Debunking the myth of the $100M ASIC
A false belief that leading-edge chips cost up to $100 million to develop has severely decimated levels of venture capital investment in semiconductors, diminishing innovation in our industry and our economy. The fact is, engineers can create a profitable chip company with less than $2 million of total investment. I know because we have done it.
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Arnold # 8226; Schwatzenegger attends 2009 Oracle global conference
Governor of U.S.A. California Arnold to October 14 local time in Schwatzenegger ‘ Wednesday Attend 2009 Oracle global conference that the San Francisco Moscone centre holds, and discuss the hot topic with CEO Larry Ellison of inscriptions on bones or tortoise shells. Governor of U.S.A. California Arnold and Schwatzenegger discusses especially how to make use of technology to promote the economy of California, because it is the motive force of the national initiative spirit.
It will make the associations of Oracle and Sun bring more benefits to California through many ways that Larry Ellison introduces especially, these ways include:
Guarantee the important roles of California in the technological innovation of the whole world;
Stimulate economy by offering the work position and ecosystem that strong support cooperative partner and customer sent;
Represent the leading position in protecting the environment responsibility of enterprise after amalgamating
The global conference of inscriptions on bones or tortoise shells of this year has attracted and come from the persons who participate the meeting of 120 countries in the world, it is expected to contribute the including of 100 million dollars for California.
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Cisco gives up the annual camp and accepts the growth goal Will continue reducing the staff this year
Chambers, chief executive officer of Cisco, announced yesterday, the company had already given up 12% to 17% of the annual camp made 4 years before and accepted the growth rate goal, because demand weakness and product cost glide, Cisco will continue reducing the staff and simplifying the business this year.
Chambers claimed yesterday at analyst’s telephone conference, Cisco camp of this quarter will not exceed 2% accepting the growth rate. It is 7% that the camp that the analyst in the industry predicted accepts the growth rate.
Since beginning to reduce the staff in Cisco, Chambers has mentioned simplifying the work in layoffs and management stratification structure that the company will have already finished and continued being carried on foreignly soon for the first time. It is reported, Cisco has already dismissed 550 staff and shut off Flip video lens business this year. Chambers shows, the company will continue reducing the staff and closing the business of the profit rate on the low side this year. Though the analyst in the industry appreciates very much Chambers is frank, but they show they can not see Cisco’s future achievement growth prospect clearly at all.
Analyst Joanna of Mizuho Securities USA Chris Ma Joanna Makris Claim: “They realized the present market situation at last, this was a good thing. All of us know 12% to 17% annual camp it charges growth rates to be unrealistic, what it is but can on earth already? 8% or 10%? Before Cisco tells us clearly what products it plans to give up, it is very difficult for us to estimate this is machine format. ”
Technological bellwether
Cisco expects, the fourth wealth net profit of season up to July will be between 39 cents in every strand of 37 cents, the camp will accept among between 10,800 million dollars and 11,100 million dollars in the fourth wealth season. The average profit that the analysts in the industry predicted is every strand of 41 cents, it is 11,600 million dollars that average camp charges.
The investors have been thinking all the time Cisco is the bellwether of the technological trade, because it is controlling the router and market of switchboard, and these products are exactly the key products of Internet’s flowrate of the direct influence. What has been bought Cisco in enterprise’s user need switchboard erects enterprise’s network, mobile phone and network service supplier need to buy the router products of Cisco.
In the management organizational adjustment claimed to carry on in this month, Cisco has already begun to close investors and the employees to think the decision speed cross the slow business segments, those business segments not only make Cisco abandon market share but also caused talents of a lot of high-ranking officials’ loss. Cisco represents, the company has already simplified internal 9 before this of quantity of different management committees to 3, 42 before this of quantity of the committee of subordinate reporting to those management committees are simplified to 15.
Cisco still shows, makes profits in order to improve, the company will cut down the cost of 1 billion dollars the next fiscal year.
