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HP outsources more manufacturing
News In a move to cut PC operations costs even further, Hewlett-Packard said on Thursday it would outsource more manufacturing worldwide. HP began outsourcing PC manufacturing in 1993, and has embarked on more stringent cost-saving measures as of late...
[January 18, 2002, 6:31]
Gartner: HP and IBM could abandon PC market
News IBM and HP are in danger of being forced out of the PC manufacturing industry by 2007, according to analyst firm Gartner. Gartner predicted that PC vendors are facing a gloomy future, and that three of the top ten companies in the computer...
[November 29, 2004, 12:05]
Microsoft offers extra-strength tablets
News Microsoft on Wednesday added broader language support to its Smart Display and Tablet PC technologies and announced a manufacturing deal with Packard Bell. Packard Bell, NEC's consumer PC division, joins Samsung, ViewSonic and other display makers...
[March 13, 2003, 7:43]
Chartered signs AMD deal
News The Intel rival known for its Athlon PC and Opteron server processors announced on Tuesday plans to tap Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, a contract manufacturer, for extra chip-production capacity.
[November 9, 2004, 15:08]
The future looks bleak for AMD
News Last quarter, a manufacturing glitch meant fewer of its top-end 400MHz processors coming off the production line closing a window for AMD to maximise profits. A year ago, AMD was in the midst of a manufacturing crisis, unable to get its processors...
[February 10, 1999, 13:56]
A Year Ago: The future looks bleak for AMD
News It's almost an annual ritual: PC chip maker Advanced Micro Devices suffering from manufacturing problems, gets whacked by price pressure from its rival Intel. Last quarter, a manufacturing glitch meant fewer of its top-end 400MHz processors coming...
[February 10, 2000, 6:03]
IBM moving out of desktop manufacturing
News In the never-ending quest to cut costs, most major PC companies have either decided to offload the majority of manufacturing to US or Asian subcontractors like Sanmina or Quanta, which assemble and even design PCs for the brand manufacturers, or...
[January 9, 2002, 11:31]
PC makers seek safety in services
News Not only can services secure more hardware sales, PC makers have become more adept at coming up with ways to make the services industry follow the same business patterns as does manufacturing. Many of the techniques adopted in high-volume PC...
[October 9, 2001, 9:08]
Intel recalls faulty controllers
News A manufacturing error has Intel calling back a number of controller chips for its recently released Express 915 and 925 desktop PC chipsets. Intel believes that chips affected by the manufacturing error were contained within its own distribution...
[June 28, 2004, 11:15]
Timna chip turns back the clock
News Timna cuts manufacturing costs for PC makers by integrating a processor core, graphics engine and memory controller. Instead of packing more clock-speed, the chip aims to balance performance with cost -- offering consumers a decent level of...
[May 12, 2000, 12:39]
'Carbon neutral' PC uses more wood, fewer watts
News After announcing plans to back in February to build the PC, the retailer has kept quiet about the project, until this week when The Independent ran a story with more information about the pricing and manufacturing of the machine.
[July 20, 2007, 17:31]
A Year Ago: Timna chip turns back the clock
News Timna cuts manufacturing costs for PC makers by integrating a processor core, graphics engine and memory controller. Instead of packing more clock-speed, the chip aims to balance performance with cost -- offering consumers a decent level of...
[May 12, 2001, 6:00]
Intel faces delays to 0.13 micron move
News Intel's upcoming move to a more advanced manufacturing process could be thrown off by the delay of a critical piece of manufacturing equipment. Concern over the delay highlights the increasing importance of chip equipment manufacturers to the...
[April 30, 2001, 13:08]
HP-Compaq deal not likely to scare Dell
News Through its build-to-order manufacturing capability, Dell has managed to cut many of the risks of the PC business. The greatest problem HP and Compaq face is Dell's manufacturing strategy. HP has outsourced virtually all of its manufacturing to...
[September 5, 2001, 9:39]
Gateway to lay off up to 25 percent
News The PC maker will also close a Salt Lake City manufacturing plant and call centres across the US, keeping just two open in its home country. As a result, the company also had more manufacturing capacity than it needed, Waitt said.
[August 29, 2001, 8:34]
End to the 800MHz PIII bottleneck?
News But whereas manufacturing lead times were as long as 30 days for PCs using the chip, large direct-PC vendors are now asking customers to wait only one-third that time -- roughly eight to 10 days. Intel, for its part, is working to add manufacturing...
[February 10, 2000, 9:11]
Dell profits slip off target
News At the time analysts interpreted the move as an indication that Dell -- which rocketed to the PC industry's top spot by building an efficient manufacturing operation that enables lower-priced computers -- wants to feast on the fatter margins that...
[November 1, 2005, 12:10]
To Dell and back
Leader Dell is an expert box-shifter, the past master of just-in-time manufacturing and online purchasing. Laptop sales are outstripping desktop sales, letting Oriental factories undercut Dell's famously efficient manufacturing.
[February 1, 2007, 15:04]
Two ways to bring PCs to emerging nations
News Negroponte, for his part, says the jobs that local PC manufacturing can provide are somewhat illusory, particularly if the cost of hardware goes up. Local PC manufacturing is also growing alongside national and regional initiatives to increase PC...
[February 28, 2007, 15:25]
IBM to offer Crusoe ThinkPads
News Last month Transmeta said that the show would reveal a number of big name manufacturing announcements although this does not mean IBM will be launching Crusoe-based lap top computers any time soon. Announcing manufacturing deals and technology...
[June 6, 2000, 13:41]
