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| Renesas develops 40-nm flash memory |
12/15/2011 |
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Renesas Electronics has said it has developed a 40-nm embedded flash memory intellectual property for implementation at 40-nm and use in automotive applications.
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| Dram price edge up 10% |
12/15/2011 |
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DRAM spot prices have surged over 10% recently due in part to efforts by chip suppliers including Hynix Semiconductor and Micron Technology to defend their prices on the spot market, according to industry sources.
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| Apple to launch new MacBook Pro |
12/14/2011 |
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Apple is likely to launch its new MacBook Pro lineup with a display resolution of 2880 by 1800 in the second quarter of 2012,
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| Numonyx lends US$133 million to Inotera |
12/14/2011 |
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Inotera Memories announced the acquisition of a short-term loan of US$133 million from Netherlands-based Numonyx Holding BV, a wholly owned subsidiary of Micron Technology.
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| Samsung takes record DRAM share in 3Q11 |
12/13/2011 |
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Samsung Electronics in the third quarter managed to rise above challenging conditions in the DRAM business to achieve an all-time record-high market share.
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| DRAM price continues to slide |
12/13/2011 |
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DRAM contract prices fell 7-8% sequentially in the second half of November, pushing the price of 2GB DDR3 and 4GB DDR3 modules to US$10 and US17.5,
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| DRAM maker reduce production by 25% |
12/13/2011 |
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Elpida Memory began to cut its DRAM output by 20-25% from the third quarter of 2011, and Nanya Technology, Samsung Electronics and Hynix Semiconductor have been reducing their wafer start orders for commodity DRAM parts.
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| US Solar maker to cut 1300 jobs |
12/12/2011 |
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US-based solar firm MEMC Electronic Materials (MEMC) will reduce the company's global workforce and accelerate operating cost reductions in 2012 and beyond.
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| TSMC November sales down |
12/12/2011 |
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) saw its sales decrease sequentially in November 2011.
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| UMC revenues down 23% in November |
12/9/2011 |
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United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) saw its revenues decline about 22.75% on year in November 2011, which marked the foundry's seventh-straight month of annual decreases.
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| Western Digital to open Taiwan R&D center |
12/8/2011 |
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Western Digital is set to establish an R&D center in Hsinchu, Taiwan, focusing on solid state drives (SSD) and will recruit about 50 technicians from Taiwan.
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| RIM unveils BlackBerry 10 OS |
12/8/2011 |
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RIM has unveiled its new platform, the BlackBerry 10, at the 2011 BlackBerry Developer Conference Asia.
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| Microsoft to offer its own "App store" |
12/7/2011 |
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Microsoft on Tuesday began wooing developers for a February opening of its first "app store" for computers powered by the US technology giant's Windows software.
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| Intel and Taiwan co-develop new memory chip |
12/7/2011 |
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Intel has joined hands with a top Taiwan research institute to develop a new generation of memory chips for use in lighter, energy-saving smartphones and tablets.
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| Micron unveil 20nm NAND flash |
12/7/2011 |
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Intel and Micron Technology have jointly announced a 20nm, 128Gb multilevel-cell (MLC) NAND falsh device.
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| Powerchip mass producing driver ICs at 90nm |
12/6/2011 |
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Powerchip Technology has announced mass production of the foundry segment's 90nm high-voltage process technology for small- to medium-size driver ICs used in mobile device applications, utilizing capacity at its existing 12-inch facilities.
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| Price of solar wafers steadies at US$1.10 |
12/6/2011 |
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The price drop of solar wafers has been leveling off, according to industry sources. Since the beginning of November, the average selling price (ASP) of solar wafers has been steady.
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| Nvidia target 25 million Tegra 3 processors in 2012 |
12/5/2011 |
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Nvidia is set to challenge to ship 25 million Tegra 3 processors for use in smartphones, tablet PCs and automobiles in 2012 as the company is unlikely to be able to achieve the same shipment goal for its Tegra 2 in 2011.
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