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| TSMC's March sale up by 14% |
4/8/2011 |
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. reported March sale were about $1.29 billion, an increase of 14.1 percent over February 2011 and an increase of 16.9 percent over March 2010.
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| DRAM makers March revenues up on-month |
4/8/2011 |
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Inotera Memories, Nanya Technology and Powerchip Technology have all reported sequential growth in revenues for March 2011, thanks to rising chip ASPs.
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| UMC March revenues up 6% on-month |
4/8/2011 |
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United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) saw revenues increase 6.4% on month to NT$9.59 billion (US$332 million) in March 2011, ending a five-month streak of sequential decreases.
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| Samsung to use Nvidia's Tegra 2 Processor |
4/8/2011 |
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Nvidia is expected to include Samsung Electronics in the client list for its Tegra 2 processors soon after the graphics chipset giant managed to win orders from Motorola and LG Electronics (LGE) for the production of Atrix 4G and LG Optimus 2X smartphones.
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| HTC 1Q11 revenues expected to beat forecast |
4/7/2011 |
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HTC is expected to post more than US$3.44 billion in revenues in the first quarter of 2011, beating the company's guidance of NT$94 billion, according to industry sources.
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| UMC buys equipment for 3D chip production |
4/7/2011 |
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United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) has acquired US$19 million worth of production equipment from subsidiary Hong Bao Technology , which designs and develops through silicon via (TSV) and other 3D IC technologies for image sensor components and memory chips.
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| Larry Page takes over Google CEO seat |
4/5/2011 |
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Google co-founder Larry Page on Monday takes back the reins of the Internet powerhouse that he and Sergey Brin created as Stanford University students some 13 years ago.
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| Google bids for Nortel 's patents |
4/5/2011 |
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Nortel Networks has accepted a $900 million bid from Google Inc. to serve as a starting point in an auction for the bankrupt telecommunications equipment maker's 6,000 patents and patent applications.
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| Google to standardize ARM architecture |
4/4/2011 |
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Google is reportedly considering a push for standardization of its Android 3.0 hoping the new strategy will help resolve the drawbacks of the operation system.
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| Micron transfers 70 Million Inotera shares to Numonyx |
4/4/2011 |
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Micron Technology has transfered a portion of its stake in Inotera Memories to Numonyx, which it acquired in 2010, according to industry sources. Total shares released are estimated at 70 million units.
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| LED makers look to 30% revenue growth in 2Q11 |
4/4/2011 |
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Taiwan-based LED chip makers Formosa Epitaxy and Epistar expect their second-quarter 2011 revenues to grow 20-30% on quarter, while LED packaging houses Everlight Electronics and Unity Opto Technology look to sequential growth of about 30%, according to industry sources.
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| HDD prices for OEM market to increase 10% |
4/1/2011 |
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Due to a shortage of controller chips for motors used in hard disk drives, prices of HDDs in the OEM market are likely to increase by 5-10% in the second quarter.
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| Samsung to add 300 new jobs in Austin TX |
3/31/2011 |
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Samsung Austin Semiconductor will hire 300 engineers and technicians in the first six months of 2011 as part of the $3.6-billion expansion of the semiconductor's plant.
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