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| Samsung reports U$7.4 Billion sale up 2.5% |
4/30/2010 |
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Samsung Electronics' semiconductor division generated sales of 8.2 trillion won (US$7.4 billion) in the first quarter of 2010, up 2.5% sequentially and 57.4% from a year earlier.
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| ITC to investigate iPad patent suit |
4/29/2010 |
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The US International Trade Commission will investigate the patent claims made against Apple by Elan Microelectronics, which claims that the iPhone maker's products infringe on its touchscreen technology.
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| HP to buy Palm for $1.2 Billion |
4/29/2010 |
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HP will purchase Palm, a provider of smartphones powered by the Palm webOS mobile operating system, at a price of US$5.70 per share of Palm common stock in cash or an enterprise value of approximately US$1.2 billion.
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| Winbond returns to profit in 1st Quarter |
4/28/2010 |
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Winbond Electronics, which has turned its focus away from the commodity DRAM business, has reported net income of NT$384 million (US$12.3 million) for the first quarter of 2010
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| SMIC reports wide losses for 2009 |
4/27/2010 |
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Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation has reported net losses of US$963.54 million for the year ended December 31, 2009.
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| TSMC reports higher profit for Q1 |
4/27/2010 |
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has reported consolidated net income of US$1.05 billion for the first quarter of 2010, its best quarterly profits since the fourth quarter of 2007.
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| AMD to announce 6-Core Phenom CPU |
4/26/2010 |
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AMD is preparing to launch its six-core Phenom II X6 1055T and 1090T Black Edition CPUs with prices of US$207 soon, according to sources from motherboard makers.
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| Micron samples 2GB LP-DDR2 Memory chip |
4/26/2010 |
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Micron has announced that it is now sampling a monolithic 2Gb low-power DDR2 (LPDDR2) memory device designed for smartphones, tablet PCs and other mobile products.
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| VIA unveils Nano E-series processor |
4/26/2010 |
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VIA Technologies has announced its Nano E-series processors, bringing native 64-bit software support, virtualization capabilities and extended longevity support to embedded markets.
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| Analyst have mixed feeling on Sandisk |
4/23/2010 |
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Sandisk rose 12.3% to $42.22 on what were generally viewed as upbeat results, although analysts continued to debate the company's strategy in the market for NAND Flash chips used in such devices as digital cameras and mp3 music players.
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| Is Apple to own ARM ? |
4/23/2010 |
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The newspaper quoted an un-named London stock broker saying: "A deal would make a lot of sense for Apple. That way, they could stop ARM's technology from ending up in everyone else's computers and gadgets."
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| Google turn-to-turn GPS may not come into iPhone |
4/23/2010 |
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"We did not say we would bring it to iPhone, we said to date we've had it on Android and that in the future it may come to other platforms but did not confirm this will be coming to iPhone at all," a Google spokesperson told PCWorld.
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| Elpida up estimates |
4/22/2010 |
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Elpida's estimated net profit tops the average forecast for a net loss of 4.5 billion yen in a poll of 17 analysts by Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. Shares of Elpida shot up 4.2 percent to 2,095 yen in early trading on Wednesday.
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| Solar installation to double this year |
4/22/2010 |
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Plunging prices for solar panels last year are now being reflected in system prices, and these price declines will compensate for the FIT reductions, resulting in a favorable Return on Investment (ROI) for homeowners and project developers, he said. In some cases, the ROI will remain higher than 10%.
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| Flash for iPone, a case between open or closed platform |
4/22/2010 |
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"We are at the beginning of a significant change in the industry, and I believe that ultimately open platforms will win out over the type of closed, locked down platform that Apple is trying to create," Chambers wrote.
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