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| Samsung will invest to boost Xian fab |
9/16/2013 |
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Following the firm's latest decision, the combined investment on the construction will reach up to $7.5 billion, making the project Samsung's single largest overseas investment for a chip-making plant.
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| Samsung increased DRAM production to fill Hynix's void |
9/16/2013 |
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SK Hynix said on September 13 that the company expects to restore full operations at its fire-affected plant in October. "We will make every effort to ramp up operations in stages in order to fully recover normalized production level in November,"
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| IBM and STMicro to roll out silicon in India |
9/16/2013 |
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The outlay of the IBM fab is about Rs.26,300 crore for establishing the facility of 40,000 wafer starts per month of 300 mm size, using CMOS technology. Technology nodes proposed are 90, 65 and 45 nm nodes in Phase I, 28 nm node in Phase II with the option of establishing a 22 nm node in Phase III.
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| Mobile phones and tablet to drive Christmas e-Commerce |
9/6/2013 |
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Total e-commerce spending this holiday shopping season is expected to rise by 15 percent to $61.8 billion. Shoppers on smartphones and tablets will account for 16 percent of all purchases made through e-commerce sites.
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| Samsung shows 4K 98 inch TV at IFA |
9/6/2013 |
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In total, that makes five models in Samsung's UHD lineup: 55, 65, 85, 98, and 110-inch models. The 55- and 65-inch models received pricing today, at approximately $5,270 and $7,900 respectively.
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| Hynix claim fire did not interrupt memory production |
9/5/2013 |
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After an initial assessment, the world's No. 2 maker of dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chips said it found no "material" damage to fabrication gear in its clean room at the plant, which produces around 12 to 15 percent of global computer memory chips.
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| China Xiaomi claims to have most affordable SmartTV |
9/5/2013 |
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The Xiaomi TV runs the company's version of Android called MIUI, and will be sold for 2999 yuan (US$486) once it arrives in October. The TV features a quad-core processor from Qualcomm, and display panel technology from Samsung and LG.
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| Kodak exits bankruptcy |
9/5/2013 |
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The company says it's now a commercial imaging company serving business markets such as packaging and graphics. Chairman and CEO Antonio Perez says it's on track for profitable growth.
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| WiFi is going to higher speed and bandwidth |
9/5/2013 |
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The spec aims to support a range of options from throughput of 150Kbit/s with a 1MHz band to as much as 40Mbit/s over an 8MHz band. Distances supported could be about 50 per cent longer than those of the streamlined 802.11n products now targeting the sector with throughput up to 72Mbit/s.
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| Smartphone ecosystem is changing at emerging markets |
9/4/2013 |
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It is a new phase in the evolution of the smartphone market. Indian and Chinese brands are now substantial in their own markets, dominant in some cases. The world stage beckons. Apple and Samsung will need to be more nimble to deal with them.
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| Walmart dropped iPhone prices |
9/4/2013 |
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If you are willing to sacrifice your desire to wait for the new iPhone, then it is the right time to grab one of the current iPhones from Wal-Mart stores.
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| High-tech firms to fight San Jose IP office closing |
9/4/2013 |
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Tech leaders say this one is unique and unfair, because the Commerce Department's promised satellite patent offices were never going to be funded by taxpayers. Instead, they're supported by the $2.8 billion in annual patent fees collected from inventors, entrepreneurs and companies.
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| Nokia to sell hardware business to Microsoft |
9/3/2013 |
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Nokia will continue to operate its own software and services, including the revamped maps division that it branded HERE. Additional business included the in-car infotainment system that could grow all the better for Nokia’s hardware pruning via Microsoft.
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| Samsung announced DDR4 production |
9/3/2013 |
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Early market availability of the 4-gigabit (Gb) DDR4 devices, which use 20-nanometer process technology, will create demand for 16GB and 32GB memory modules.
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| Phablet market jumped in Asia |
9/3/2013 |
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Phablets made a notable jump, up by 100 per cent QoQ, and up 620 per cent for the same quarter in 2012, added the market research firm.
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| Dell optimistic about Windows 8.1 for enterprise PCs |
8/30/2013 |
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As Microsoft is ready to release Windows 8.1 on October 18, Jeff Clarke, Dell's vice chairman and president of Global Operations and End User Computing Solutions, has expressed his optimism about the operating system. Compared to Android and iOS, Windows' security and management abilities will allow the OS to become the top pick of the enterprise PC industry, Clarke noted.
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| Lenovo unveil ThinkCentra desktops |
8/30/2013 |
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Lenovo has announced new all-in-one (AIO) desktops with a simpler ergonomic design featuring optional multi-touch screens, improved cable management and new mounting options with the ThinkCentre UltraFlex
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| Toshiba adds Thai Fab |
8/29/2013 |
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Toshiba on August 29 announced that its Thailand-based Group company TST (Toshiba Semiconductor Thailand) has completed its relocation to a new semiconductor manufacturing facility and started mass production, marking the company's full recovery from the flooding of 2011.
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| Intel to unveil Bay Trail-T at IDF 2013 |
8/29/2013 |
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Intel is ready to announce its next-generation Bay Trail-T platform at the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) taking place in San Francisco from September 10-12.
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