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| UMC to open Southern Taiwan 12-inch Fab |
5/6/2010 |
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UMC has revealed it will hold a ceremony to officially kick off operations of the phase-three and phase-four production facilities at its 12-inch Fab 12A at the Southern Taiwan Science Park
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| Apple sells 1 Million iPad |
5/4/2010 |
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Apple confirmed it sold its 1 millionth iPad late last week, meaning that it took 28 days from iPad's launch on April 3 to reach the milestone.
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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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