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| TSMC fill up sub-40nm capacity order |
3/2/2012 |
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has enjoyed strong demand for sub-40nm node technologies tightening capacity for the advanced processes.
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| Quanta aims to ship over 3 million LTE devices in 2012 |
3/1/2012 |
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Quanta Computer has set a goal of shipping three million LTE (Long Term Evolution) devices in 2012, including wireless modules, mobile data cards, routers, hot spots and tablet PCs, according to industry sources.
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| AMD to acquire SeaMicro |
3/1/2012 |
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AMD has announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire SeaMicro, a pioneer in energy-efficient, high-bandwidth microservers, for approximately US$334 million, of which approximately US$281 million will be paid in cash.
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| Apple to unveil 16GB and 32GB iPad 3 |
3/1/2012 |
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Apple has scheduled an event on March 7, sources from its upstream supply chain pointed out that the company is expected to launch two iPad 3 models - a 16GB version and 32GB version.
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| Apple to unveil 14-inch Macbook |
2/29/2012 |
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Apple is launching a 14-inch MacBook Air and may start mass production in the near future to fully enter the Asia PC market.
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| Elpida to issue new shares to raise capital |
2/28/2012 |
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Elpida Memory's board of directors has approved plans to downsize the company's paid-in capital by 63.5%, and then raise money by issuing up to 803 million new shares, according to the Japan-based memory firm.
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| Foxconn to open Taipei IT mall |
2/28/2012 |
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Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) is expected to start trial operation at its Cybermart IT mall in northern Taiwan
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| Globalfoundies to buy Promos |
2/27/2012 |
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Globalfoundries reportedly has agreed to take over financially-troubled ProMOS Technologies for US$1 billion
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| Semi Equipment Book-to-Bill rises to 0.95 |
2/24/2012 |
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SEMI (San Jose, Calif.) said North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $1.18 billion in orders in January, on a three-month average basis, up 7 percent from December and down 22.1 percent from January 2011.
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| Windows Phone sales increased, thanks to Nokia |
2/24/2012 |
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Microsoft saw 2.7m Windows Phone device sales in Q4 2011, according to Strategy Analytics‘ figures, of which sales of Nokia devices like the Lumia 800 contributed 33-percent.
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| DOD to cut electronic spending by 1/4 |
2/23/2012 |
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U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) propose spending $13.59 billion in federal fiscal year 2013 for procurement and research in military communications, electronics, telecommunications, and intelligence (CET&I) technologies.
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| Prices on DDR2 DRAM jumped |
2/23/2012 |
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Rising demand coming from the consumer electronics sector, coupled with chipmakers' ongoing production cutbacks earlier, has led to the tight supply, the sources indicated. Prices will likely be pushed up as a result of shortages, the sources said.
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