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| ProMos to ramp up DDR3 chip production |
3/30/2010 |
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ProMOS Technologies has started production runs on 63nm for Elpida Memory DDR3 products and set to significantly ramp up chip production shortly.
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| Elpida launch 4Gb DDR3 chips |
3/29/2010 |
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Elpida Memory has revealed it is set to begin volume-producing 4Gb DRAM chips using 40nm-class process technology for server products and desktop PCs
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| AMD unveils new Opteron Processor |
3/29/2010 |
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AMD has announced the new AMD Opteron 6000 series server, featuring eight- and 12-core x86 processor for the high-volume 2P and value 4P server market.
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| Power outage at Samsung to affect memory prices |
3/26/2010 |
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"The global semiconductor market is price-sensitive in terms of supply. The shutdown will indirectly affect the prices of DRAM and NAND flash chips, which we expect will see an additional rise," Choi Seung-jae, an analyst at KTB Investment, Thursday.
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| Inphi declares that multi-core creates memory bottleneck |
3/26/2010 |
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Multicore CPUs must access main memory through the chip’s memory interface, a major memory bottleneck has been building. There are more CPUs sipping from the memory pool through a straw that’s not getting any bigger. Memory and memory interfaces are not scaling in a cost-effective way.
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| Analyst comment on state of Hynix |
3/25/2010 |
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The favorable outlook for memory prices over the next 12 months will improve the company’s cashflow, Moody’s expected. “It still has around 1.6 trillion won of long-term debt coming due this year. With a projected EBITDA of around 4 trillion won, Hynix still should be able to cover these loans, as well as capex of 2.3 trillion won, with internal cash,”
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| Conversion to DDR3 may strain supply chain |
3/25/2010 |
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Converge believes the DDR3 module market will experience shortages before the second half of 2010 approaches. Although there is product in the spot market, quantities are not significant and could easily be consumed through a couple of large orders,
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| Google wants to help you manage power usage |
3/25/2010 |
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The more fine-grained the data that is collected the more detailed the picture that PowerMeter provides. The open-source, standards-based Google PowerMeter API allows device manufacturers to build energy-monitoring products that work with Google PowerMeter.
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| NASA awards study for super speed vehicle |
3/25/2010 |
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ERC, which povides technical support for a range of NASA programs, including the space shuttle, International Space Station and the Constellation moon-rocket program, will support an Ames technology office that designs prototype hypervelocity vehicles.
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| ITC: DRAM infringment claim dismissed |
3/24/2010 |
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The commission said in the final determination that claims leveled by LSI against Nanya Technology and other companies, including Taiwan’s Powerchip Semiconductor Corp, were invalid and no violation was found, the company said in a statement yesterday.
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| Analyst see bloom market for 2010 |
3/24/2010 |
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Barclays believes its current forecast of 16 percent PC growth in 2010 is "a bit conservative." A best-case scenario could see growth above 20 percent, said Ben Reitzes, head of IT hardware research at Barclays.
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| Non-profit group to promote smart grid |
3/24/2010 |
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The SGCC is a non-profit group that aims to engage consumers in the evolution of the smart grid by conducting consumer research, education and establishing best practices.
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| MEM applications about to explode |
3/24/2010 |
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The emerging MEMS segment will grow from $550 million in 2009 to over $2 billion in 2015, while the overall MEMS market climbs from $7 billion in 2009 to more than $18 billion in 2015.
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| 25nm NAND to reduce prices on SSD |
3/23/2010 |
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The news of a 25nm NAND breakthrough has come as a surprise to Intel and Micron's competitors, who have been working on a process shrink of their own
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| Samsung unveils 30nm/1.35V DDR3 |
3/23/2010 |
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The 30nm-class process when applied to DDR3 mass production raises productivity by 60% over 40nm-class DDR3. Device reduces power consumption by up to 30% over 50nm-class DRAM.
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| 3rd party service to monitor wireless performance |
3/23/2010 |
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Metrico Mobile Experience will provide monthly summary reports of the performance of various cellphones running both in lab tests and in tests conducted on carrier networks. The data should provide good comparisons both of the handsets tested and the networks on which they are tested.
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| Toshiba to build new fab for Flash |
3/23/2010 |
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Toshiba said the company believes the time is right to construct a new fab. Adding production capacity will help Toshiba "respond quickly and decisively to market expansion" and strengthen the company's competitiveness in semiconductors, Toshiba said.
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| Google redirects ".cn" site |
3/22/2010 |
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On Monday afternoon, visitors to Google.cn were being redirected to Google's Chinese-language service based in Hong Kong. Google does not censor those results, but Chinese government filters can still restrict the results that are seen by mainland audiences.
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| Mentor invests into PCB manufacturing EDA |
3/22/2010 |
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The Valor division will continue to develop solutions for the manufacturing market, reinforcing both companies’ commitment to deliver solutions and support to the manufacturing market, as well as powerful integration of design for manufacturing functionality into Mentor and non-Mentor PCB design environments.
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| U.K. Smiths Group acquires US probe contact company |
3/22/2010 |
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"With a major plant in China, IDI strengthens our connector operations and will allow us to leverage our existing international sales resources, particularly in Europe which accounts for a quarter of the global connectors market."
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