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| Researcher getting close to form graphene transistors |
4/19/2012 |
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The team at UWM has produced a derivative with oxygen atoms included within the hexagonal carbon-ring structure that characterizes graphene. The existence of the semiconducting derivative could help advance an era of carbon-based nanoscale electronics
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| Future DRAM will drive EUV lithography |
4/19/2012 |
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The DRAM 1x or 1y generation, a process node just below 20-nm was looking very complex using multipatterned optical lithography and DRAM makers seemed prepared to wait for EUV lithograpy to be ready for production.
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| Biwin to offer eMMC SSD system on a chip |
4/18/2012 |
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Biwin's new e-MMC SSDs are offered in capacities from 2GB to 64GB. They integrate both flash and a full SSD controller into a single chip, featuring advanced SSD features such as ECC, wear leveling and bad block management.
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| Judge ordered Samsung/Apple to talk |
4/18/2012 |
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Apple and Samsung have been engaged in bitter and long running disputes over allegations of patent infringement. Judge Koh has told both parties to sort the matter out in a gentlemanly manner.
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| Verizon to offer Private IP network business security |
4/18/2012 |
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With the new service, customers with LTE smartphones and tablets and LTE modems for their laptops can access the nearest cell tower and will then be routed to an enterprise gateway in one of many Verizon switching centers. Data routed to and through the enterprise gateway is encoded, but not encrypted, and kept totally separate from the public Internet.
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| ProMOS obtained badly needed roll over financing |
4/17/2012 |
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ProMOS said a consortium of bank creditors has agreed to extend the company's NT$57 billion (US$1.93 billion) debt for six months amid the financial difficulties faced by the global DRAM sector due to slowing demand and falling product prices.
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| Samsung Galaxy S II gaining traction |
4/17/2012 |
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Galaxy S II get brought up to speed with Ice Cream Sandwich, adding features like Face Unlock and a newly tweaked TouchWiz to the device. There are also many performance improvements.
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| Murata set to acquire RFM |
4/16/2012 |
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The deal is being done through wholly-owned subsidiary Murata Electronics North America Inc., which has signed a definitive agreement to acquire all the outstanding shares in RF Monolithics for $1.78 per share, an 80 percent premium over the stock price closing price on Thursday, April 12.
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| JEDEC form new committee on wireless memory |
4/16/2012 |
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It is expected to be used for the transfer and storage of data between battery-free memory tags located in objects and wireless memory hosts typically within mobile electronic devices such as smartphones and tablet computers.
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| Apple to propagate the world with New iPad |
4/16/2012 |
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It originally debuted in mid-March in the U.S. and nine other countries, while an additional 25 countries and territories gained the new iPad just a week later.
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| Nokia responded to rating downgrade |
4/16/2012 |
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The credit downgrade follows Nokia's warning last week that intense competition in fast-growing markets would hit its performance in the first half of this year, as it undergoes a major strategy overhaul.
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| Samsung to use TLC NAND to cut SSD costs |
4/13/2012 |
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Samsung believes that MLC flash, the kind used in most laptops and tablets today, may be overkill for the needs of the average user. If TLC can keep working for however long a user keeps a machine, that machine may cost the consumer less.
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| Nokia bonds approaching junk status |
4/13/2012 |
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“We’re going to see the crisis perhaps reach a terminal phase if the cash begins to dwindle to levels where we’re looking at a couple of quarters left,”
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| New App simulates Win8 operation on iPAD |
4/13/2012 |
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A new $25 app for the iPad can simulate the Metro UI on Apple’s tablet. Called Win8 Metro Testbed, the app is made by Splashtop, a company known for its remote desktop apps for iOS and Android.
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| Spotlights on Elpida - the bidding game continue |
4/12/2012 |
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They don't necessarily covet Elpida's debt, workforce or even most of its business. They just want the part of its business that makes chips for Apple Inc's mobile devices -- and, even more, they want to make sure their competitors don't get that.
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| Ultrabook prices to drop below $700 |
4/12/2012 |
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Ultrabooks, currently priced at $800 and higher, will dip below $700 in price in time for this summer's back-to-school buying season, according to PCWorld.
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| Sony wrist watch displays Android phone data |
4/12/2012 |
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Sony today launched its SmartWatch, a timepiece for the wrist that allows users to read text messages, social updates and e-mail, manage calls, and control music. In order for the SmartWatch to deliver its functionality, the device connects to an Android-based handset via Bluetooth.
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| Trade Gap narrows |
4/12/2012 |
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The gap shrank 12 percent to $46 billion, the smallest since October, from a revised $52.5 billion in January, the Commerce Department in Washington said today.
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| Graphene is also good for heat spreader |
4/11/2012 |
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By fabricated heat spreaders from a unique copper-graphene composite and connecting it to microchips using an indium-graphene interface film, heat is dissipated 25 percent faster than with the pure copper heat spreaders used today.
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| Analyst view possible outcome of Elpida |
4/11/2012 |
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Outcome would be positive for the DRAM market as the acquirer would have to transition production facilities to a common technology platform effectively constraining output for nine to 12 months.
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