GLG News by Flash Memory Experts

The semiconductor industry is undergoing a very predictable down cycle based upon excessive capital spending in 2006.  As it always does, demand will catch up to this spending in 2009, and the market should see another upswing similar to those in the past. In the mean time, all semiconductor...

Wide Area File Services (WAFS) products have now been shipping for about two years.The main benefit to be derived from WAFS is the ability to improve data delivery to workers at remote sites, while saving money compared to alternative configurations and solutions.

Solid-State Drives (SSDs) may be ahead of their time, but they are certainly generating a lot of press!  Companies who don't want to get left in the dust need both to understand this technology, and to understand why their customers would or would not like to purchase it.

* Hitachi introduced a 500 GB 2.5-inch hard disk drive in January 2008 but the product would not fit into a conventional 2.5-inch hard drive bay  * Fujitsu followed suit with a 500 GB 2.5-inch HDD announcement with a similar thicker drive package  * Samsung announced in March that they would...

* Seagate says that if SSDs start to threaten HDDs Seagate may sue SSD companies such as Intel and Samsung for patent infringement  * Seagate and WD have patents with many of the ways that a storage device communicates with a computer and SSDs may use some of these approaches  * SSDs are being...

The belief that LTE can come ahead of its original schedule is a wishful thinking. The industry has not seen any corner cutting in any of its emerging standards. Even ISDN followed by the TDMA-CDMA-GSM standard wars took their time to be established as working standard. WiMAX itself is under development...

After a long way spotted with many standard hurdles, WiMAX should see its way as the major platform for mobile wireless connectivity in 2009. Led by the chipset provided by Intel, WiMAX is now ready for broad market launch, and really carries the message of high speed hassle free wireless technolog...

Sprint commitment to WiMAX is its only hope to recover from its corroding situation. Adopting WiMAX is a "take it or die " alternative , after the huge investment it has done in this area. Sprint is not in a position to decline WiMAX and awaits LTE.

HSDPA is aimed to provide fixed capabilities to mobile platform. This fast data rate will find its way into a growing number of mobile telecommunications installations and will reflect a seamless way of connectivity between fixed and mobile gear. By 2009 , more and more European users will seek for...

Increases in inflation reaching the level of 4%, along with a 10% rise in oil prices, have not helped an already weak semiconductor industry; however, the solar industry is less sensitive and may even gain as a result with increased emphasis on reducing dependence on oil supplies and the conversion...