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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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| Nokia to buy US Motorola Networks |
7/19/2010 |
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"I believe the addition of Motorola's networks business will significantly strengthen our worldwide presence, enhance our scale in the United States, Japan and other priority regions and reinforce our leadership position in the global wireless sector,"
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| UMC to purchase more 12-inch Fab tools |
7/16/2010 |
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United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) has announced that it is looking to further increase its production capacity with the purchase of numerous 12-inch CMOS chip manufacturing tools.
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| Fairchild report strong quarterly profit |
7/16/2010 |
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Fairchild Semiconductor reported a strong set of second quarter financial results that took its gross margin to the highest level since 2000 and allowed the company to pay off $26 million of debt.
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| Apple readies new iPod touch |
7/15/2010 |
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Apple is ready to launch a new generation MacBook Air featuring an 11.6-inch display and Intel Core i-series ultra-low voltage processor in the second half of 2010
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| TI purchase Spansion Japanese Fab |
7/15/2010 |
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Texas Instruments (TI) has acquired two wafer fabs and manufacturing equipment located in Aizu-Wakamatsu, Japan, from Spansion Japan..
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