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| Harari of SanDisk made predictions |
8/18/2009 |
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Eli Harari, founder, chairman and chief executive of SanDisk Corp., made the predications during a keynote. He also warned that the NAND industry is at the ''crossroads,'' as there is a ''disconnect'' between future capacity requirements and demand.
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| Intel Vietnam opening drags out |
8/17/2009 |
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''We expect construction to be done by end '09 and production in '10. We've not wavered in our commitment to get the facility online,'' according to another spokesman for Intel in Asia-Pacific.
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| Samsung to upgrade Austin Fab |
8/17/2009 |
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Samsung Austin Semiconductor will spend some $500 million to upgrade its 200-mm fab to a 300-mm plant, according to reports. The company will close that fab in October, it added. As a result, 500 employees will lose their jobs.
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| Start up to go at Resistive RAM |
8/17/2009 |
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Resistive switching memories are based on materials whose resistivity can be electrically switched between high and low conductive states. RRAM is becoming of interest for future scaled memories because of their superior intrinsic scaling characteristics compared to the charge-based flash devices.
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| AMD unveils highest-clocked chip |
8/14/2009 |
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Advanced Micro Devices unveils what the chip maker is calling the highest-clocked quad-core processor for desktop PCs.
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| IDT to go fabless, sign deal with TSMC |
8/14/2009 |
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IDT (Integrated Device Technology) has decided to slide from a fab-lite business model to a fabless business model, transferring its internal fabrication processes and related activities currently running in its Hillsboro, Ore, facility to TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co).
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| Zune goes HD, Wi-Fi |
8/13/2009 |
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Microsoft officially made its forthcoming Zune HD digital music player available for purchase through a pre-sale program. The software maker is counting on the latest Zune model, which ships to customers Sept. 15, to boost its flagging fortunes in the MP3 player market.
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| Yale unveils FeDRAM, potentail DRAM alternative |
8/13/2009 |
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Researchers at Yale University and the Semiconductor Research Corp. (SRC) claim that ferroelectrics are more appropriate for replacing DRAM than flash. Current DRAM technology has to be refreshed every few milliseconds; ferroelectric materials could last minutes without freshing.
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| Buy GM vehicles through eBay |
8/12/2009 |
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The new-car sales experiment between General Motors and San Jose e-commerce powerhouse eBay begins yesterday in California, and both companies will be closely watching the results ¡ª particularly GM, which is hoping to increase its market share in the state.
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| Intel licenses Nvidia graphic technology |
8/11/2009 |
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Intel licensed SLI technology from Nivida to allow Nehalem processors and chipsets to support multiple graphics processors in high-end gaming systems and workstations.
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| 3-bit NAND flash race heating up |
8/11/2009 |
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The 3-bit-per-cell (x3) NAND race is heating up, as Intel Corp. and Micron Technology Inc. officially announced their initial offering in the arena.
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| Micron new LRDIMM (load-reduced) |
8/10/2009 |
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Micron Technology Inc. released the industry's first DDR3 load-reduced, dual-inline memory module (LRDIMM) early this month.
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| Major foundries July sales jump |
8/10/2009 |
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (TSMC) said sales were approximately NT$30.28 billion ($922.3 million) for July, an increase of 17.5 percent over June 2009
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| Kingston ships 160GB SSD |
8/10/2009 |
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Providing 1.5- and 3-Gbps SATA interfaces, the 80- and 160-Gbyte SSDNow M Series solid-state drives have 250-Mbps read and 70-Mbps write speeds in a 2.5-in. form factor.
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| IDT plans to shut down Oregon Fab |
8/7/2009 |
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IDT is moving towards a fabless model. As part of the plan, IDT will shut down its fab in Oregon and will transfer the production to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
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| Inotera reports narrow losses |
8/7/2009 |
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Inotera Memories, a joint venture between Micron Technology and Nanya Technology, saw its net loss for second-quarter 2009 narrow to NT$4.11 billion (US$125 million) compared to a loss of NT$5.32 billion in the prior quarter.
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| Sony to sell $199 eReader |
8/6/2009 |
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Sony will begin selling this month the cheapest digital book reader for the United States, heating up the competition with Amazon.com Inc in the small but fast-growing market for electronic readers.
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| Altera to cut 3% of work force |
8/6/2009 |
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Altera plans to layoff 87 workers, reducing its total workforce by a little more than 3 percent, the company said in a regulatory filing.
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