Go all out
Chambers showed yesterday: “We have not underestimated the transition that we face now. We will go all out, will carry on the essential fundamental change to the management mode. ”
Analyst Bill CrayResearch Bill Kreher of Edward Jones
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Sony engages three independent organizations to assist to investigate a hacker invades the incident
Sony has already engaged three independent organizations to assist its hacker of investigation to invade the incident, hope to find and attack a hacker as soon as possible. This incident has already caused the personal data of user of more than 100 million video-games of Sony to let out.
Private security service Data Forte group and FBI FBI that Sony has already demanded to offer safe consultation service for it all the time Launch the investigation to this together. The person in charge of Data Forte was once a secret service of the investigation bureau of USN’s crime. Sony shows on Tuesday, this company still engages American human resources company Robert – Haff world Robert Half International Advisor and Guidance Software network security expert of Protiviti Company assist to investigate this under command.
Sony and the above-mentioned three companies have not responded this. FBI is likewise unwilling to reveal any detail, only show that is invading the incident and carrying on the investigation to the hacker. Electronic security firm IOActive David
Tags: private security, personal data, security firm, guidance software
Sony is invaded ten major consequences of the incident: Or become that declines in the turning point
Sony PlayStation network, Qriocity music service and Sony’s online amusement Sony Online Entertainment Game serve, have one suffer attack of hacker not escaping by luck, the whole world exceed influence by this incident by 100 million users. Sony claims, the credit card data stolen have already been crossed and has encrypted dealing with, but personal information has not been encrypted, this upsets a lot of users anything will happen next.
To Sony, it is recovery PlayStation network and Qriocity music service next. However, as to consumers, even Sony comes to say, there will be more trouble, apology and anxious in future several months. Invading the incident will bring far-reaching influence to Sony and the whole game on line trade this time, particularly, may produce ten major consequences.
1.Does Sony decline in game trade?
, invasion, Sony relied on PlayStation 3 game machine to take cities and seize territory at the market of game in the intersection of PlayStation and network, let Nintendo and Microsoft both nervous endlessly for a time. However, are exerted a tremendous influence in business in PlayStation network in game trade of Sony after invasion, it may be difficult to sweep the haze over the next several years.
2. Is the whole game on line damaged?
Though it is for Sony PlayStation network to invade the incident this time, however, it will possibly influence the market of whole game on line. A lot of users are afraid similar such data suffer loss by theft the incident recur, and cause huge losses to oneself, so, they may choose to give up the products of Sony, and choose Xbox Live game service of Microsoft; But they may in Microsoft Xbox Live game even connect and are serve and does not use again either. Unless whole the intersection of game on line and trade appear obvious improvement, otherwise afraid user of safety problem may can hope and halt still.
3.Is individual difficult to dispel to threaten in several months safely?
Sony claims, so far, the whole world has not found yet the identity theft incident correlated with invading the incident this time happens. However, this company shows, it will help users to apply for identity theft and take precautions against that serve, in order to prevent the occurrence of such a thing. Certainly, to apply for this kind of service is always better than not to apply. However, it shows, within future several months, personal safety problems will be all difficult to dispel.
4.Safe the alarm sounds continuously
PlayStation network beaten the safe alarm bell to the masses of users by the invading incident. Under normal conditions, people always think Microsoft and Windows system will cause the safety problem. However, this time invasion incident shows in Sony’s experience: There are places for network link, exist on the issue that safe. It is very possible, will invade the incident and will be begun to ponder deeply by users this time, how should they share personal information, and how to undertake the risk done like this.
5.The security firm will rise
Though safe trade pays close attention the target is mainly to protect desk-top computer and mobile phone set, however, if security firm utilizes PlayStation network to be invaded the incident and made an issue, put out the new trick, it is not at all surprising too. Can predict, some insightful security firms will put out and help users to protect the brand-new solution of personal information.
