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| Micron president to step down |
1/27/2012 |
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Mark W. Adams, vice president of worldwide sales at Micron (Boise, Idaho) will succeed Durcan as president and COO following Durcan's retirement, Micron said. Adams was previously COO at Lexar Media Inc. until Lexar was acquired by Micron in June 2006. He was appointed vice president of worldwide sales at Micron in June 2008.
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| Samsung crowned No. 1 in smartphone shipment |
1/27/2012 |
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"Samsung advanced in 2011 because of its strategy of offering a complete line of smartphone products, spanning a variety of price points, features and operating systems. This enabled Samsung to move past perennial market leader Nokia and to slightly exceed Apple's total for the year."
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| Qualcomm acquired MEMS display Pixtronix Inc. |
1/26/2012 |
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The company has developed a low-cost display technology based on the use of MEMS shutters that it appears would make a useful complement – or better alternative – to Qualcomm's own MEMS-based Mirasol display technology.
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| Teradyne reports upturn in tester sales |
1/26/2012 |
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Teradyne Inc. Wednesday (Jan. 25) reported fourth quarter sales that exceeded analysts' expectations and said order bookings improved by more than 50 percent compared with the previous quarter.
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| Nokia Windows phone sold better than predicted |
1/26/2012 |
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Nokia’s Lumia, which started selling in Europe and are expanding into markets such as India and China where the smartphone battle is its early stages, sold more than 1 million units to date, Nokia said.
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| Ultrabooks to drive Cache SSD growth |
1/25/2012 |
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Of the more than 25 million cache SSDs to be shipped this year, about 22 million units will be present in ultrabooks, up from a mere 500,000 last year.
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| Israel government gives ultimatum to Intel |
1/25/2012 |
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Israel has now given Intel until early March to make its decision, in an ultimatum that would see the loan expire and the money used as a grant to another multinational, should Intel fail to respond within the timeframe.
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| Apple lost appeal to hold Samsung tablet |
1/25/2012 |
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A Dutch court rejected Apple's appeal to stop the Korean company from selling its popular tablet computer in the Netherlands and allowing its Dutch subsidiaries to distribute it throughout the European Union.
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| Apple broke profit record again |
1/25/2012 |
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Apple's stock was up about 8% in after-hours trading about two hours after the market closed, which put its share price at $454. At that value, Apple's market capitalization stands at $423 billion, more than previous market cap leader Exxon Mobil, worth $418 billion.
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| TI exceeds expectation, moved to close older fabs |
1/24/2012 |
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TI (Dallas) said it would close one fab in Hiji, Japan and another in Houston. Both fabs are 150-mm facilities that produce analog and embedded processors. The two are the last two remaining 150-mm fabs in TI's fleet.
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| Did RIM really changed their CEO? |
1/24/2012 |
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While the company has a new head, the thoughts inside it look very similar to those it has replaced, and anyone expecting a change of direction will be sadly disappointed. That may be, in part, because Heins was chosen by those he succeeded
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| Venray Technology wants to run processor on DRAM process |
1/23/2012 |
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Such a processor can reduce power consumption to between one-fifth and one twentieth of an ARM or Intel Atom processor. Venray also claims a fifth to tenth the cost compared to ARM or Intel chips. At the same time Venray is claiming performance benefits from being able to connect CPUs and on-chip main memory through ultra-wide buses.
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| iOS 5.0.1 jail broken |
1/23/2012 |
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Jail-breaking is legal in most territories (including the US) but going through the process would void warranties.
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| Megadownload shut down has rolling effect |
1/23/2012 |
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Rather than try to crack down on users who are sharing files that infringe copyright, FileSonic is just going to get out of the business of file sharing all together — even though it is a legitimate business model.
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| TSMC having yield problem on 28nm? |
1/20/2012 |
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. is in trouble with its 28-nm manufacturing process technologies, which are not yet yielding well. "Ten designs going through; we have heard about problems on six of them."
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| iPhone 4S passed test with China Telecom |
1/20/2012 |
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An iPhone device compatible with China Telecom’s CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) networks received a network access license from the country’s Telecommunications Equipment and Certification Center this week,
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| Megaupload raided and shut down |
1/20/2012 |
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The site was shut down Thursday, and Dotcom and three Megaupload employees were arrested in New Zealand on U.S. accusations that they facilitated millions of illegal downloads of films, music and other content, costing copyright holders at least $500 million in lost revenue.
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| Survey found Kindle Fire rigging more profit than expected |
1/19/2012 |
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Our analysis assigns a cumulative lifetime operating income per unit of $136, with a cumulative operating margin of over 20%. We believe these insights could ease some investor concerns around operating margin compression per Kindle Fire unit in 2012, which bodes well for Amazon shares.
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