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| Nvidia lost ITC case to Rambus |
7/27/2010 |
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The ITC issued a cease-and-desist order to bar the importation and sale of certain chips made by Nvidia after finding that the devices violate patents three held by Rambus. The cease-and-desist order is subject to review by the White House.
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| Producers are optimistic on DRAM prices |
7/26/2010 |
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Powerchip Chairman Frank Huang said price wars in the global DRAM industry have become a thing of the past, contending that producers are able to generate reasonable profits in today's competitive environment.
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| DRAM backend manufacturers on expansion |
7/26/2010 |
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Payton plans to expand its present monthly capacity of 45 million for DRAM memory to 65 million units at the end of 2010. The company has said previously that they have been seeing clear order visibility through the fourth quarter. Revenues are expected to grow by 20 per cent or more this year, and ramping up of capacity is happening fast enough to match demand.
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| FTC extends Intel deadline anticipating settlement |
7/26/2010 |
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The FTC on June 21 suspended administrative trial proceedings while the parties considered potential settlement of a case regarding claims of anticompetitive business practices and graphics chips originally filed by the FTC in December 2009.
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| HTC choose SLCD over AMOLED |
7/26/2010 |
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"The SLCD display offers an exceptional natural balanced color, clear contrast, broad viewing angles and improved power efficiency."
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| Semiconductor equipment order rebounced |
7/23/2010 |
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The SEMI data follows a mid-July report from VLSI Research estimating that semiconductor equipment sales will show near 96% growth in 2010. VLSI also reported that the semiconductor equipment market grew 43% sequentially and 188% year over year in Q1 to $10.4 billion.
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| Apple to become biggest semiconductor user |
7/23/2010 |
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The market research company noted that the "phenomenal" success of the iPad and iPhone is expected to make Apple the world's second-largest OEM semiconductor buyer in 2011, potentially positioning the company to become the world's top chip purchaser in 2012.
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| MS Mobile 7 OS momentum picks up |
7/23/2010 |
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Dell, Asus, LG, HTC, and Samsung are planning on releasing devices using Microsoft's mobile OS, a Microsoft executive told U.K.-based Pocket Lint. The software is expected for release around the end of year.
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| India to bring $35 tablet computer to market |
7/23/2010 |
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The tablet can be used for functions like word processing, web browsing and video-conferencing. It has a solar power option too — important for India's energy-starved hinterlands — though that add-on costs extra.
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| Samsung starts 30nm DRAM production |
7/22/2010 |
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Samsung announced that it had begun mass-producing the 'industry's first' 2Gb Green DDR3 based on the 30 nanometer technology. The 2Gb chips will allow server memory modules to reach 1.866 gigabits per second (Gbps) at 1.35 volts, and PC modules to attain clocks of 2.133Gbps on 1.5 volts.
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| Hynix reports record sales |
7/22/2010 |
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Quarter-over-quarter, DRAM average selling price and bit shipment climbed by 6 percent and 7 percent respectively. NAND flash average selling price declined by 6 percent while bit shipment increased by 22 percent quarter-over-quarter.
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| Applied restructured EES business to focus on LED |
7/22/2010 |
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Applied Materials Inc will restructure its EES (energy and environmental solutions) business, discontinuing sales to new customers of its turnkey SunFab lines for manufacturing thin-film solar panels.
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| T-Mobile will get iPhone soon |
7/22/2010 |
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Discussions between Apple and T-Mobile are said to be in an advanced state with a high likelihood that the deal will come together.
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| DRAM prices see some retreat |
7/21/2010 |
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The robust sales momentum in
Asian chipmakers is likely to extend at least into the current
quarter, but Europe's troubled economies could affect demand
and crimp profits from the fourth quarter.
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| Break through in plastic semiconductor |
7/21/2010 |
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Oak Ridge researchers said demonstrating epitaxial growth of Pedot will lead to improved, inexpensive organic semiconductors with much better energy efficiency and performance.
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| Analyst scale back 2011 semi forecast |
7/21/2010 |
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"The fact that 2010 is higher automatically makes the percentage increase in 2011 lower," said Penn stressing that the change was "mathematical rather than a change of the analysis."
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| ARM to go 20nm with TSMC |
7/21/2010 |
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The latest agreement provides access to physical and processor IP over a range of process nodes extending down to 20-nm, ARM said.
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| Work must be done to prepare for 3D stack |
7/20/2010 |
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The consensus seemed to be that the 3-D revolution is imminent. Panelist LC Lu of TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co) said that his company is developing the TSV (through-silicon-via) technology that will interconnect the stacked chips in stacked die, with a focus on design, packaging, and testing—not just the fabrication process.
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| TI breaks profit record |
7/20/2010 |
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TI (Dallas) reported a second quarter net income of $769 million, or 62 cents per share, up 17 percent compared to the first quarter and up 196 percent compared with the second quarter of 2009.
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| Cell Phone manufacturers reject Job's comment on antenna |
7/20/2010 |
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In separate statements, Motorola Inc., maker of the Droid X handset, Nokia Corp., the world’s top manufacturer of wireless phones, and Research In Motion Inc., the maker of the Blackberry device, objected to statements by Apple chairman and CEO Steve Jobs indicating all smartphones have a tendency to drop ongoing calls.
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| China overtaken US in energy consumption |
7/20/2010 |
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According to the IEA statistics, China's energy consumption has more than doubled in less than a decade, from 1.107 billion tons in 2000 - fueled by its burgeoning population and rapidly growing manufacturing-based economy.
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| Apple offers free bumper/cover for iPhone 4 |
7/19/2010 |
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Apple will give all iPhone 4 owners free bumper cases that will prevent reception problems plaguing the new smartphone, Apple's CEO Steve Jobs said today. The offer is good until September 30.
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| Vibration recharges battery |
7/19/2010 |
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In a remote control for a television or set-top box, where it is possible to use the remote after shaking it to generate power. In such applications the use of energy harvesters in AA and AAA formats can eliminate the need to replace batteries and reduces waste.
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| Microsoft testing Mobile 7 OS |
7/19/2010 |
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Windows Phone 7 is a complete re-write. The new product is just that: new; not an upgrade. Rumors also persist that the company is actually on pace to deliver far earlier than expected.
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