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Article | 16/03/2001 Successor to S3 Savage chip launched
S3 Graphics, the recently formed joint venture between SonicBlue and Via Technologies, launched Thursday the successor to its Savage series of graphic...
Article | 15/03/2001 Sony readies double density CD offering
Sony said Wednesday it plans to launch in April a new type of CD that can hold twice as much data as the current format. The Double Density CD format ...
Article | 26/02/2001 Sony to double PlayStation 2 output
Sony Computer Entertainment (SCEI) is planning to double production of its hugely popular PlayStation 2 console this year, the company has announced.
Article | 23/02/2001 Jobs debuts new G4 Cube, iMacs
Steve Jobs, Apple's chief executive officer, delivered a keynote speech to the MacWorld Tokyo exhibition Thursday that managed to live up both to the ...
Article | 20/02/2001 Toshiba, Infineon to link 3G video chips
Toshiba and Munich-based Infineon Technologies have begun working together on MPEG4 (Motion Picture Experts Group) video systems for third-generation ...
Article | 20/02/2001 World DRAM prices slide, further falls predicted
Spot prices for DRAM (dynamic random access memory) chips on the world market fell sharply last week and look set to continue moving downward amid mar...
Article | 19/02/2001 Casio to ship Crusoe-powered notebook
Casio Computer has announced details of its long-awaited Crusoe microprocessor-based notebook PC. The Cassiopeia Fiva, which was first previewed at th...
Article | 13/02/2001 Matsushita develops video mobile phone chip
Matsushita Electric Industrial said it has developed a chip for next-generation video cellular phones that can simultaneously encode and decode multip...
Article | 9/02/2001 Hitachi pushes plasma TVs for homes
Hitachi is bringing wall-hanging PDP televisions down in size and price announcing plans to sell a new 32-inch flat screen PDP (Plasma Display Panel) ...
Article | 7/02/2001 Panasonic crams 32MB onto standard floppy
The floppy disk could be about to make a come back. Matsushita Kotobuki Electronics Industries, better known by its Panasonic brand name, has announce...
Article | 6/02/2001 LCD makers to work on energy-saving production
Six leading Japanese manufacturers of liquid crystal displays (LCDs) are to work together on developing lower energy production methods and next-gener...
Article | 5/02/2001 LG launches Internet microwave
After launching an Internet refrigerator and washing machine in 2000, Seoul-based LG Electronics kicked off 2001 by unveiling a microwave oven that ca...
Article | 2/02/2001 Matsushita develops new high-capacity battery
Matsushita Battery Industrial announced Thursday it has developed a coin-type lithium-ion battery capable of delivery high currents, an industry first...
Article | 2/02/2001 Sharp to slash LCD power consumption
Sharp has developed a new type of active-matrix LCD (liquid crystal display) that uses substantially less power than current models.
Article | 1/02/2001 DVD boosts Japan electronics production in 2000
The upsurge in popularity of DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) during 2000 provided a boost to Japan's consumer electronics industry during the last year, ...

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