8/30/2010 - Jobs engine fails

Jobs engine fails

So now it: Apple CEO Steve Jobs health problems are more severe than previously known. The 53-year-old has let himself sick leave by the end of June. What exactly is suffering job, he would not betray.

At the beginning of January, he said to an easily treated by hormone disruption. "Last week, I learned that my health problems but are more complex than originally thought," let it be known now, the prominent head of Apple's cooperation and the public in an e-mail.

Jobs led in the short message are two reasons for its decision. First, he wanted to concentrate on his health, on the other hand he wants to distract anyone from work at Apple. His duties takes as long as the person responsible for the ongoing business Tim Cook.

This release is another chapter in the conflict over Steve Jobs health. Hardly a patient record is currently available for analysts and investors more interesting than that of the Apple boss. For more than a year ago, when Jobs emaciated one of his famous product presentations, held grown up now, the rumors of a serious illness. The question of whether the cancer has broken out again or not, employed a public stock exchange and at times more than the Apple products. These all have in mind the job four years ago had to be treated for pancreatic cancer.

Apple's shares fell post-trade in a first reaction by more than ten percent. Jobs is like no other U.S. managers as a motor and guarantor of the success of his group. Apple's triumph in recent years with products like the iPod music player and iPhone mobile attributed to a large job.

Only in the last week challenged Jobs was in an open letter rumors of serious health problems. His obvious weight loss in recent months, going back to a hormonal disorder, which could be treated relatively easily, the Apple co-founder said at the time.

Jobs wants to own statements during his medical treatment in the coming months in the company's key strategic questions remain involved. The Board of Directors of the Group fully support this.

The constantly emerging speculation about Jobs' health had impacted the price of Apple shares in recent months repeatedly strong. It also triggered a discussion of whether Apple's shareholders adequately informed about the situation. Last week, already Vice President Phil Schiller represented to the great disappointment of many Apple fans the chief executive at the show Macworld Expo in San Francisco and had thus a shift in Apple strategy initiated.

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8/23/2010 - How mobile phones inside the same

How mobile phones inside the same

What would say a car buyer, if his brand new BMW possess the same engine, same chassis and the same avionics as the Mercedes of the neighbors? The customer would be angry. In fact he takes the phone out without complaint.

Whether Nokia, Samsung, and Motorola is on the case - under the skin lies mostly always the same electronics. A handful of semiconductor companies ultimately delivers the technology that makes the mobile phone.

One of them is Infineon. The Munich have been particularly successful in low-and entry-level devices. "In a phone for $ 20 put Infineon chips for five dollars," suggests CEO Peter Bauer. More than 100 million provided for the emerging Billighandys are already equipped with Infineon chips.

That Indians and Chinese can afford a mobile phone can owe it to those of engineers like Infineon. They have united on a single device all the important functions of the phone: transmitting and receiving unit, power supply, a simple graph, and depending on price range with a MP3 player, a radio or a camera.

Quasi-key, the chips are sent to your mobile phone manufacturers who build only the housing around it, customize their software and make the final inspection. This saves time and money. "In three to four months in development, created" a new phone, Infineon CEO says Bauer.

A little longer it takes for the smartphones, the big brothers of multifunctional mobile phones. The best known representatives of this species are the RIM BlackBerry and the iPhone from Apple. The devices need in addition to the standard chips or a so-called application processor that controls the computer-like functions and the complex graphics. This part takes most of the British specialist ARM. "Our developments put in 90 percent of all mobile phones worldwideΒ», said Laurence Bryant, who is responsible for the mobile business, ARM.

The wide spread is because the British do not produce the chips themselves, but sell their developments to the major semiconductor companies. These in turn then to the mobile phone manufacturers. "The platform expertise is shifting increasingly towards" the semiconductor companies, says Alain Dutheil, Chief of Branchenzweiten ST-Ericsson. Of these consumers, however, get to anything. They continue to believe, to call a "real" Nokia, Samsung or Motorola.

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8/17/2010 - Innovations are not protected from the bankruptcy

Innovations are not protected from the bankruptcy

The search for an investor seems hopeless for Qimonda - although the company's products, according to experts are competitive. The slump in the semiconductor market has moved away Infineon's daughter the ground under their feet.

On the outskirts of the Dresdner Heide to the north of the city, the heart of "Silicon Saxony", the largest site for microelectronics in Europe. There shows how quickly the world turns. Because 20 years ago were among the pine forests of the barracks of the Soviet army. Today there modern factory buildings stand next to those of Qimonda Infineon. What will appear in the future in this place is decided in those days.

Currently there only a few people go to work in the morning. Pull in dressing rooms of white suits, put on a mask and then disappear in the clean rooms. The ones who remain of the once 3,000-man staff just keeps the cycle of chemicals in motion, so that production can quickly start up again - when an investor takes. Once, hundreds of people streamed out of the trams in the morning workshop. To them the many photos to remember the entrance to the Qimonda site.

Most of them are already at home. In April, they move to a transfer company, a kind of transition phase, which was either a new job, a training, unemployment or at best, with the return of the clean rooms. For the latter, there is almost no hope.

If the Qimonda story ends now, it would be a disaster for the Saxony state government. The memory chip manufacturer was once the flagship company of the "Silicon Saxony" and was of the politicians like to be recorded as evidence of their success in the development of the East. A total of 218.7 million euro subsidy from Saxony and the federal government spent on the project. The total represents nearly 20 percent of Qimonda's initial investment. Last year, the company piled up to almost two billion euros in losses, according to nearly 250 million € Miesen in 2007.

