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25th November 2004 Archive

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  • Q3 chip production up despite downturn

    But more plant stood idle

    More chip-making equipment effectively stood idle during Q3 2004 than Q2 as worldwide capacity utilisation rates fell, the Semiconductor International Capacity Statistics (SICAS) organisation reported this week. But it offered a sign that the downturn may not be as bad as the utilisation figures suggest: since so much of the un …

    IT Channel 25 Nov 2004, 10:17

  • Q3 integrated graphics chip shipments soar

    Discrete parts didn't do so well

    Graphics chip shipments jumped during Q3, market watcher Jon Peddie Research said yesterday. Shipments totalled 63.2m devices during the quarter, up 16.4 per cent on Q2's total, 54.3m. Despite the big overall increase, shipments of standalone chips for desktop graphics cards grew just 2.3 per cent, JPR said. Shipments of …

    IT Channel 25 Nov 2004, 10:38