Toshiba gives price-cutting AMD the nod
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No longer just Intel inside Toshiba is to start shipping laptops with AMD processors, effectively bringing to an end its exclusive partnership with Intel.â¦
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(InfoWorld) - Toshiba and Micron TechnologyÂ have settled a number of outstanding lawsuits regarding alleged patent infringement and theft of trade secrets related to computer memory chips. Under terms of an agreement announced Friday, Toshiba will purchase some Micron patents related to semiconductor technology and license patents previously owned by Lexar Media, which wasÂ acquired by MicronÂ earlier this year. Toshiba will pay $288 million to Micron in return for the patents and licenses, Toshiba said. The amount is substantially less than the $465 million inÂ compensation awarded to LexarÂ by a California court in 2005. The payment has been on hold since late last year after Toshiba succeeded in having the damages reconsidered andÂ filed an appealÂ seeking to overturn the original guilty verdict. Earlier this year Lexar raised the stakes by asking the U.S. International Trade Commission toÂ bar the importÂ of some of Toshiba's NAND flash-memory chips and products containing them. The ITC action will now be dismissed, along with others at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California and the California Court of Appeals, Toshiba said. Toshiba became business partners with Lexar when it invested $3 million in the company in 1997 and acquired a seat on its board of directors. According to Lexar's original complaint, Toshiba sat on the board for two and a half years and gained access to the company's product plans and technology, while at the same time working with Lexar rival SanDisk. Â
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TOKYO - Sony Corp. is selling its advanced computer chip operations to Toshiba Corp. , a Sony official said today, speaking on condition of anonymity.
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The electronics giant finally cuts its price, despite word to the contrary last week.
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Intel Corp. INTC.O cut prices  on its chips for mobile computers by as much as 34 percent this  week, a move that could lower PC prices from the likes of Dell  Inc. DELL.O and Hewlett-Packard Co. HPQ.N
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Blog: AMD announces price cuts for its desktop processors
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Toshiba Corp.  said it would buy microprocessors from Advanced Micro Devices Inc. , ending its exclusive ties with Intel Corp.  for the supply of the brains that run computers, and sending its shares higher.
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AMD is looking to take market share in the server, corporate desktop and notebook space using its x86 architecture. &quot;We&#39;re talking x86 chips down to a buck,&quot; said AMD CEO Hector Ruiz at a conference on Friday.
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Toshiba Corp, Japan&#39;s second largest chipmaker, has agreed to start selling a type of semiconductor known as flash memory to Apple Computer Inc, maker of the best-selling iPod digital music player.
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Shares surge on claim it'll ditch format Toshiba shares jumped today more six per cent today as investors voiced their approval of the company's alleged decision to abandon the HD DVD optical disc format.â¦
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System builders say Intel&#39;s latest price cuts will help them clear out old inventory and should move the sweet spot of the company&#39;s processor lineup to the 3GHz Pentium 4 from the 2.8GHz Pentium 4. After
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Upcoming chips will lead to relatively inexpensive hardware, company says.
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Consolation prize? Sony today re-iterated its plan to sell its Cell processor chip factory to Toshiba, which will pay Â¥90bn ($835m) for the facility.â¦
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Japanese electronics group Toshiba Corp  posted a worse-than-expected 25 percent drop in quarterly operating profit after tumbling flash memory chip prices ate into margins.
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Sony Corp (6758.T) said on Wednesday it  will sell its microchip production facilities in western Japan  to Toshiba Corp (6502.T) for 90 billion yen ($835 million), in  their latest move to focus on their core businesses.
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Toshiba Corp. (6502.T) said on Friday it  would buy certain chip-related patents from Micron Technology  Inc.  and secure licences for all the patents held by  Micron unit Lexar Media Inc. for $288 million, ending lawsuits  between the Japanese electronics maker and Lexar.
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Toshiba America Consumer Products said it cut prices of its HD DVD players to boost market adoption of its next-generation DVD players by mainstream consumers after what it said was a successful fourth quarter in unit sales.