Dell markets its sub $1000US dual core notebook and dual core processor adoption is accelerating. First tier motherboard manufacturers will continue its price war into the second quarter. The dual layer DVD+RW standard has been finalized. Sandisk is ready to make an offer for Lexar which complicates things for Micron.

SanDisk has tapped Morgan Stanley for advice on the merits of a Lexar acquisition, according to the reports from The Deal and Reuters. Micron's offer for the memory device maker stands at $700m or close to $8.50 a share. A more lucrative offer from SanDisk could prove attractive to Lexar investors, although the Micron buy appears to make more sense from a competitive standpoint.