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| High growth set for LED |
12/16/2009 |
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“The LED industry is on the threshold of a new expansion phase—a phase that will be characterized by growth rates in the high double digits during the next three years,”
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| NEC/Renesas merger date set for April |
12/16/2009 |
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Japan’s NEC Electronics Corp and Renesas Technology Corp are moving ahead with plans to combine, today announcing an April 1, 2010, expected merger date.
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| Boardcom co-founder acquitted on security fraud |
12/16/2009 |
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Nicholas and Ruehle were facing conspiracy fraud charges stemming from their role in a stock-options backdating scandal that made Broadcom the target of an SEC investigation beginning in 2006. Like dozens of other companies, Broadcom came under scrutiny for historical stock options backdating in the early part of this decade, Broadcom was eventually forced to take $2.2 billion in charges.
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| Amazing Notebook at $99 |
12/16/2009 |
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The Cherrypal Africa has a 7-inch screen size, is powered by a 400-MHz processor and features 256-Gbytes of RAM, 2-Gbytes of flash memory and can run either the Linux or Windows CE operating systems, the company states without revealing the make or model of the microprocessor.
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| Semi Capex to rebounce in 2010 |
12/15/2009 |
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Worldwide spending on semiconductor equipment may be expected to end 2009 down more than 42%, but it is expected to bounce back with more than 45% growth in 2010, according to the latest data from Gartner Inc.
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| Engineering job market improving |
12/15/2009 |
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“It’s still a mixed and uncertain hiring environment and challenges will persist in 2010. However, we’ve seen applications per job moderate slightly from the first quarter of this year, as well as the job count on Dice moving up from its low,”
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| Intersil buys Chinese design company |
12/15/2009 |
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Rock Semiconductor (Shanghai, China) provides analogue and mixed-signal integrated circuits for wireless, audio, video and data communications solutions. It products are primarily used in the consumer end market in applications such as cellular phones, personal navigation devices.
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| Samsung changes CEO |
12/15/2009 |
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Under the new corporate structure, subsidiaries outside South Korea, responsible for components such as semiconductors and LCD panels, will continue to operate as fully independent entities separate from Samsung's IT and consumer electronics subsidiaries, Samsung said.
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| State of European semiconductor industry |
12/14/2009 |
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To drive the point home, Europe suffered more than any other region when chip sales imploded earlier this year. For the first nine months of 2009, European semiconductor companies' sales were down nearly one-third from the tally for the first three quarters of 2008.
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| Battle of Intel and ARM processor |
12/14/2009 |
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Historically speaking, Intel has always let performance improvement drive the company's roadmap. In contrast, ARM has emphasized energy efficiency in reaching out to broader-based embedded applications. Further, Intel's roadmap stops at the $6 processor. But at ARM, "we are well below $6," in search of microcontroller apps.
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| Smart cars to reverse transfer energy to power grid |
12/14/2009 |
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By mid 2010, the SAE aims to define standards for DC energy transfer and reverse energy flow systems from a car battery to a home or to the grid. It also aims to specify a set of diagnostics for its powerline technology so it can, for example, provide car owners a gauge of how fast their car is charging.
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| ProMos reports 11 month high revenue |
12/11/2009 |
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ProMOS Technologies continued to generate a sequential revenue growth in November 2009 at US$33 million, the company's highest since November 2008
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| SeaGate shipping 200GB SSD to OEM |
12/10/2009 |
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Seagate Technology is quietly shipping Pulsar a 200 GByte, 2.5-inch flash drive aimed at servers ,to OEMs for revenue in September 2009.
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| Numonyx to deliver 1-Gbit PCRAM Chip |
12/10/2009 |
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Numonyx BV is on track to offer manufacturers with samples of its 1-Gbit phase-change random access memory (PCRAM) in the first quarter of 2010.
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| EU Commission drops case against Rambus |
12/10/2009 |
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The European Commission (EC) has accepted commitments proposed by Rambus as part of a major dispute and makes no finding of liability, and no fine will be assessed against Rambus.
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| ASUS launch new Ion-based PC |
12/9/2009 |
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Asustek Computer has launched Ion-based netbooks, nettops and all-in-one PCs including the Eee Box PC EB1501 and EB1012, Eee PC 1201N, and Eee Top PC ET2002 in Taiwan.
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| VIA unveils new Nano processors |
12/9/2009 |
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VIA Technologies has introduced its new VIA Nano 3000 series processors, bringing digital media performance and low power consumption to Windows 7-based ultra-thin notebook and all-in-one desktop PC markets.
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| ProMos seeking new Capital for expansion plans |
12/9/2009 |
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ProMOS Technologies is in negotiation with four potential investors, and expects to draw new funds by May or June 2010 to help smoothly ramp its chip production based on Elpida Memory's design.
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| Nvidia to ship Ion-2 chips to Acer |
12/8/2009 |
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Nvidia have landed orders for Ion 2-based chips designed to support Intel's upcoming (Pineview) Atom CPUs and Tiger Point chipsets from Acer
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