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| Winbond anticipates 4th Quarter revenue slide |
12/1/2010 |
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Winbond Electronics expects net profits generated in the fourth quarter of 2010 to be lower than those earned in the third due to a decline in memory products in November.
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| TSMC to purchase $1 billion in equipments |
12/1/2010 |
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has issued filings with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) detailing 41 equipment purchases so far in the fourth quarter of 2010
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| Sharp to launch new e-book readers |
11/30/2010 |
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Sharp is scheduled to introduce 5.5-inch and 10.8-inch e-book readers adopting high-resolution TFT LCD panels on December 10, 2010 for the Japan market
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| TSMC to give employees pay raise in 2011 |
11/30/2010 |
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will raise its employees' base salaries in 2011 with the increase rate to be decided later after taking into account of the ratios offered by peer companies at the Hsinchu Science Park
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| Apacer to list on Taiwan Stock Exchange |
11/29/2010 |
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Memory module maker Apacer Technology will be allowed to list on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) after closing its NT$1.095 billion (US$36 million) initial public offering (IPO),
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| Elpida sampling 2GB DDR3 Chip |
11/29/2010 |
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Elpida Memory has begun sample shipments of its new 2-gigabit (2Gb) DDR3 SDRAM geared for use in consumer electrical appliances, according to the company, claiming it is the industry's smallest 2Gb DDR3 that supports an x16-bit I/O interface.
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| Broadcom into CPU ? |
11/24/2010 |
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"Our small but powerful CPU cores enhance the capabilities of our industry-leading digital-home solutions," Marotta said. "As a result, Broadcom processors enable a better consumer experience than products based on commodity off-the-shelf cores."
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| Get in line for the Apple Black Friday Sale |
11/24/2010 |
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"Come back to the Apple Online Store the day after Thanksgiving for a special one-day-only holiday shopping event," the site said. "You'll find dozens of great iPad, iPod, and Mac gifts for everyone on your list."
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| Acer to ship Android tablet in February |
11/24/2010 |
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The 10.1-inch models will have front and rear cameras, and all three tablets will have Wi-Fi and 3G connectivity. A docking system with a full-size keyboard will be available with the Windows system, which is scheduled to ship in February.
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| AT&T claimed fastest Mobile infrastructure |
11/23/2010 |
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GWS compiles wireless performance across 950,000 road miles, covering 400 U.S. markets that represent 88 percent of the country's population. Across this standard, GWS found AT&T to be the fastest mobile broadband network, 20 percent faster than T-Mobile and 60 percent faster than Verizon.
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| Verizon to offer 150Mbs services |
11/23/2010 |
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"The new 150/35 Mbps FiOS Internet offer establishes a new benchmark for high-speed Internet in America, and paves the way for a flurry of emerging bandwidth-intensive applications to reach mainstream status,"
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| NetFlix stream only for 8 bugs |
11/23/2010 |
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"The gain Netflix gets from people who don't want a disc at all is offset by a number of people who will quit because of higher pricing," he told Reuters.
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| New iOS have many new features |
11/23/2010 |
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Threaded e-mail messages, third-party multitasking, fast-app switching, drag-and-drop app organization via folders, the addition of Faces/Places tagging in Photos, and wireless app distribution are all overdue additions.
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| ARM in talk with Google TV to bump Atom processor |
11/22/2010 |
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Google decided to use Intel processors in GoogleTV to get the product to market quickly, according to the report. "If Google is to meet the mainstream needs of the market, its televisions will need to be made with lower energy and lower cost processors,"
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| ISSCC to focus on Nand and PCM |
11/22/2010 |
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Multiple non-volatile memory technologies will be represented at next year's International Solid-State Circuits Conference, due to take place in San Francisco, California, Feb. 20 to 24, 2011.
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| Amazon has a new way to sell eBooks |
11/22/2010 |
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"We're making this functionality available in time for the holidays to offer an easy, stress-free holiday shopping option for anyone -- not just Kindle owners," Russ Grandinetti, VP of Amazon Kindle, said in a statement.
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| UMC terminates acquisition of China Fab |
11/19/2010 |
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This was seen as a blow for UMC, which counted on He Jian for access into the China market. Last year, foundry vendor UMC said it would pay $285 million to acquire the 85 percent of Chinese foundry He Jian.
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| Computer virus disturbed Iran nuclear centrifuges |
11/19/2010 |
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Those fluctuations, nuclear analysts said in response to the report, are a recipe for disaster among the thousands of centrifuges spinning in Iran to enrich uranium, which can fuel reactors or bombs. Rapid changes can cause them to blow apart.
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| Toshiba to outsource some fab work |
11/18/2010 |
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Kobayashi told Bloomberg that Toshiba would start outsourcing the production of some logic semiconductors next year to cut costs.
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