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| Smartphone prices to drop significantly for 2014 |
2/7/2014 |
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Prices of 3G and 4G smartphone solutions are likely to drop significantly in the second quarter of 2014 as chipset vendors are expected to adopt more aggressive pricing strategies in order to gain more orders, according to industry sources.
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| Google unveil 8-Inch Tablet |
2/7/2014 |
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Google has been developing an 8-inch tablet to avoid price competition in the 7-inch segment for launch at the end of April with initial shipments of two million units, according to Taiwan-based supply chain makers.
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| Macronix ramps up NAND Chip production |
2/7/2014 |
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Macronix International and Winbond Technology are both expected to ramp up their shipments of low density 1Gb-4Gb NAND flash chips in 2014 as international players are focusing more on high density MLC and TLC NAND flash products, according to industry sources.
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| SK Hynix operating profits falls 33% |
2/5/2014 |
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SK Hynix has reported operating profits of KRW785 billion (US$727 million) for the fourth quarter of 2013, down 33% from the record of KRW1.16 billion in the previous quarter, while consolidated revenues slipped 18% on quarter to KRW3.37 billion.
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| SMIC readies 28nm chip production |
2/4/2014 |
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Semiconductor Manufacturing International's has successfully entered the multi project wafer (MPW) stage to support customer requirements on both 28nm PolySiON (PS) and 28nm high-k dielectrics metal gate (HKMG) processes.
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| Nanya makes profit in 2013 |
2/3/2014 |
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Nanya Technology has reported net profits for 2013, ending a string of six consecutive annual losses.
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| Nokia unveil Window 8.1 phone |
2/3/2014 |
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Nokia is expected to unveil a series of Windows Phone 8.1-based smartphones at the upcoming Mobile World Congress (MWC),
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| Lenovo buys Motorola for $2.9 Billion |
2/3/2014 |
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Google has agreed to sell Motorola Mobility to Lenovo for $2.9 billion, less than two-and-a-half years after it bought the smartphone and tablet maker for $12.5 billion.
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| Twitter and IBM settle over patents. |
1/31/2014 |
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IBM inked a deal with Twitter that saw the social network acquire over 900 of its patents. They also entered into a cross-licensing deal on patents.
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| Lenovo to buy Motorola Mobility for $2.9B |
1/30/2014 |
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The deal announced Wednesday will rid Google Inc. of a financial headache that has plagued the Internet company since buying Motorola Mobility for $12.4 billion in 2012. Motorola has lost nearly $2 billion since Google took over, while trimming its workforce from 20,000 to 3,800.
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| China is pressuring Qualcomm |
1/30/2014 |
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"While the (fine) money may be very attractive to the NDRC, they would also be happy if Qualcomm were to make all sorts of commitments regarding its technology and the licensing of the technology,"
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| Is Chrysler still a US big three automobile company? |
1/30/2014 |
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Chrysler and Fiat will be known as Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV as they move forward together as a single company. Fiat's board of directors agreed on the new name Wednesday, with headquarters for tax purposes in the United Kingdom.
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| AMD released first ARM server processor |
1/30/2014 |
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AMD's SeaMicro division will be offering server platforms based on the processors. These solutions are targeted at large-scale data center applications such as AMD's recent win at Verizon. Although the announcement of the Verizon design win did not mention anything about the AMD's ARM-based platform, being part of AMD's product roadmap likely influenced the decision.
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| Rambus memory IP earning increased |
1/29/2014 |
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Rambus Inc. capping off a transition year for the venerable memory maker with solid growth on topline revenue and strong projections for 2014. Rambus' stock jumped nearly 7 percent to close at $9.58.
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| Sony to buy CMOS sensor fab from Renesas |
1/29/2014 |
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Last October, Sony said it hoped to extend CMOS capacity by 20 percent in the next few years, with the bulk of this business year's 60 billion yen budget for investment in semiconductors going into the image sensors.
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| Intel invested $120m to consolidate Bangalore campuses |
1/29/2014 |
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"Our new capacity in Bangalore will give us the right resources to make a meaningful difference as the company moves into exciting areas like the Internet of Things. This move reinforces Intel's commitment to invest and grow in India,"
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| Sharp to expand solar project in Thailand |
1/29/2014 |
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Sharp will collaborate on the design and construction of the plant and will also supply the solar modules and balance of plant (BOP) for it. When the plant comes online, the total amount of power generation capacity of Sharp solar power plants in Thailand will exceed 150MW.
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| Google Samsung to cross license |
1/28/2014 |
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Allen Lo, deputy general counsel for patents at Google, echoed Ahn's comments, saying that "by working together on agreements like this, companies can reduce the potential for litigation and focus instead on innovation."
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| SMIC now ready to roll 28nm |
1/28/2014 |
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SMIC's 28nm process technology targets primarily mobile computing- and consumer electronics-related applications, such as smartphone, tablets, TVs, set-top boxes and networking. It provides customers high performance application processors, cellular baseband, wireless connectivity, etc.
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