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| Foxconn issues new shares to raise funds for expansion |
6/9/2010 |
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Foxconn Electronics issue 880 million new shares specifically for issuing global depositary receipts (GDR), with the funds to be used in the development of new technologies and business areas as well as acquisitions
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| Powerchip renames itself |
6/9/2010 |
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Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) has changed its corporate name to Powerchip Technology (abbreviated Powerchip), effective June 7
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| Samsung unveils new smart-phone |
6/8/2010 |
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Samsung Electronics, the world's second largest handset maker, on Tuesday unveiled a new smartphone in its home market in hopes of rivalling Apple's iPhone.
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| Apple launch iPhone 4 |
6/8/2010 |
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Apple has announced the new iPhone 4 will be available in the US on June 24 for a suggested retail price of US$199 for the 16GB model
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| Apple launch Safari 5 browser |
6/8/2010 |
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Apple has released the Safari 5 web browser, featuring the new Safari Reader, a 30% performance increase over Safari 4.
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| Toshiba release 3D format Notebook |
6/7/2010 |
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Toshiba has announced a notebook featuring playback of 3D content in the Blu-ray 3D format, the dynabook TX/98MBL, which will be available at the end of July in the Japan market.
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| HP fall short of May Notebook shipment |
6/7/2010 |
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HP 's notebook shipments in May 2010 reached only 2.6-2.7 million units, lower than the company's original expectation of 3.2-3.4 million units
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| Speedy patent process vs willing to pay |
6/4/2010 |
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"The fees will certainly be non-trivial--think in terms of shipping a package overnight versus two- or three-day ground service," Kappos said. "When you multiply the cost by hundreds of patents the fee will grow large even for large entities," he said.
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| Apple to announce new iPhone with little surprise factor |
6/4/2010 |
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But the only thing that seems certain for Monday is that Apple will keep its streak of coming out with a new version of the iPhone every year will be unbroken. Whether Jobs can pull another significant surprise out of his sleeve will have to wait until he takes the stage.
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| Rebound opens opportunity to sell Qimonda Dresden campus |
6/3/2010 |
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A semiconductor manufacturer has the ability to rapidly restart operations and take advantage of the strongest recovery in semiconductor market history. The offering in Dresden provides a unique opportunity for a semiconductor company to make a bold, strategic play.
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| Florida State U to study power saving architecture |
6/3/2010 |
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"Static means information goes through the processor based on the instructions that are determined once at compile-time, rather than each time instructions go through the pipeline dynamically," said Whalley. "Each instruction is fetched in one cycle and then controls the entire processor in a subsequent cycle for a static pipeline."
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| Computex fails to define tablet PC |
6/3/2010 |
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Consumers have now been exposed to solutions that perform limited functions and therefore the specifications for these new tools actually reference value to the user in a defined context.
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| Power management IC halves Atom power |
6/3/2010 |
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"We have been working with Intel for about two years on our power management chipset that halves operating power plus enables a 50-time reduction in standby power over Intel's previous generation Atom processor,"
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| Semiconductor shipment hit record in April |
6/2/2010 |
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"Global sales of semiconductors grew at a healthy rate in April, surpassing the previous monthly record level of November 2007," said SIA President George Scalise in a statement. "As expected, both the year-on-year and sequential growth rates moderated slightly."
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| Qualcomm samples 1.2G dual core Snapdragon |
6/2/2010 |
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"Qualcomm's first-generation Snapdragon chipsets set a new standard for advanced smartphones and smartbook devices, and our second-generation solutions are already shipping in volume," said Steve Mollenkopf, executive vice president of Qualcomm and president of Qualcomm CDMA Technologies, in a statement.
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| Jobs declare "end of the PC era is near" |
6/2/2010 |
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Apple's CEO said the day is coming when only one out of every few people will need a traditional computer. Jobs said advances will allow devices like the iPad to do things only desktops and laptops are suited for today.
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| Strike could halt Honda's expansion in China |
6/1/2010 |
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The latest is Japan's Honda Motor Co., which last week suspended production at all four of its plants in China, according to reports. This is due to a strike at a Honda transmission factory in Foshan, Guangdong, which employs some 1,850 workers, according to reports.
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| Abu Dhabi to build to build semiconductor industry at home |
6/1/2010 |
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GlobalFoundries, said it is "committed to partnering with ATIC to share best practices and expertise in cluster creation in the near-term and putting a significant technology and manufacturing presence in the region long term."
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