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National Semi Revamps Net Appliance Chip
News While those advantages are expected to help Geode's position if and when the Web appliance finally takes off, they should also help National Semi gain an edge in more current markets for set-top boxes, handheld computers and game consoles.
[June 15, 2001, 8:39]
National Semi Closes Phone-chip Plant, Sheds 340 Jobs
News National Semi said it was still in talks with several prospective buyers for its Information Appliance unit and its Cellular Baseband unit but has decided to close the latter. National Semi's fourth quarter will end this Sunday.
[May 21, 2003, 14:02]
National Semi Hits Q4 Targets
News First Call consensus expected National Semi to lose 24 cents a share in the quarter. For the year, National Semi lost $220.6m, or $1.32 a share, on sales of $2bn, a far cry from the previous year when it earned $72.7m, or 44 cents a share, on sales...
[June 11, 1999, 8:25]
National Semi Chips In To Develop IBM Thin Client
News IBM claimed a first on Wednesday with the launch of the Network Station Series 2200 thin client, using a highly integrated network-on-a-chip processor supplied by National Semiconductor. The Geode processor is the really clever bit, integrating on...
[September 9, 1999, 16:54]
Introducing The 'system On A Chip'
News National Semi calls the Geode SC3200 a "system on a chip", since it integrates features from four chips -- the same processor core as its predecessor, a video processor, memory controller and input/output controller -- on a single microprocessor.
[September 19, 2000, 8:05]
Nat Semi To Dump Cyrix - 550 Jobs To Go
News Investors gave National Semi's move a thumbs up as shares jumped 1 13/16 to 16 7/16, or 9 percent. Many analysts felt National Semi couldn't win in the PC market anyway. Meanwhile, Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD) continual losses may have scared...
[May 5, 1999, 17:17]
AOL Readying Free Net Access Device
News It's a given that a huge part of the market, if not all of the market, is going to move towards this subsidised model," said Mike Polacek, vice president of National Semi's Internet Appliance Division in Santa Clara, California.
[July 16, 1999, 9:32]
IBM Adds 'trusted' Chip To PCs
News National Semi said that storing such information in hardware makes it inherently more secure than software-based approaches. The desktop chips cost about $5 (£3) in volume and are available now, National Semi said.
[September 16, 2004, 10:00]
Cyrix 6x86MX .25 Micron First For Nat Semi Plant
News The merger with Nat Semi overcame this problem for Cyrix, which was considering the need for a multi-million dollar fabrication plant. Cyrix aims to have a much greater production capacity with the .25 micron technology and Nat Semi plant and is...
[January 13, 1998, 15:47]
Chipmaker Wants To Revive The Free PC
News National Semi could also act as a foundry for third-party X86 architecture if it chooses to, Weir said. National Semi sold most of its Cyrix business to Via Technologies in 1999, but retained the X86 licence and technology related to integrated X86...
[February 14, 2001, 8:47]
A Year Ago: IBM To Stop Making Cyrix Chips
News The companies will announce, perhaps within the next month, that Nat Semi will take over all Cyrix chip manufacturing from IBM sources said. The news comes as Nat Semi ramps up manufacturing of Cyrix processors in its own fabrication facility in...
[September 3, 1999, 6:55]
Systems Integrator Modernizes Telephone Billing System In India
White Papers Recently, India has allowed its telephone system to be formed into semi-independent public corporations in each state. In the past, India's telephone system had been run by a national government department.
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
French Shoppers Bag Bargain PCs
News The partnership between a chip maker and an ISP is a concept espoused by National Semi-Conductor CEO Brian Halla. Stan Swearingen, vice president for National's Cyrix PC division commented: "This is another example of how Cyrix is enabling more and...
[February 2, 1999, 11:16]
US Report: HP Will Use AMD Chips
News Compaq and IBM have been using chips from both AMD and National Semi's subsidiary Cyrix for some time. Other PC vendors, including Compaq and NEC are using AMD's previous processor or the MediaGX from National Semiconductor.
[July 1, 1998, 9:02]
Comdex: It's A Wireless Thing
News Wireless is definitely here.It is a major enabler," said Mike Polacek, vice president of the information appliance division at National Semi. Chipmaker National Semiconductor will show off the GXO, a prototype, full-fledged Windows XP computer that...
[November 14, 2002, 12:23]
Nigeria Mobile Marketing:The Uncharted Waters
Blog There are 23 million Televisons sets in Nigeria, 7 Million Radio sets, one fully national Television station,60 regional and semi regional Tevevision stations, one national radio station but 42 million mobile users in a population of 140 million...
[July 22, 2008, 10:36]
Nigeria Mobile Marketing : The Uncharted Waters
Blog There are 23 million Televisons sets in Nigeria, 7 Million Radio sets, one fully national Television station,60 regional and semi regional Tevevision stations, one national radio station but 42 million mobile users in a population of 140 million...
[April 2, 2008, 16:03]
US Report: IBM To Stop Making Cyrix Chips
News The companies will announce, perhaps within the next month, that Nat Semi will take over all Cyrix chip manufacturing from IBM sources said. The news comes as Nat Semi ramps up manufacturing of Cyrix processors in its own fabrication facility in...
[September 2, 1998, 16:48]
IBM's Roadrunner To Smash Supercomputing Records
News IBM once again dominated the competition in semi-annual rankings of supercomputers, but the big news is what's coming next year. Roadrunner, which will be delivered to the US Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory in summer 2008...
[November 13, 2007, 7:24]
Nato: Cyber-terrorism Danger Equal To Missile Attack
News Anil said attacks were becoming increasingly sophisticated, giving an example of a semi-autonomous Trojan which infiltrated Nato's open network. Nato's cyber-defence chief has warned that computer-based terrorism poses the same threat to national...
[March 10, 2008, 8:06]
