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| Android to work as your credit card |
11/16/2010 |
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Android 2.3 operating system will support near-field communication chips for mobile payments, a development that he expects will lead to the launch hundreds of mobile payment startups.
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| Foundry slaes growth retreats |
11/15/2010 |
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TSMC announced consolidated net sales of NT$38.43 billion (about $1.27 billion), an increase of 2.1 percent over September 2010 and 27.2 percent up on October 2009. However, the growth fell short of the average of the October-over-September growth TSMC achieved in the previous ten years which is 6.4 percent sequential growth.
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| Emirate money to bring semiconductor industry to Abu Dhabi |
11/15/2010 |
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Abu Dhabi is becoming a significant player in the semiconductor industry through its majority ownership and funding of foundry GlobalFoundries Inc. (Milpitas, Calif.) and it has previously stated its intention to bring semiconductor manufacturing to the emirate.
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| HP Tablet sales exceeding expectations |
11/15/2010 |
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"due to extraordinary demand, the HP slate is on backorder. Orders are expected to ship in 6 weeks. Order now to reserve your place in the queue."
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| U.S. to reclaim top supercomputer position |
11/15/2010 |
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After being dethroned by China as the world's fastest supercomputer maker, US has upped the ante and is creating two 20-petaflop supercomputers to reclaim the top position for the most powerful supercomputer.
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| BlackBerry to price Tablet PC at $500 |
11/12/2010 |
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BlackBerry CEO Jim Balsillie said that the company's PlayBook tablet will be priced under $500, shares of BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) soared on the Toronto Stock Exchange and Wall Street.
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| Elpida unveil 32GB LR-DIMM module |
11/12/2010 |
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Elpida Memory announced that it has begun sample shipments of its new 32GB Load Reduced Dual In-Line Memory Modules (LRDIMM), the DRAM industry's highest density memory module.
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| FIC launched Windows 7 tablet PC |
11/11/2010 |
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First International Computer (FIC), a second-tier Taiwan-based PC and consumer electronics ODM, on November 10 debuted the Tycoon, a tablet PC based on Windows 7 Home Premium
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| Nvidia unveils GeForce GTX 580 |
11/10/2010 |
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Nvidia has announced the latest consumer GPU based on the Fermi architecture, the GeForce GTX 580, which has been re-engineered from the transistor-level up to deliver increased power efficiency and performance over previous generation products.
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| Transcend October sales drop 11% |
11/9/2010 |
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Transcend report October revenues decrease 11.3% sequentially to US$87 million, according to the memory module maker.
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| SMIC to invest $2 Billion in R & D |
11/9/2010 |
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SMIC will invest at least US$2 billion into research and development annually in the future, aiming to develop "world-class" technologies and manufacturing within the next five years
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| UMC October revenues, down 2.2% |
11/8/2010 |
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United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) turned in NT$10.7 billion (US$355 million) in October 2010 revenues, down 2.2% on month
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| Notebook makers slow to adopt USB 3.0 |
11/5/2010 |
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Notebook brand vendors believe that the notebook industry will need at least one more year before fully advancing to USB 3.0 since the cost and performance stability of existing USB 3.0 chips
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| Rambus to produce TV LED BLUs in 2011 |
11/5/2010 |
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Rambus will begin mass production of an LCD TV backlight unit (BLU) using MicroLens' edge-type single-side (on the bottom) LED technology in 2011
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| LG to launch 8.9-inch Tablet PC |
11/4/2010 |
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LG Electronics plans to launch an 8.9-inch tablet device based on an upcoming version of Google's Android operating system.
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