6.Sony will continue becoming and attacking the target
The disaster of Sony, Microsoft or supplier of any other games on line is far from being over. Since hackers can already succeed in invading the defensive system of Sony, have stolen users’ personal secrets information, they may know and continue doing it in this way. Though in this case, Sony has already got the help of FBI investigator, however, this is not yet enough to prevent the ill-intentioned hacker from implementing the attack in the future. One profit, lure hacker these into constantly again and three try.
7.Microsoft or thereby making an issue
Microsoft may regard PlayStation web invasion incident as a chance that oneself develops too. At first, Microsoft may raise the safety that his Xbox Live game serve, guarantees such a thing will not happen in oneself on one’s body. Secondly, to no longer believing in the users of Sony, Microsoft may also become they safest ” harbor of refuge ” in the heart . Within future several months, Microsoft is expected to utilize trouble of Sony to make an issue, seize the chance to improve one’s own reputation and market share.
8. More surprising details are made known publicly
Though Sony does not seem so candid when its service is attacked by the hacker at the very beginning, but this company has already begun to announce the detail of invading the incident this time to the outside slowly after all. Within future several months, as Sony begins to lick and lick one’s own wound, more surprising details will be made known publicly. Unfortunately, these details may seem very ear-piercing to user of PlayStation network, difficult to accept. Like each member in the technological trade, Sony needs to spend several months and can totally understand essence and incidence of invading the incident this time too.
9.Sony administration and supervision authorities will send the violent earthquake
At all strange, large-scale the intersection of security and the intersection of invasion and incident let a lot of critic call upon Howard – the intersection of Sri Lankan and Ginger Howard Stringer, CEO of Sony, loudly already so Step down from the stage. They claim this the intersection of Sri Lankan and the last straw of Ginger, before this, he had already made several serious mistakes in Sony. Their view is really difficult to refute. Under normal conditions, any enterprise meets so large-scale a security invasion incident, someone will all be changed. This incident made people feel shocked most, the basic framework of network of Sony collapses at the first blow so. Not merely responsible for the safe IT high tube specifically, even top leader of the company should pack up and quit and go away. Consider the enormous trouble that Howard falls into because of invading the incident this time, he may be forced to step down from the stage.
10.Serve and return to normal, the incident is forgotten
PlayStation web invasion incident has a possible result: Serve and return to normal, the incident is forgotten. Now, it is fairly proper that Sony deals with the method to invade incident, increasingly much information has already been made known publicly. In protecting the important data, Sony seems to do well too. If Sony continues leading according to the accurate set pattern, public attention transfers to other things, then PlayStation network and Qriocity music service may be returned to them the normal state before invasion. This incident went over at last, even was forgotten, seemed not to happen to be too the same.
Tags: game trade, playstation 3, safety problem, game on line
Gartner: The global IT service income will reach 793 billion dollars in 2010, will increase by 3.1%
Technological research and advisory company Gartner global point out, the final user IT global will serve the total expenditure and reach 793 billion dollars in 2010, compared with 769 billion dollars in 2009, increase by 3.1%. In Asian-Pacific area, IT service income will reach 69,400 million dollars in 2010, compared with 59,500 million dollars in 2009, increase by 16.6%.
Gartner studies the executive vice president Kathryn Hale to represent: “Undoubtedly the ground, we can still experience the influence that the global economic recession bring of 2008 and 2009, the intersection of IT and in go through 5.1% of the incomes to begin to rebound to 2010 after gliding in 2009 service market. ”
In 2010, the share in IT service market of IBM will still keep the first in the world, the income is 56,400 million dollars, compared with 2009, increase by 2.6%, account for the market share of 7.1% in the world see tables one . Hewlett-Packard can be said the intersection of income and achievement it increases to be most poor in the the top five, Hewlett-Packard IT will serve the growth in earnings and is lower than 100 million dollars in 2010, it is only 0.3% to increase.
IT service income of 2010 of Fujitsu Limited is 24,100 million dollars, annual growth is 3.5%, do very well. Ten major incomes rebound in the most powerful company while ranking before Essen is wise perhaps, the income reaches 22,200 million dollars, increase by 6.1%. CSC growth in the previous year is positive, but the growth level increase by 0.6% less than market ,Part of the reason is contracting and postponing with the contract of the commercial department in a large amount because of coming from the union, and come from the business of American federal government and challenge the influence brought to cause.
