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Hitachi's net loss expands during October-December period

Hitachi's net loss expands during October-December period Tokyo - Hitachi Ltd on Tuesday said its net loss expanded in the third quarter and it also reiterated it would incur its worst annual loss for fiscal 2008 that ends in March.

The weak performance was attributed to sales declines in semiconductors, automotive devices, industrial machinery among other products as well as the yen's surge against other currencies.

SSDs would be jointly produced by Hitachi, Intel

SSDs would be jointly produced by Hitachi, IntelIt has been revealed by the Japanese electronics conglomerate, Hitachi that it will produce Solid State Drives (SSD) jointly with chipmaker Intel. SSDs are memory devices that are figured as a nice alternative for HDDs (Hard Disk Drives). Hitachi, the world's third largest hard drive maker has never used the SSD technology before. Since the SSDs are capable of absorbing shocks better and consume less power than hard disk drives, they are mainly used in laptop PCs. The features of SSDs are quite vital for any laptop user.

Matsushita, Canon, Hitachi combine display panel business

World’s largest maker of plasma televisions, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Canon Inc. and Hitachi Ltd have agreed to team up to promote liquid crystal display (LCD) panel business.

Hitachi 35mm Ultra Thin LCD TV Range ready for launch; Get ready for 19 mm LCD by year 2009

Hitachi presents the Thinnest LCD TV at CEATEC Japan 2007