more |
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NVM IC start-up claims breakthrough in NAND flash replacement May 21, 15:55 Unity Semiconductor, a Silicon Valley start‐up that will serve the semiconductor data storage memory market as a designer, developer and manufacturer of non‐volatile memory (NVM) ICs, has announced a breakthrough technology called CMOx, which is based on the use of conductive metal oxides in the semiconductor process that allows for ionic motion. Unity said the next-generation NVM technology yields products with 4x the density and 5-10x the write speed of today's NAND flash. Read more |
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Optical drive makers Lite-On IT and Quanta Storage announce 1Q09 results Stockwatch - May 5, 15:02 Taiwan-based optical drive makers Lite-On IT and Quanta Storage have released their financial reports for the first quarter of 2009, with the former recording a net EPS of NT$0.20 and the latter of NT$1.36. Read more |
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Lanner announces three new appliances featuring Intel Xeon 5500 platform Mar 31, 16:50 Lanner Electronics has announced three new rackmount systems built with the Intel Xeon processor 5500 series, based on the Nehalem microarchitecture. Read more |
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Taiwan maker Quanta Storage expected to land OEM orders for H/H DVD burners from Pioneer, says paper Newswatch - Mar 2, 11:51 Quanta Storage is negotiating with Japan-based Pioneer to land orders to OEM produce half-height (H/H) DVD burners. Shipments are to begin in the second half of 2009, according to a Chinese-language newspaper Economic Daily News (EDN) report. Read more |
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Lite-On IT, Quanta Storage consolidated revenues decrease in January Stockwatch - Feb 11, 11:27 Lite-On IT and Quanta Storage – the former being the largest Taiwan-based maker of half-height optical disc drives (ODDs) and the latter the top Taiwan maker of slim-type models – on February 10 reported self-estimated consolidated revenues for January 2009, with both seeing decreases on month and on year. Read more |
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MSI announces netbook with hybrid storage system Dec 30, 16:15 MSI has announced the U115 Hybrid netbook that is capable of operating both a solid state drive (SSD) and hard drive simultaneously. Read more |
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Micron and Sun Micro co-develop flash-based storage with one million write cycles Dec 18, 10:26 Micron Technology on December 17 announced that the company has worked with Sun Microsystems to develop a new single-level cell (SLC) NAND technology to extend the lifespan of flash-based storage for enterprise applications. The result of the collaboration has yielded production devices capable of one million write cycles, it said. Read more |
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VIA announces new barebone storage server Dec 11, 16:13 VIA Technologies has announced the VIA ARTiGO A2000 barebone storage mini-server which packs terabytes of storage capacity within a stylish, compact, low power and low noise system, according to the company. Read more |
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Taiwan IT makers not affected by Thailand protests Nov 28, 16:43 Although protesters have paralyzed Bangkok's air transportation, several Taiwan-based IT companies who have operations in Thailand have reported that their businesses remain unaffected. Read more |
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Lite-On IT, Quanta Storage see October consolidated revenues down on month Nov 11, 11:26 Lite-On IT and Quanta Storage, the top two Taiwan-based ODM/OEM makers of optical disc drives (ODDs), have both reported consolidated revenues for October 2008, with both companies seeing sequential declines. Read more |
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Taiwan ODD makers Lite-On IT, Quanta Storage post three-quarter net EPS of NT$1.55, NT$3.12 Oct 31, 16:28 Lite-On IT and Quanta Storage, the top two Taiwan-based ODM/OEM makers of optical disc drives (ODDs), have published their financial reports for the third quarter of 2008, recording January-September net earnings per share (EPS) of NT$1.55 and that of NT$3.12 respectively. Read more |
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Lite-On IT saw 2008-highest, Quanta Storage hit record consolidated revenues in September Oct 13, 10:40 Taiwan-based ODM/OEM optical disc drive makers Lite-On IT and Quanta Storage have reported record breaking revenues for September 2008, with Lite-On recording the highest monthly level so far this year while Quanta hit the highest ever on record. Read more |
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Asustek to extend battery life and storage capacity for Eee PCs in 2H08 Jul 25, 17:00 Asustek Computer expects to introduce new features for its Eee PC range including "whole-day" battery life and Internet storage. The company will also push out software and hardware upgrades every month to fill gaps in the netbook market. Read more |
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Lite-On IT, Quanta Storage see May consolidated revenues stable, CMC and Ritek suffer drops Jun 11, 11:16 Lite-On IT and Quanta Storage, the largest Taiwan-based ODM/OEM makers of half-height and slim-type optical disc drives, respectively, as well as CMC Magnetics and Ritek, the top two Taiwan-based producers of blank optical discs, on June 10 reported estimated consolidated revenues for May, with revenues of the former two not changing considerably on month and on year while the figures of the latter two decreased both on month and on year. Read more |
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Trends in storage, the economy and network: Comments from LSI CEO Abhi Talwalkar Jun 9, 14:41 LSI was founded in 1981 as an ASIC company that did service functions, which meant basically it turned others companies' IP into silicon. The company did that for more than 20 years, but in the years from 2000-2005 it seems that the company sort of lost its way. It had great technology but it was participating in a lot of different markets and there was no clear corporate strategy. Read more |
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Taiwan optical disc drive overview (Jul 6) |
The year 2006 saw further consolidation in Taiwan’s optical disc drive (ODD) industry, as the biggest player, Lite-On IT, took over the ODD manufacturing business of its closest competitor, BenQ. It was also the second year in a row that the Taiwan ODD sector had seen shipments drop with 2006 being even worse than 2005 with a shipment decrease of almost 20% against a worldwide growth of 5%. |
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Taiwan ODD industry 2005 overview (Jun 27) |
Optical disc drive (ODD) shipments from Taiwan-based companies dropped 6.3% to 103.5 million units in 2005, during which worldwide ODD shipments grew 9.2%. As a result, Taiwan's worldwide market share dropped below 40% in 2005 from 44.8% in 2004. |
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Taiwan optical storage industry overview (May 28) |
Global shipments of PC-use optical storage drives are expected to reach 220 million units in 2004. Although the overall optical drive industry will grow modestly this year, the DVD burner sector is likely to post strong growth. |
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