Table one: The global income situation of IT service provider unit: A million dollars
Company 2010 Income 2010 Market share % 2009 Income Increase % IBM56, 4247.155, 0002.6 35, 3464.535 Hewlett-Packard, 2520.3 24, 1173.023 Fujitsu, 3043.5 wise 22, 2122.820 Essen, 9396.1CSC16, 1062.016,0040.6 other 638, 75080.6618, 6743.2s Total 792,955 100.0 769,173 3.1
Source: Gartner April of 2011 years
Gartner senior research analyst Dean Blackmore shows: “In over 300 IT service providers of the follow-up investigation, it is influenced that more than 10% of the gross income are purchased, the market share without a provider exceeds 7% on the market. Purchase in the whole worlding makes the site of general headquarters of the service provider not become more and more important, we find the growth of the Indian provider is still higher than the average level of the market, therefore continue gaining market share. 2010, market increase 3.1% while being overall, and Indian provider increase 18.9% together, bring 5.5% for 2010 up to market share of them from 4.8% of 2009. ”
It is the most powerful that software support will increase in 2010, it is 6.6%. And procedure management and hardware support behave weaker, the two increase by about 1% and is lower than expectancy horizontally. In 2010, will especially resume the suspensory investment plan in early time with the organization again in the second half of 2010, so as to consult and develop / the integrated service income is slightly higher than expectancy.
From the view point of serving vertically, slash the budget because the government departments of all parts of the world aim at reducing the deficit, the growth rate of the government department will be the lowest stand side by side and increase with the education department by 1.6% in 2010 .
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Gartner: The global IT service income will resume growth in 2010
American the intersection of market and research company Gartner release report, claim global the intersection of terminal user and IT it serves the expenses to be 793 billion dollars 2010 today, increase by 3% than 769 billion dollars in 2009.
“The influence of global economic recession in 2008 and 2009 still exists, this basically has no doubt, but after the trade income of 2009 glides 5.1%, the global income in 2010 of IT service market still rebounds. ” Gartner studies executive vice president Catherine and Hill Kathryn Hale Say.
IBM ranks the first place of IT service industries in the world, the income in 2010 reaches 56,400 million dollars, share is 7.1%. In ranking the enterprises of the first 5, it is the worst that No. two Hewlett-Packard behaves, only increase by 100 million dollars, amplification is 0.3%.
No. three IT service income in 2010 of Fujitsu increases by 3.5%, reaches 24,100 million dollars. Essen is wise to display and rob the eyes, 1,300 million dollars of growth in earnings in 2010 most in ranking the enterprises of the first 10, reach 22,200 million dollars, amplification is 6.1%. CSC has presented growth too, but the range is only 0.6%.
So far as trade, the income speedup in 2010 of software support is the quickest, up to 6.6%. Secondly it is procedure management and hardware support, speedup is all up to 1%, but is lower than expectancy. Consult and develop / higher than anticipated slightly by the intersection of IntServ and speedup, reason every big enterprise and organization restart making the investment last year, especially in the second half of 2010.
According to each vertical field, the speedup of government and educational field is the slowest, it is 1.6%, the reason is that global governments of various countries are cutting down the expenses, reduce the budget.
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IBM 3,100 million U.S. dollars of net profit in the second quarter increase by 12% compared with the same period of last year
IBM released the wealth newspaper of second quarter for 2009 fiscal years today. Report reveal the intersection of company and influence that expenditure glide, IBM camp charge glide 13% compared with the same period of last year second quarter, to 23,300 million dollars, are inferior to analyst’s expectancy; But cut down the measure and turn in the cost to the help of the business strategy of the profit, IBM net profit in the second quarter goes beyond analyst’s expectancy.
