IBM will invest $1.5 billion to boost its semiconductor manufacturing and research efforts in New York State, the company announced on Tuesday.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is warming to the idea of building a chip manufacturing plant in India, which would be a significant breakthrough for the country's high-tech ambitions.

Second-quarter net profit soared at Nokia Corp. thanks to a large one-time gain from the company's new telecommunications equipment manufacturing venture with Siemens AG.

IBM Corp. and Intel Corp. accelerated their horse race in semiconductors when each unveiled at midnight Saturday Eastern Time similar chip-manufacturing advances.

Rumors that Apple Computer Inc. plans to launch a mobile phone next year are gaining momentum, although the company's Taiwanese manufacturing partners are giving little away.

After several delays, the long-awaited update to the Windows client OS, Windows Vista, is expected to be on its way to manufacturers Wednesday.

Microsoft Corp. Friday released what it believes will be the last test version of Windows Vista before the product is released to manufacturing.

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. will spend US$2.5 billion to expand its chip manufacturing plants in Dresden, Germany, to keep pace with growing demand for its PC and server chips, the company announced Monday.

A világ két legnagyobb szerződéses chipgyártója, a Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (TSMC) és a United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC) egyaránt jó pénzügyi negyedévet zárt.

Sony Corp. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. have reached a basic agreement to build a new US$2 billion manufacturing line for LCD (liquid crystal display) panels, the companies said Monday.

As German electronics giant Siemens AG refocuses its business, it is selling its remaining stake in components-maker Epcos AG, following the sale of its share in Infineon Technologies AG last week.

Microsoft Corp. Monday announced the release to manufacturing (RTM) of BizTalk Server 2006, which will be generally available May 1, according to company executives.

Imation, a worldwide supplier of removable data storage media, has announced that it has begun its scale-up of manufacturing for HD-DVD and Blu-ray optical recordable media in preparation for product introduction early this year.

Two of the world's largest manufacturers of LCD (liquid crystal display) panels have started making screens at new factories that should enable them to cut manufacturing costs and so lead to further price reductions in big-screen, flat-panel televisions.