Tag archive: Nagano

The hard disk drive (HDD) is tough at the moment. Even the biggest players like Seagate and Western Digital are cutting costs and shedding staff. Now the number six seller, Fujitsu, has agreed to sell its loss-making HDD business to rival (and number five seller) Toshiba, according to The Register. But what exactly will Toshiba be buying? Evidently the read/write head manufacturing isn’t part of the deal, and Fujitsu has said its… Read More

Who says size doesn't matter, even when its only an inch? At last year's CES show in Las Vegas, Samsung grabbed headlines by showing off a prototype 102-inch plasma television, and Samsung currently ships the largest plasma TVs available on the market: if you live in South Korea, Samsung will be happy to let you spend more than $125,000 for an 80-inch plasma screen. But Matsushita

From Epson's press release: Seiko Epson Corporation (“Epson”) announced today that construction has been completed on schedule at the company's once-delayed Chitose Plant, a high-temperature polysilicon TFT LCD panel (“HTPS panel”) fabrication facility located in the Chitose Bibi World industrial park in Hokkaido, Japan. A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held today at the site to commemorate the… Read More