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| Nvidia positions to compete in integrated CPU |
9/22/2010 |
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Nvidia is moving in the same direction by integrating its own GPUs with processing cores licensed from ARM Holdings plc (Cambridge, England) under the Tegra brand. The Tegra 2 uptake, you will see later in the year, is really quite phenomenal.
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| FCC to allocate excessive fiber bandwidth to schools |
9/22/2010 |
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FCC announced on Tuesday that schools and libraries will soon be able to use E-Rate funds to obtain access to unused fiber-optic connections around the country, sometimes known as "dark fiber" lines.
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| RIM joins the Tablet race with its own OS |
9/22/2010 |
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We previously noted that RIM's tablet could hit stores before year's end. According to the new WSJ report, the BlackPad is on schedule to see a Q4 release.
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| iPad, not a replacement for Netbook computers |
9/21/2010 |
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“In light of the sales facts it is, in my view, a mistaken and absolutely untenable position to claim that PC sales are under pressure because of the iPad when there are so many other factors that are contributing to the poor results.”
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| LED lighting to take off |
9/21/2010 |
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Although the LED industry has been around for a long time, volumes have never before reached today's levels, and expectations for the emerging solid-state lighting market are exponentially higher.
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| New material to boost PCM characteristics |
9/21/2010 |
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Researchers at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of California-Berkeley claim that BEANs can be formed into high density arrays of nanowires or quantum dots whose state can be switched from amorphous to crystalline in nanoseconds.
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| Tablet computers to increase Nand usage |
9/21/2010 |
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Total NAND shipments for tablets is projected to grow 296 percent next year from 428 million gigabytes in 2010, according to iSuppli (El Segundo, Calif.). Shipment's will continue to climb steadily for the next few years, hitting 8.8 billion gigabytes by 2014.
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| Google App adds security |
9/20/2010 |
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Two-step verification is already offered as an option by many online banks. An online banking customer can have a verification code sent to his or her mobile phone when a login attempt is initiated. In order to complete the login process successfully, the customer must supply the code sent to the mobile device in addition to a user name and password.
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| Falling Flash prices not due to Apple |
9/17/2010 |
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Digitimes reports that their sources say that Apple's orders of Flash chips for their iOS devices is not driving up the price of NAND flash in the channel.
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| Intel show new Classmate PC |
9/17/2010 |
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The Intel Classmate PC 2010 in clamshell form-factor can survive a fall from 70cm, has the energy to keep working for 8+ hours, sustains liquid spills (up to 100cc) and even additional anti-microbial protection on keyboard.
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| Oracle earnings climbed |
9/17/2010 |
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Excluding acquisition costs and other expenses, earnings climbed to 42 cents a share last quarter, beating the 37-cent average of projections compiled by Bloomberg.
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| Microsoft release SDK Phone 7 to developers |
9/17/2010 |
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Microsoft has released the Windows Phone 7 SDK to developers. Applications developed with the new SDK will be submittable to the Windows Phone Marketplace when that opens for submissions next month.
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| Semi equipment industry to do good this year |
9/16/2010 |
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Following on the "worst year ever" for the semiconductor equipment industry, capital equipment spending is expected to skyrocket more than 122% this year with growth projected to continue through 2012, Gartner reports.
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| TSMC to cultivate future telents |
9/16/2010 |
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Through the agreement, NCKU and NUK will provide courses related to semiconductor technology, semiconductor components, and surface materials; assign professional teachers to teach at TSMC; introduce an assessment certification system; and assist TSMC colleagues in acquiring professional certification, second degrees, and credits approved by the Ministry of Education.
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| Microsoft to show multi-core operating system |
9/16/2010 |
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A researcher from Microsoft is due to present an operating system that has been written to cope with the scaling of cores in processor chips, at the Intel European Research and Innovation Conference (Intel-ERIC) being held in Germany Sept. 21 and 22.
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| Highlights at IDF |
9/16/2010 |
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Intel showed progress getting its Atom processors and MeeGo operating system into a range of embedded devices include tablets and set-top boxes at its Intel Developer Forum. The PC giant also announced Stellarton, a system-in-package that pairs an Altera FPGA with an Atom to enable reconfigurable systems.
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| iSupply: DRAM production cost on the rise |
9/15/2010 |
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The average production cost for DRAM rose to $2.03 per gigabit in the second quarter, up from $2 in the first quarter, according to iSuppli¡¯s memory price tracking and forecasts. The increase was only 1.2 percent, but it signals a major departure from the historical trend.
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| Intel brings out next generation cores |
9/15/2010 |
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The improvements over the current mainstream Core i7 series CPUs largely relate to media processing. The graphics processor and I/O components have been integrated onto the same piece of silicon as the CPU itself, and improvements have been made to Turbo Boost and power management.
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| Power Chip stock resumes trading |
9/15/2010 |
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Company chairman Frank Huang reiterated that Powerchip would post a fourth straight quarterly profit this quarter on expectations that the price of PC memory chips, or DRAM, would fall at a measured pace.
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| Identity of speakers in controversal |
9/15/2010 |
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As Nokia World began yesterday, speculation buzzed about the identity of the two opening keynote speakers. The line-up had been settled months ago.
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| iPad to hit China market this week |
9/14/2010 |
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Gleacher & Co., recently boosted his estimates to 12 million for 2010 and 20 million for 2011. Others have pegged 2011's sales as high as 28 million.
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