IT SECTOR

At times, the global IT-industry news issues that cause sustained sense of déjà vu. And because you know for certain that this is exactly news - but from a sense of deja vu is impossible to escape. But everything else was good: IT-economy once again on the rise. If someone does not understand - I once again became Head talk about semiconductors. I have often written about the fact that Russia persists in trying to buy somewhere abroad microprocessor production. So how to create your own elusive. Well, in fact, do not take as seriously Zelenograd chips, which, according to a popular joke, basically all the same tube. But turn to the substance. The Russian state-owned corporation Rosnano, also known as holding AFK "System" agree to buy the French company - the manufacturer of microelectronics Altis. It admitted the Russian business newspaper Vedomosti some official from the administration Dmitry Medvedev, the question of the transaction Rosnano Altis and was recently discussed ...

Image via Wikipedia Sadness and gloom. These two words were sufficient to describe the current mood of the inhabitants of Silicon Valley. Another couple of months ago it seemed that the IT-industry crisis, if not will bypass, then, at least not so badly affected as other industries. But expectations are not met. More recently, the generous funding of startups completely phased out, as large IT-companies massively reduce the staff and all the universal "restructure", ie, start saving, even at the clip and toner for printers. But this does not save. Semiconductor Sector In the IV quarter of 2008, the supply of a family of x86 processors fell by 18%. At the same time, as once again underscore the analysts in the I quarter of 2009 the first significant improvement is not worth waiting for. Deliveries of the family of x86 processors in monetary terms in the IV quarter of 2008 decreased by 18% compared to III quarter of that year, said the report Mercury Research. These are the pro...