EMCORE, a fiber optics and semiconductor-based communication for terrestrial and satellite company, has announced its intention to acquire all of Intel's telecom assets related to their Optical Platform Division. EMCORE will expand their portfolio and acquire technologies which should make them more cost competitive in the marketplace.

  A paid, professional DRAM industry forecaster see only one activity which could turn the DRAM industry's slump around, that of big corporate buying spree for the new year. Let's hope it's time to upgrade those machines.

  

  Apple's first month of Leopard sales have proven the highest volume and most profitable in the company's history. People just seem to love their Macs.

  Micro-Star International (MSI) has launched the P7N Diamond and P7N SLI Platinum motherboards to support 45 nm Intel processors.

  Recent NAND flash contract price incentives from makers to memory module makers are prompting clients to unload their NAND flash into the spot market, worsening the spot price slump, according to industry sources.

  

  Camera modules with an optical zoom will become a standard feature for handsets with a built-in 5-megapixel camera, according to a recently released Digitimes Research report.

  DigiTimes is reporting that Samsung is selling its 256 Mbit (16 Mb x 16) DDR2 for $0.

  While buyers of previous models had to find their own motherboard and install it into the case, the HMC-2K53A-A3, as it is officially called, already ships with a Socket AM2 board made by MSI.

  Blackberry maker Research in Motion (RIM) announced that it will build its U.

  Honda has upgraded its 'humanoid' robot to allow Asimo to interact with other robots and humans.

  

  It may look a bit like a water skiing radiator, but this "Voodoo DNA"HP machine has got the goods to be a real gaming performer.