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| Acer post 31% revenue growth in 1H 2010 |
8/5/2010 |
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Acer has announced preliminary financial results for the first half of 2010. Consolidated revenues were NT$312.4 billion (US$9.7 billion), growing by 31% on year.
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| Foxconn to ship 10 Million Notebooks |
8/5/2010 |
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Foxconn Electronics shipped over six million notebooks in the first half of 2010 and is expected to reach its goal of shipping 10 million for 2010.
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| UMC Fab capacity fully booked for Q2 |
8/4/2010 |
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UMC eported its capacity utilization rate was 100 percent in the second quarter and said the company logged record wafer shipments during the period.
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| Winbond to add more investment in US Fab |
8/3/2010 |
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Winbond Electronics, a maker of NOR flash and niche DRAM memory, has announced a plan to add US$12.45 million of investment in its US-based subsidiary Winbond International.
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| Global chip sales up by 7% in 2Q10 |
8/3/2010 |
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Global sales of semiconductors reached US$74.8 billion in the second quarter of 2010, up 7.1% from US$69.9 billion in the first quarter, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA).
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| Samsung develop DDR Nand Flash Standard |
8/3/2010 |
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Samsung and Toshiba have announced they will develop a second-generation double data rate (DDR) NAND flash memory specification with a 400-Mbit/s interface.
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| Rebound seen on Japanese electronic companies |
7/30/2010 |
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Japanese chipmaker earnings beat expectations on Thursday thanks to booming chip demand but the strong yen, the uncertain outlook in Europe and the prospect of a new chip glut remain a worry for Toshiba (6502.T) and its peers.
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| Fail to assemble patent pool may stall LTE |
7/30/2010 |
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As equipment starts to be rolled out, the possibility of patent infringement claims and the threat of unknown licensing costs would concern equipment makers and network operators, while patent holders – often the same companies – would be concerned that a failure to act could harm the value and enforceability of their patents.
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| Android 2.2 update supports Flash player |
7/30/2010 |
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In addition to support for Flash 10x, Froyo will bring improved browser performance and a faster JavaScript engine. Other features include voice dialing when using Bluetooth and application storage on an external storage device.
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| E-reader competition heats up |
7/30/2010 |
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Nevertheless, Amazon is making the Kindle available in time for the back-to-school shopping season. The retailer is also pressuring competitors to lower prices, as the industry moves closer to offering devices possible as low as under $100, which analysts say would be low enough to be a compulsive buy for consumers.
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| MEM revolutionize 3D mapping projectors |
7/29/2010 |
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"We've been using $30,000 DLP [digital light processor] hardware in the research lab; over 90 percent of the cost of our system is in the projector right now," "Where Seikowave comes in is using MEMS to bring the projector cost down to $40, changing the economics to a mass-market technology."
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| Beware of Free Android Wallpaper! |
7/29/2010 |
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Wallpaper for smart phone, has reportedly been stealing information from millions of users and sending it to a website based in Shenzhen, China.
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| JEDEC announces 1.35V low power DDR3L |
7/28/2010 |
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The DDR3L standard sets a requirement of 1.35V for memory devices that adhere to the standard. Standard DDR3 voltage is set at 1.5V, with Jedec claiming that the reduction will result in a 15 per cent drop is power usage.
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| Foxconn keep growing |
7/28/2010 |
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Foxconn's revenue was significantly higher than No. 2 player Flextronics International Ltd, which posted revenue of $5.9 billion in Q1. Foxconn's revenue in the quarter was up 54.1% from $11.1 billion during Q1 2009.
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| Infineon recovered |
7/28/2010 |
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The net profit was up from 79 million euro (about $100 million) in the second quarter and a loss of 23 million euro (about $30 million) in the same quarter a year before. The revenue was up 59 percent year-on-year and 17 percent sequentially and the results prompted Infineon to raise its guidance for the fourth fiscal quarter and its financial year.
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