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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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