Here up to season of this wealth on June 30 of 2009, the net profit of IBM is 3,100 million dollars, 2,800 million dollars compared with the same period of last year increase by 12%; 2.32 dollars of thin income of stand per share, thin income of 1.97 dollars of stand per share compared with the same period of last year increase by 18%. IBM charges for 23,300 million dollars in the camp in the second quarter, 26,800 million dollars compared with the same period of last year glide 13%, it is to glide 7% to charge to the influence of the exchange rate change. The gross profit rate of IBM second quarter is 45.5%, higher than 43.2% of the same period last year.
IBM accepts and is slightly lower than analyst’s expectancy in the camp in the second quarter, the investigation in finance and economics of Reuter reveals, is 23,500 million dollars that the camp charges that the analyst estimates IBM in the second quarter before this. IBM earning per share in the second quarter is higher than analyst’s expectancy, the investigation in finance and economics of Reuter reveals, the analyst estimates IBM earning per share of 2.01 dollars in the second quarter before this.
Divide according to region, IBM from American area camp it charges to be 9,900 million dollars second quarter, glide 9% the influence that charge to the exchange rate change is in order to glide 7% compared with the same period of last year compared with the same period of last year ; The camp from Europe, Middle East and Africa area charges for 7,900 million dollars, glide 20% the influence that charge to the exchange rate change is in order to glide 7% compared with the same period of last year compared with the same period of last year ; The camp from Asian-Pacific area charges for 4,900 million dollars, glide 7% the influence that charge to the exchange rate change is in order to glide 5% compared with the same period of last year compared with the same period of last year . OEM camp of second quarter such as IBM charge for 537 million dollars, glide 24% compared with the same period of last year. IBM comes from increasing the camp that the market organizes to accept and glide 11% the influence that charge to the exchange rate change is in order to increase by 1% compared with the same period of last year compared with the same period of last year in the second quarter ,The proportion is 18% in the camp based on region accepts.
Will it be second quarter 2009, IBM global scientific and technological the intersection of service department and the intersection of door and camp charge for 9,100 million, glide 10% charge the intersection of exchange rate and change to, influence for glide 2% compared with the same period of last year compared with the same period of last year ; IBM global commercial the intersection of service department and the intersection of door and camp charge for 4,300 million, glide 15% charge the intersection of exchange rate and change to, influence for glide 9% compared with the same period of last year compared with the same period of last year .
IBM signs the service contract valued at 14 billion dollars together in the second quarter, glide 5% compared with the same period of last year charge to the exchange rate change influence in order to increase by 3% compared with the same period of last year ,In that the single value of 17 contracts exceeds 100 million dollars. IBM system and scientific and technological the intersection of group portion and second quarter such as door camp charge for 3,900 million, glide 26% charge the intersection of exchange rate and change to, influence for glide 22% compared with the same period of last year compared with the same period of last year . IBM software door second quarter charge to 5,200 million dollars camp,it glide by 7% compared with the same period of last year if you can’t charge by exchange rate change to, influence for and than fair . IBM camp charge for 568 million global financial second quarter such as door such as department, glide 10% charge the intersection of exchange rate and change to, influence for glide 4% compared with the same period of last year compared with the same period of last year .
IBM estimates at least 9.70 dollars of earning per share for 2009 fiscal years, anticipated at least 9.20 dollars before higher than thising.
On the same day, IBM stock price goes up by 3.42 dollars in the regular exchange of New York Stock Exchange, end with 110.64 dollars, 3.19% of amount of the increase. Up to America eastern time 16:49 4:49 17 subsequently In the back trade of plate, IBM stock price goes up by 1.92 dollars once again, to 112.56 dollars, 1.74% of amount of the increase. 52 weeks in the past, the highest price of IBM was 130.93 dollars, the bottom price was 69.50 dollars.
