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HOUSTON - BPM Microsystems announced that, with the release of BPWin 4.65.0, it now supports more than 25,000 devices. The company’s device part number library is a culmination of relationships with more than 156 semiconductor manufacturers worldwide, and more than 20 years’ experience in the programming equipment industry, the company said in a press statement. The device part number database is available at www.bpmmicro.com. Additional support for devices is added daily through a software download available from the company’s Web site.
LOS ANGELES – IPC is offering free parking vouchers and train passes for residents of Southern California attending the Apex show later this month. Contact IPC (shows@ipc.org) by Feb. 5 for a free one-day Metro pass. The Metro Rail Blue Line connects with all Metro Rail and Metro Link lines at Union Station and stops directly across from the LA Convention Center, where Apex will be held. Free parking vouchers may be downloaded at www.GoIPCShows.org/parkingvoucher. For maps and directions, please visit www.GoIPCShows.org/travel.
SAN JOSE – Global sales of semiconductors reached a record $247.7 billion in 2006, up 8.9%, The Semiconductor Industry Association reported today. December sales were up 9% to $21.7 billion.
The trade group reiterated its 2007 forecast of 10% growth.
The trade group reiterated its 2007 forecast of 10% growth.
TORONTO -- Celestica Inc. today promoted its top executive in Asia, while cutting ties with several other longtime employees amid a top-level management shakeup.
The company named president of Asia Operations, John Peri, its executive vice president of global operations, succeeding Jim Rowan, who has left the company effective immediately. Guy Delisle was hired to run Celestica's operations in Monterrey, Mexico, the scene of several operational miscues. Delisle was with Sanmina-SCI.
Chief technology officer Dan Shea is retiring, the company said.
The company named president of Asia Operations, John Peri, its executive vice president of global operations, succeeding Jim Rowan, who has left the company effective immediately. Guy Delisle was hired to run Celestica's operations in Monterrey, Mexico, the scene of several operational miscues. Delisle was with Sanmina-SCI.
Chief technology officer Dan Shea is retiring, the company said.
SAN FRANCISCO -- Weak component pricing bodes well for
OEMs this quarter, a leading tech analyst said today.
DRAM and NAND prices are down 20% and 35%, respectively, so far this quarter, versus their fourth quarter average selling prices. LCD prices have fallen 5%. Pricing for hard disk drives for desktops has been flat but has dropped sharply for notebooks.
DRAM and NAND prices are down 20% and 35%, respectively, so far this quarter, versus their fourth quarter average selling prices. LCD prices have fallen 5%. Pricing for hard disk drives for desktops has been flat but has dropped sharply for notebooks.
TAIPEI -- Quanta Computer will move into the crowded cellphones outsourcing market, with orders in hand and production slated to begin by year-end, according to a published report.
Quanta is Tawain's largest maker of notebook PCs, and produces almost one-third of the global supply. However, according to the report, Quanta will initially build cellphones for top OEMs, including Nokia and Sony Ericsson.
Quanta is Tawain's largest maker of notebook PCs, and produces almost one-third of the global supply. However, according to the report, Quanta will initially build cellphones for top OEMs, including Nokia and Sony Ericsson.
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