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| Samsung release eMMC controller |
1/10/2012 |
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Samsung and Hynix have released 2012 orders for embedded MMC (eMMC) controller ICs to major Taiwan-based suppliers of NAND flash device controllers.
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| LG to unveil Google TV at CES |
1/9/2012 |
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LG Electronics plans to roll out two lineups of smart TVs, with one lineup of products running on Google TV platform and another on its own system developed in house, according to LG.
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| Acer to launch Aspire ultrabook |
1/9/2012 |
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Acer has unveiled its latest ultrabook with the Aspire S5, an ultra-slim device that measures only 15mm at the maximal point.
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| UMC reports 4Q11 sales decline |
1/9/2012 |
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Revenues at United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) amounted to US$809.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2011.
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| Samsung sees record profit in 4Q11 |
1/6/2012 |
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Samsung has estimated its operating profits for the last quarter of 2011 at about US$4.5 billion, up 22.4% on quarter and 73.3% on year.
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| Ultra-thin laptops will take centre-stage at CES |
1/6/2012 |
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Ultra-thin laptops will take centre-stage alongside new software and smartphones at the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES), a gadget extravaganza that officially opens on Tuesday in Las Vegas.
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| ChipMOS develop alternative to gold bumping |
1/5/2012 |
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Chipbond Technology and ChipMOS Technologies have both adopted Cu/Ni/Au bumps for LCD driver IC packaging to significantly reduce gold use, according to the companies.
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| VIA unveils Mini-ITX embedded motherboard |
1/4/2012 |
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VIA Technologies has announced the VIA VB7009 embedded Mini-ITX motherboard. Measuring only 17x17cm, the VIA VB7009 Mini-ITX is a flexible embedded board for POS and kiosks.
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| Powerchip lands order for MCP chip |
1/4/2012 |
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Powerchip Technology has received orders for 100,000 512Mb and 1Gb MCPs (multi-chip packages) made of 40nm-based NAND flash chips and low-power Mobile RAM chips.
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| Intel to announce 40 new server processors |
1/3/2012 |
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Intel is set to launch 40 new processors including those for its upcoming Romley platform, in the first half of 2012 with the company to release 20 models each quarter.
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| Amazon released holiday sales data |
12/29/2011 |
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Amazon customers purchased millions of Kindle Fires and millions of Kindle e-readers. And 2011 was the best holiday ever for the Kindle family, as customers purchased over 1 million Kindle devices each week.
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| Breakthroughs at UT can double solar efficiency |
12/28/2011 |
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"Plastic semiconductor solar cell production has great advantages, one of which is low cost. Combined with the vast capabilities for molecular design and synthesis, our discovery opens the door to an exciting new approach for solar energy conversion, leading to much higher efficiencies."
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| NTT Docomo JV with 5 others on Mobile chip development |
12/28/2011 |
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It reached a basic agreement with five companies— Fujitsu Ltd., Fujitsu Semiconductor Ltd., NEC Corp., Panasonic Mobile Communications Co. Ltd. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.—to establish a fabless joint venture to develop and sell semiconductors for handsets and other mobile devices.
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