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UNICOM 284 city 3G networks will pass the end of September to test
Recently, CHINAUNICOM determines to add extra WCDMA networks used for building 7 provinces and 50 new cities of 1,500 million yuan, make its 3G network cover the city and reach 334. The first stage of the second stage of WCDMA network construction projects have already drawn to an end at present originally, CHINAUNICOM will confirm to the first stage of 284 the second stage of cities before September and commercial entry.
Among them, it invests 1,100 million, forms a complete set to transmit the investment 400 million without the network part. Professor Liu Wu in Tsing-Hua University points out, this additional investment though amount is relatively small, but indicate urban WCDMA of UNICOM covers and enters the stage of filling a vacancy.
Build 50 city WCDMA networks separately
The reporter learns, the companies of seven provinces of the additional investment are organizing the designing unit to finish the writing and making the work of feasibility research according to the construction scale that CHINAUNICOM general headquarters is issuing.
Before this, CHINAUNICOM has built two WCDMA networks, the first issue is 56 key cities, the second issue is 228 cities, add 50 newly-increased cities this time, WCDMA network cover 334 cities.
It is reported, UNICOM planned to the large-scale construction that is covered while advancing 80,000 base stations, 70,000 rooms in 284 cities at the end of the year with before this. Liu Wu analyzes, WCDMA commercialization maturity is high, it is the important technological reason why UNICOM expands 3G networking that the replacement risk of high-speed enlargement of network is little. This measure of UNICOM will expand the network to cover, improve network quality, distribute telephone numbers to bring the newcoming advantage for UNICOM’s scale, form the good public praise in users.
After Beijing, Shanghai net build progress to depend on
UNICOM builds and advances the speed to go beyond expectancy at present, the reporter learns, besides Beijing, Shanghai, two super-huge cities, the major project of other 282 cities has already basically finished construction and project to optimize.
CHINAUNICOM requires every province company to set about the organizational project to test for the first time according to the confirmation norm that the general headquarters issue, require that finishes and appears in the newspaper and tests the report for the first time before the end of September.
The cover construction of the communication network, has had two characteristics all the time, one is after construction scheduling in the megalopolis is partial, one is that construction of western province and city is slow. Professor Zhang JianMing of Beijing University of Post
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Cisco looked forward the rich global router market share dropped by 10% in 09
Research company, trade of network, Infonetics deliver router and exchanger of service provider will predict the report will it be fourth quarter 2009 week, have revealed the manufacturer market share rank in the fourth quarter of 2009 and the whole year.
According to Infonetics common founder and main analyst Michael Howard, the router field of service provider ranked manufacturer Cisco of the top two and global router market share of 2009 of the rich network of looking forward to drop from 68% in 2008 to 59%. Alcatel – Lucent, China are and the market share growth of the manufacturer other. What is interesting is smaller manufacturer Tellabs exceeded Ericsson in 2009, enters five major manufacturer billboards for the first time. Tellabs regards moving the market as in one year when the focal point realized powerful growth in 2009. Router manufacturers of the top six of all ranks realized two -figure number growth of the income from sales in the fourth quarter of 2009. We expect the intersection of router and market to appear most gentle growth 2010, because operator implement for one’s own the intersection of router and network fixed – move, merge strategy.
The report of Infonetics claimed, though the whole market increased in the fourth quarter of 2009, this growth is not enough to offset the losses in the whole year yet, the income from sales of the market of whole router of the whole year of 2009 is 11,100 million dollars, have reduced by 12% compared with 2008.
As will be expected, drop since serving ATM exchangers more to lead for downward trend this market a lot of quarters .
Infonetics continues saying, Asian-Pacific area is IP edge router and the only area where the income from sales of key router increases, the income from sales of 2009 has increased by 19% compared with 2008. The incentive policy of the telecommunications of Chinese Government and competitiveness of the Chinese operator recombinated newly are the important factor of promoting this area to increase.
Infonetics adds, global service provider IP edge router in the fourth quarter of 2009, IP key router, operator Ethernet exchanger and income from sales serving more products such as ATM exchanger,etc. increased by 17%, that headed the list of signers and increased IP edge router sold powerful growth. Hu Yang compiles
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