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| Abu Dhabi to build major fab |
11/9/2009 |
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At an energy conference in Abu Dhabi, the state-owned investment company Mubadala Development Co. said there are plans to build a wafer fab in the country. "In four years, you'll see the first foundry in Abu Dhabi,"
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| TSMC's 40nm yield issues |
11/9/2009 |
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TSMC's 40-nm yield problems surfaced earlier this year, but the company claimed it largely resolved the problem. However, during a conference call on Thursday, graphics chip maker Nvidia Corp. discussed 40-nm capacity and yield constraints at its foundry partner.
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| Top chips firms posted 19% gain in sales |
11/6/2009 |
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Thanks in part to a surging memory market, sales for the top 20 semiconductor manufacturers increased 19 percent in the third quarter compared to the second quarter, according to market research firm IC Insights Inc.,
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| Samsung prepares for 32- and 28-nm production |
11/6/2009 |
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Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has announced that a recently-formed semiconductor R&D center has begun work on advanced process development for use in foundry manufacturing.
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| Inventory adjustment hurts STEC |
11/5/2009 |
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STEC reported EPS in line with the 47-cent consensus and topped revenue expectations in the third quarter, however the company's outlook through early 2010 has investors dumping shares.
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| Qualcomm extends 15-years license with Samsung |
11/5/2009 |
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Qualcomm Inc. reported quarterly sales and guidance that fell short of analyst expectations, but the company announced the extension of a license agreement with South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. reportedly worth more than $1.3 billion over 15 years.
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| Motorola mobile division "all-in" bet on Smartphone |
11/4/2009 |
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One year after joining the company from Qualcomm Corp., Jha has whittled down operating costs in the mobile devices division and recently unveiled the company's flagship product, the Droid, a so-called smartphone that aims to take on Apple Inc.'s hot-selling iPhone and a bunch of other similar devices from the likes of Nokia, Samsung and Sony-Ericsson.
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| MCP for Smart Phones from Micron |
11/3/2009 |
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Micron Technologies Inc. (Boise, Idaho) has introduced a multi-chip package (MCP) memory for smart phones, personal media players, and mobile Internet devices (MIDs) that includes a 4-Gbit NAND flash memory die and a 2-Gbit low-power DDR die.
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| Avnet quarterly report shows improved marketplace |
11/3/2009 |
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Avnet Inc has reported revenue of $4.36 billion for the first quarter fiscal 2010 ended October 3, 2009, representing a decrease of 3.1% over the first quarter fiscal 2009 and a 0.6% decrease excluding the impact of changes in foreign currency exchange rates.
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| Global chip shipment grows 8.2% in September |
11/2/2009 |
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The three-month average of global sales of semiconductors rose to $20.64 billion in September, up 8.2 percent from an upwardly revised $19.07 billion in August, and down 10.1 percent from September 2008, according to the European Semiconductor Industry Association (ESIA).
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| Samsung profit triples |
11/2/2009 |
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Samsung posted a profit of about $3.14 billion for the third quarter, thanks to gains in its chip business, and the success of its mobile phone division.
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| Samsung, Toshiba, Micron dominate NAND flash market |
11/2/2009 |
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The top three vendors of branded NAND flash memory increased their market share in the third quarter compared with the previous quarter, according to DRAMexchange Technology Inc., a Taiwan-based market analysis company. Samsung and Toshiba increased their clear market dominance while Micron's increased market share allowed it to overtake Hynix and jump into third position.
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| Maxim post profit in 2nd Quarter |
10/30/2009 |
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Maxim posted a sequential double-digit increase in sales for the second consecutive quarter in the period ended Sept. 26,2009.
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| Asus launched new USB 3.0 Motherboard |
10/30/2009 |
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Asus has unveil a new Asus Xtreme Design P7P55D-E Premium motherboard with on-board support for SuperSpeed USB 3.0 , with up to 10 times the data-transfer rate of its predecessor.
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| SMIC continue to widen revenue loss |
10/29/2009 |
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SMIC saw revenues drop on year in third-quarter 2009, with the quarter's net loss widening from a loss of US$33.38 million in third-quarter 2008
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| UMC reports profit for 3rd Quarter 2009 |
10/29/2009 |
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United Microelectronics (UMC) has reported its highest quarterly net profit in two years, swinging to a profit of NT$6.09 billion (US$190 million) in the third quarter of 2009
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| TSMC to invest in 12-inch Fab expansion |
10/28/2009 |
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TSMC is expected to invest up to US$6 billion in the fifth- and fourth-phase capacity expansion at its 12-inch Fab 12 and Fab 14, respectively, with equipment installation slated to kick off in the second half of 2010.
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