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| Fujitsu may cut 2000 Fab jobs |
2/13/2013 |
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Fujitsu Ltd. has announced a radical restructuring of its semiconductor business that is likely to include major disposals and put 2,000 employees at risk of losing their jobs
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| Powerchip to end Dram production by Q1,2013 |
2/12/2013 |
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Powerchip Technology, as most of the production equipment at its 12-inch P3 fab has been sold to Globalfoundries and Texas Instruments, will end production at the fab at the end of the first quarter of 2013.
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| Wistron to lower notebook revenue by 40% |
2/12/2013 |
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Wistron will gradually shift its focus from notebook to non-notebook businesses with its after-sales service business starting to see rapid growth in 2013, and its IT product recycling business taking off in 2015, helping the company to lower its notebook business revenues contribution to below 40% in 2015, according to company chairman Simon Lin.
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| Winbond makes profit in 2013 |
2/11/2013 |
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Winbond Electronics is expected to return to profitability as early as the second quarter of 2013, thanks to a more favorable cost structure and product mix, according to market watchers.
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| Foxconn February revenue to drop 8% |
2/11/2013 |
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Foxconn Electronics on February 7 reported consolidated revenues of NT$313.53 billion (US$10.71 billion) for January 2013, dropping 8.19% on year.
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| Lenovo to become largest Notebook maker |
2/11/2013 |
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Lenovo is likely to ship the most notebooks in the global market during the first quarter of 2013, according to estimates by Taiwan-based supply chain makers .
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| HTC report revenue by 28% |
2/8/2013 |
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HTC has announced consolidated revenues of NT$15.54 billion (US$525.5 million) for January 2013, representing a decline of 28%
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| Foxconn January revenues dip by 8% |
2/8/2013 |
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Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) on February 7 reported consolidated revenues of NT$313.53 billion (US$10.71 billion) for January 2013, dropping 8.19% on year.
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| Inotera to make profit in March 2013 |
2/8/2013 |
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Inotera Memories is likely to return to profitability as early as March, thanks to more output using 30nm process technology and steady orders from Micron Technology.
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| Apple report strong demand for iPhone 4S |
2/6/2013 |
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Apple announced iPhone shipments of 47.8 million units in the fourth quarter of 2012 but only half of that volume was the latest iPhone 5; the iPhone 4S still contributed about 20 million units, according to sources from the upstream supply chain.
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| Michael Dell takes Dell Inc private |
2/6/2013 |
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Dell has announced it has signed a definitive merger agreement under which Michael Dell, Dell's Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, in partnership with global technology investment firm Silver Lake, will acquire Dell.
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| Microsoft to sell $150 Window Phone in Africa |
2/5/2013 |
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Microsoft’s choice of Huawei, a leading maker of mobile networking equipment for African operators, does not detract from Microsoft’s commitment to Nokia, which is relying on Windows Phone software to lift its new line of smartphones and return the company to profitability.
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| HTC predict gross margin of 21-23% |
2/5/2013 |
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Smartphone vendor HTC has forecast consolidated revenue of NT$50-60 billion (US$1.7-2.0 billion), gross margin of 21-23% and net operating margin of 0.5-1.0% for its business operation in the first quarter of 2013.
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| IDT unveils DDR4 buffers |
2/4/2013 |
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Integrated Device Technology announced the availability of the industry’s first complete chipset for DDR4 load reduced dual inline memory modules (LRDIMMs), including both a registered clock driver and data buffer devices.
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| Samsung cautious for 2013 capex planning |
2/4/2013 |
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Samsung and SK Hynix have both taken a cautious approach to planning for capital expenditure (capex) in 2013, implying that the pair is looking to maintain stable profits.
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| Toshiba to adopt Nvidia Tegra-4 chip |
2/4/2013 |
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Toshiba will adopt the Nvidia's Tegra 4 platform for tablets to be launched in June 2013, implying that Tegra 4 is struggling to compete with quad-core platforms developed by Qualcomm.
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| Apple blocks JAVA due to security problems |
2/1/2013 |
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Earlier this month the U.S. Department of Homeland Security recommended disabling Java in Web browsers to avoid potential hacking attacks. Oracle Corp., which owns Java, has issued updates that fix known vulnerabilities, but the DHS expects that there are more flaws in Java's coding.
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| MEM sensor to track farm animals |
2/1/2013 |
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"Agriculture could potentially be the next big market opportunity for MEMS sensors."
Dairymaster's MooMonitor tracks a herd, monitors each cows activity, letting them in and out of automatic doors and detects when they are ovulating.
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| Honda to include Siri on 2013 models |
2/1/2013 |
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Using Eyes Free mode, Siri takes hands-free functionality even further and minimizes distractions even more by keeping your iOS device's screen from lighting up.
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| Apple edged over Samsung on phone shipment in Q4 |
2/1/2013 |
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Overall, mobile phone shipments grew 4 percent year-on-year to hit 52 million units in the quarter, including both smart- and feature phones. Apple’s achievements were pretty strong: the company set a new record as it secured 34 percent of the total US mobile phone market.
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| Michael plans to take Dell private |
1/31/2013 |
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Dell and Silver Lake have been in talks about a deal that would take the company private at or a little below $14 a share, according to one of the people familiar with the situation. The deal would likely value Dell at about $23 billion to $24 billion, said one of these people.
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