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| SK Hynix report third quarterly loss |
4/27/2012 |
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SK Hynix the world's second-largest DRAM memory supplier, has reported another quarterly loss as a result of weak chip demand and falling prices.
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| Macronix reports loss in 1Q12 |
4/27/2012 |
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Macronix International swung to net losses of NT$1.09 billion (US$37 million) in the first quarter of 2012 from profits in the prior quarter and a year ago.
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| TSMC 1Q12 gross margins hit 47% |
4/27/2012 |
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company has reported first-quarter 2012 consolidated revenues of US$3.6 billion a 0.1% increase on year.
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| Sony to use Samsung OLED TV panels |
4/26/2012 |
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Sony plans to use OLED panels made by Samsung Electronics for its Bravia flat panel TV series as of early 2013, which will pose challenges for Taiwanese firms.
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| HTC suffers decrease in sales in 1Q12 |
4/25/2012 |
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HTC saw its business operations slip significantly in the first quarter of 2012, a sequential decrease for the second consecutive time, according to the company's financial report.
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| Intel announces Ivy Bridge processors |
4/24/2012 |
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Intel has introduced the quad-core third-generation Intel Core processor family, delivering visual and performance computing gains for gamers, media enthusiasts and mainstream users alike.
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| HTC to develop its own processors |
4/24/2012 |
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HTC plans to cooperate with Qualcomm, Nvidia and ST-Ericsson to develop and produce customized processors with specific functions for its smartphones
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| Nanya see hope for H2 turn around |
4/20/2012 |
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Extending that positive trend, chip prices should be higher this quarter than in the first quarter, as historical data shows that major clients usually start building inventory next month and in June for the holiday buying spree,
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| Microchip acquired wireless design company |
4/20/2012 |
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Roving Networks (Los Gatos, Calif.), founded in 2000, is a privately held, fabless developer of Wi-Fi certified transceiver ICs and FCC certified Wi-Fi and Bluetooth modules. Microchip (Chandler, Ariz.)
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| Microsoft beat expectations |
4/20/2012 |
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Businesses buying desktop PCs running Windows and Microsoft's cloud services helped Microsoft exceed analysts' estimates for its fiscal third quarter ended March 31.
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| Memory prices to stay low into the slow season |
4/19/2012 |
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Due to the slow season effect and the change in NAND Flash vendors’ pricing strategy, TrendForce expects the future NAND Flash contract price trend to show a mild decline.
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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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