22nd October 2004 Archive

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• Chip makers' efforts fail to cut excess inventory

  Q3 figures show stockpiles still rising

  The volume of excess chip inventory in the channel during Q3 was higher than expected, market watcher iSuppli has revealed, despite aggressive attempts to eliminate the stockpile. iSuppli had previously anticipated some $800m worth of unused semiconductors would be taking up storage space in chip manufacturers, distributors, …

  IT Channel 22 Oct 2004, 08:40

• Intel 'ends' chip digital TV tech work

  Liquid Crystal on Silicon too expensive, apparently

  Wave goodbye to the era of cheap, large-format high-definition digital TVs. Intel has apparently cancelled its LCoS chip development programme. Intel announced its LCoS - Liquid Crystal on Silicon - initiative in January 2004. Its plan was to put it tiny LCD on a chip. The image would then be optically magnified and projected …

  IT Channel 22 Oct 2004, 09:51

• AMD to revive information appliance concept

  'Emma' to herald cheap net access for developing world?

  AMD's 'Emma' - a low-cost information appliance designed for the developing world - looks set to be formally unveiled next week, according to a variety of reports on the web. Actually, 'Emma' may be the Geode-based, x86-compatible SoC that the appliance is based upon. The device itself is a highly compact unit - along the lines …

  IT Channel 22 Oct 2004, 10:25