But not only the Saxon policy could come through the final out of Qimonda in distress. The Free State total risk a severe loss. In the event of bankruptcy, not only the 3,000 employees would lose their jobs. The Saxon state government also fears up to 10,000 jobs in supplier companies. The image of the site would be permanently damaged.

To prevent this, is these days desperately searched for an investor. For a chip manufacturer that produces products such as Qimonda for a climate of extreme competition Hochvolumenmarkt, must invest continuously, otherwise he loses the connection with the manufacturing technology. Is found by 1 April, no investor will be final at Qimonda out the lights.

The surprising thing is: Currently, Qimonda "with the" Buried Wordline still a promising technology to offer. At least Qimonda spokesman Andreas Schaller is convinced. With this technology, Qimonda has jointly developed with Japanese competitor Elpida, small and low-power memory were possible. Already in October, the size of 68 nm has been realized so successfully. The next step would have been implemented in the summer of storage sizes of 46 nanometers, so Schaller, if, indeed, if the insolvency memory manufacturer is not the money had gone. "We were close to the finish line, then we ran out of fuel. With the new chips, we would have been a world leader. "

The scientific community agrees with this assessment in large parts. There you could see Qimonda to insolvency on a promising path: "With the introduction of the new DRAM technology," Buried Wordline "is the reduction of cell size thereof by 25 percent, which is essential for more competitive pricing. In addition, the power consumption by about 30 percent lower, "says Ronald Schnabel, Managing Director of the Association for Electrical, Electronic and Information Technology. "Qimonda intends this technology during the year lead on the 46 nanometer node to-market, which is against the competition a lead of six to twelve months."

Positive, but not quite as euphoric looks Christof Windek, technical editor of Computer magazine c't, the development. "It looks as if the transition is managed in the first generation. But how well a technology is really debatable even super experts, "he says. We learn much later, if the conversion was unsuccessful on a new chip technology. In addition, it would be difficult, how fast the other chip makers are.

In addition to the new technology, Qimonda has also changed its strategy for the year 2007-08 and aims to substantially more profitable and more stable market segments. These include memory for cell phones and servers to achieve in comparison to those in the mass market for personal computers are relatively higher prices. "Whether this strategy can work, can hardly be assessed. It is not clear about whether to bring these markets "in the long term enough money for development and production facilities, says Christof Windek.

The overall situation in the chip market is currently difficult. Manufacturers have pushed through large production capacity and global overproduction, the price considerably. Add to this the drop in demand for memory chips is because of the economic crisis. Qimonda has felt the crisis because of its one-sided focus on DRAMs with full force. Unlike the example, looks at Samsung, the largest player in the market. The Korean conglomerate can balance the losses in the chip market or through other sectors such as shipbuilding and home electronics.

Qimonda other hand, can only hope to external investors in order to survive the crisis. But the search for an investor runs slow. In recent days, hung the hopes of Inspur, a Chinese state enterprise. To convince the Chinese, even the state of Saxony has considered an operating company as to enter at the chip manufacturer. But the Chinese take their time. So far, nothing is decided, "the shape of a possible co-operation is still unclear," said spokeswoman Inspur Sun Mei of the Saxon newspaper.

Why the Chinese are interested in Qimonda at all, no one really knows. According to the newspaper report, the Inspur subsidiary Shandong Sino-Chip Semicon together with other state firms on the initiative of the provincial government of Shandong had been in contact with foreign technology companies because of its own semiconductor industry in Shandong will be built. Consequently, one might conclude it, it would, moreover, the only Chinese on the patents and would include Qimonda Dresden and other locations in Germany, the USA and Portugal. But this danger Andreas Schaller does not - at least not at first. For, as soon the Chinese could not implement the processes for manufacture in its own country, he believes. Moreover, a characteristic especially of the Dresden site by its professionals and research institutions.

For Christof Windek is therefore still hope. It could be that interested in speculating on a further still want cheaper prices, and thus come to Qimonda's strategy, he says. He himself had been expected as the Taiwanese investors, as the local semiconductor manufacturers produce only under license. "With the purchase of Qimonda they had the opportunity to come to the patents," established the c't editor.

Meanwhile, there are at least a first inquiries Taiwan Semiconductor Taiwan Memory giant named Qimonda. The spokesman on Tuesday confirmed one of Qimonda insolvency administrator Michael Jaffe. But Taiwan Memory exists on paper only. To this memory-chip giants to six deficient Taiwanese semiconductor companies unite to overcome the crisis chip together.

Some experts say these days it already, Qimonda easy to let go bankrupt, as the technology for the high investment simply is too expensive. Siemens has begun to develop a semiconductor business with help from IBM and Toshiba in Germany has - she was then in Infineon, in turn outsourced in Qimonda, Infineon - The area will be funded with tax money.

The economist Ulrich Blum has nevertheless called for a rescue of the memory chip producer by the state. "Politicians must think twice about whether they sang a key industry can sink without trace," said the president of the Institute for Economic Research Halle Leipzig People's Daily. Qimonda is the last memory chip manufacturer in Europe. Without the company there is a risk that lack other economic sectors important goods for their own production and they depend on imports.

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