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Bumpy ride seen for chips
News Gartner also warned that the chip industry could hit a downturn in the second quarter of 2002 due to oversupply of computer memory chips. The market for semiconductors is expected to start to shrink in dollar terms in the second quarter of 2002...
[November 14, 2000, 14:46]
Intel and AMD face yo-yoing chip market
News Is an oversupply is likely to occur? The years of peak capital spending -- 1984, 1988, 1995 and 1997 -- coincided with peak shipments and oversupply soon after. With additional manufacturing capacity coming online and with lower demand, it's likely...
[July 17, 2000, 14:17]
Christmas cheer around the corner for PC buyers
News The oversupply was likely in Pentium 4 processors while the shortages were in Celeron chipsets and probably mobile," added independent PC-industry analyst Roger Kay. The terms "shortage" and "oversupply" refer to two different situations.
[October 21, 2005, 15:35]
Sprint rejoins race in Europe and Asia
News Right now, there is an oversupply of network facilities in Europe," Neil said. Network cost is really quite cheap because of the oversupply. The company announced Tuesday it plans to build its own Internet backbone so it can launch Sprint services...
[February 7, 2001, 7:50]
Cube fans pray for its reincarnation
News The 8-inch, cube-shaped machine, which remained in oversupply throughout its short life, has quickly disappeared from most store shelves since Apple confirmed on July 3 that it is pulling the plug. Apple Computer's Power Mac G4 Cube has achieved in...
[July 12, 2001, 12:15]
Escom stores shut down
News Receiver Nick Dargan said: "It is disappointing that the business as a whole cannot be sold but, given the oversupply in the retail market and rapidly declining margins in the sector, it was always a possibility.
[July 24, 1996, 12:01]
Despite growth, semiconductor sector falters
News Semiconductors, a basic building block of high-tech products such as PCs and mobile phones, runs in boom-and-bust cycles brought on by alternating periods of oversupply and shortages. Investors hammered semiconductor stocks Monday, even as experts...
[October 10, 2000, 14:00]
IT not so appealing to Indian students
News In addition, the boom of the late 90s caused in oversupply in IT courses, Bangalore University vice chancellor M S Thimmappa was quoted as saying. Universities in India's most IT-intensive state are seeing seats in computer science classes go empty...
[October 27, 2003, 8:55]
LCD parts shortage likely in 2005
News This led to an oversupply of materials used in making large-size panels late last year, because suppliers need at least one quarter to adjust to changes in LCD shipments. Supplies of the materials and components used to make large LCDs won't meet...
[April 4, 2005, 10:20]
Wave Of Earnings Warnings Predicted
News Also, an oversupply of personal computers left over from the Christmas shopping season is wreaking havoc on new orders as well as profit margins. Intel Corp.s announcement Wednesday that first-quarter revenues would be off 10 per cent from its...
[March 5, 1998, 14:40]
Intel's Dothan date revealed
News Although a slight oversupply of notebook chips dented Intel's revenues in the first quarter, portables remain one of the company's strongest markets. The latest notebook chip from Intel will come out on 10 May, according to sources, along with...
[April 28, 2004, 8:20]
10 essential tips for implementing an ERP system
News Another company took a several million dollar hit on profits as a result of a product oversupply related to problems with an ERP system. Businesses rarely remain static, and requests for changes in scope during the project can get out of control.
[September 28, 2006, 17:35]
Hynix edges up memory makers' rankings
News These will come online in late 2005 and through 2006, triggering an oversupply-driven downturn, Norwood said. Hynix Semiconductor passed Micron Technologies to take over the No.spot in the market for dynamic random access memory during the second...
[July 30, 2004, 14:55]
Asia-Pacific Wi-Fi growth outstrips US
News Unlike analysts who believe that consumer demand for hot spots will never match supply, Shelton is more optimistic, believing that a chronic oversupply won't happen if important factors such as roaming and security are in place.
[July 17, 2003, 9:32]
Dynamic RAM readies for rebound
News IDC predicts that increases in capacity, brought on by the transition to 12-inch wafers, will lead to an oversupply and thus hurt revenue in 2006 and 2007. The dynamic RAM market is making a comeback, a new report from IDC says.
[December 18, 2003, 11:00]
LCDs boom while price hikes loom
News Bruce Berkoff, executive vice president at LCD maker LG Philips LCD, said that he's been predicting a shortage for some time and sees it as part of a cycle that consists of two-year periods of oversupply and two-year periods of shortage, causing...
[January 15, 2002, 8:36]
Memory standards wage war of words
News Industry sources also note that production volume of DDR is about double the growth of market demand, which could lead to oversupply problems. The Computex computer show in Taiwan last week became a battleground between two competing formats for...
[June 11, 2001, 11:18]
Grim times for hard drives
News But Maxtor chief executive Paul Tufano called the recent period "a difficult quarter characterised by an industry oversupply of desktop drives in the distribution channel and aggressive pricing in the enterprise market.
[May 28, 2004, 9:50]
Consumer demand calls for more flash memory
News Beyond Apple, other consumer electronics manufacturers that use NAND flash, such as Sony, SanDisk and Lexar Media, are expected to consume any potential oversupply in high-density Flash now that Intel is joining the fray, Niebel said.
[November 22, 2005, 14:10]
Tech bolsters Webcasting's new era
News Some of bandwidth's burden has been lessened simply by oversupply. Can Web radio stations afford to put another dime in the Internet jukebox? Costs for the nascent Webcasting business shot up on Sunday when an online broadcast royalty scheme took...
[October 22, 2002, 11:41]
