HP wins $700m GM contract

Hewlett-Packard (HP) has been awarded a five-year IT services contract from General Motors (GM) worth in excess of $700 million.

"The agreement spans global product development, manufacturing and quality, GMAC customer and dealer information systems, and global SAP enterprise architecture management support," writes Manufacturing Business Technology.

HP Services will work with GM`s information systems and services organisation to provide server management, application maintenance and systems integration for a number of IS areas.

German chip manufacturer Infineon Technologies has produced its first sample chips using advanced 65-nanometer manufacturing technology.

This is according to Australia`s PC World magazine, which adds that the samples are the result of a research and development alliance with IBM, Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing and Samsung Semiconductor.