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| Break through in PCM memory using nanotube |
3/14/2011 |
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The paper reports on reversible switching with programming currents between 1 and 8 microamps, two orders of magnitude lower than state-of-the-art PCM devices. The PCM material switches between an off resistance of 50-megaohm to an on resistance of 2-Mohm but which can be as low 500-kohm, depending on sample prepation.
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| Supply chain affected by Japanese quake |
3/14/2011 |
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Shin-Etsu Semiconductor and SUMCO, are affected most. In addition to damage of their production lines, the power outage has forced the production to come to a stop. The traffic for areas east of Kant¨ has also been affected. As a result, the supply for silicon wafer will drop significantly, which will cause the global semiconductor players outside of Japan to compete for material.
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| Half a million iPad2 sold over weekend |
3/14/2011 |
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Piper Jaffray says it believes that between 400,000 and 500,000 of the devices have been sold already - more, even than the 300,000 original iPads that were shifted over the launch weekend.
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| Industry in Japan grinds to a halt |
3/14/2011 |
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Industry in the world's third-largest economy all but ground to a halt following the earthquake, as manufacturers ranging from Toyota to Nissan, Sony, Fuji and brewers Kirin and Sapporo shut down their operations in Japan to assess damage and allow staff to check on their families.
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| PTI announces investment in Elpida subsidiary |
3/11/2011 |
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Powertech Technology (PTI), a major memory-IC packaging and testing company in Taiwan, plans to make a JPY4.1 billion (US$49.5 million) investment in EBS a wholly-owned subsidiary of Japan's Elpida Memory.
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| Lenovo announce new Classmate+ PC |
3/10/2011 |
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Lenovo and Intel have co-announced the Lenovo Classmate+ PC, a purpose-built notebook designed to improve learning for students in grades K-8.
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| Taiwan motherboard makers see revenue drop in February |
3/10/2011 |
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Asustek Computer, Pegatron Technology, Gigabyte Technology, Micro-Star International (MSI) have all reported drop in February revenues due to fewer working days in the month and Intel's defective chipset incident.
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| Asus to ship Sandy Bridge products in March |
3/9/2011 |
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Asustek Computer has recently started selling its latest PC products with Sandy Bridge chipsets in retail channels, and Gigabyte Technology is also set to release its Sandy Bridge notebooks in March.
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| HP launches Sandy Bridge notebooks |
3/9/2011 |
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Hewlett-Packard has launched several new Intel Sandy Bridge-based notebooks in Taiwan, and as the company is starting to ramp-up the notebook models in March.
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| PTI report revenues for February up 14.3% |
3/9/2011 |
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Memory packaging and testing firm Powertech Technology (PTI) has announced that consolidated revenues for February 2011 grew 14.3% from a year earlier to NT$3.2 billion (US$109 million).
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| AMD releases dual-GPU Radeon HD 6990 |
3/8/2011 |
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AMD has launched its latest dual-GPU graphics card, the Radeon HD 6990, supporting DirectX 11 and AMD's exclusive PowerTune intelligent technology to enable higher clock speeds and faster gaming.
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| HTC February revenues down by 8% |
3/8/2011 |
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HTC reported unaudited consolidated revenues of NT$32.106 billion (US$1.09 billion) for February, dropping by 8.31% on month but up 212.33% on year.
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| Macronix revenues up 12% in February 2011 |
3/7/2011 |
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Macronix International's revenues grew by another 11.9% on month in February after having increased 23.7% sequentially in January, according to data released by the mask ROM and NOR flash chipmaker.
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| Global hard-disc shipment to double by May 2011 |
3/7/2011 |
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Hard Disk drive shipments in the first quarter of 2011 are expected to see a sequential drop of 4-5% to only about 155-165 million units as notebook vendors face inventory pressure generated by weak sales over the year-end holidays world-wide.
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| Intel standardize all-in-one PC specification |
3/3/2011 |
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Intel is cooperating with Taiwan-based all-in-one PC makers including Mitac International, Micro-Star International (MSI) and Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) to push standardization for all-in-one PCs
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| Apple unveil iPad2 |
3/3/2011 |
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Apple has introduced the iPad 2, the next generation of its device for browsing the web, reading and sending email, enjoying photos, watching videos, listening to music, playing games, reading ebooks and much more.
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