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| Nanya to to solicit Intel investment |
7/23/2009 |
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Nanya Technology, is currently soliciting equity investment from Intel through its planned issuance of global depositary receipts (GDRs) or new shares through private placement.
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| Equipment Book-to-Bill improves |
7/23/2009 |
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The three-month average of worldwide bookings in June was $323.4 million, SEMI reported, noting that the bookings figure is about 12% greater than the final May level of $287.8 million. Still, the figure is about 69% less than the $934.2 million in orders posted in June 2008.
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| US hi-techs to raise capital from Taiwan |
7/23/2009 |
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As many as ten electronics companies are working with underwriters on a possible listing in Taiwan. A total of 17 foreign companies are preparing to list in Taiwan which opened its markets to foreign based companies a year ago.
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| 3GS and MacBook in short supply |
7/22/2009 |
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Apple executives said during a conference call Tuesday afternoon that supplies of the iPhone 3GS are constrained, and that Apple can not meet demand at the current time.
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| Intel brings out 34nm SSD for notebook computer |
7/22/2009 |
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The multi-level cell (MLC) Intel X25-M Mainstream SATA SSD is aimed at laptop and desktop PCs and available in 80-gigabyte (GB) and 160-GB versions, Intel said. "Our goal was to not only be first to achieve 34-nm NAND flash memory lithography, but to do so with the same or better performance than our 50-nm version,"
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| Apple posted robust quarter |
7/22/2009 |
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Apple benefitted from strong sales of its iPhone wireless handset device and applications sold in its App Store as well as resilient demand for Macintosh computers, which notched a four percent increase in units sold from the year-ago quarter.
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| Taiwan announced support for DRAM companies |
7/21/2009 |
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Taiwan's government said on Tuesday local DRAM chip makers seeking to tap state funds to help the ailing sector would have to include proposals on developing technology with foreign firms and as well as strategies such as mergers and acquisitions.
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| Samsung to go to 40nm 1.35V DDR3 chip |
7/21/2009 |
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Each chip supports a data rate of up to 1.6Gbps at 1.35 volts. 2Gb DDR3 chips are expected to account for 82% of the total DDR3 DRAM market sold by 2012.
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| TI profit falls but topped expectations |
7/21/2009 |
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That was better than analysts' average forecast for earnings, excluding restructuring charges, of 28 cents on revenue of $2.53 billion, according to Reuters Estimates.
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| Stimulated: Cisco joins smart grid development |
7/21/2009 |
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In early July, Cisco sent a letter calling for use of Internet Protocol in smart grids to George Arnold, the national coordinator of smart grid standards at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Cisco also sent a 20-page white paper pressing in part for adopting IPv6 to handle what is expected to be a rapid increase of smart meters.
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| Analysis agreed that PC industry is not as bad as predicted |
7/20/2009 |
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Gartner reported that worldwide PC shipments totaled 68.1 million units in Q2, a 5% year-over-year decline. That performance was significantly better than the 9.8% shipment decline Gartner had forecast for the quarter in June.
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| Foundries delayed 18 inches |
7/20/2009 |
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With many chip companies and their suppliers fighting for their lives amidst a brutal industry downturn, the migration to 450-mm wafers—and the enormous R&D costs it will take to get there—can wait.
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| IBM surprises market |
7/20/2009 |
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Stock in the world's largest technology services firm rose as much as 3 percent, building on gains of more than 3 percent in the regular session, as the company's outlook and higher-than-expected quarterly earnings gave investors hope that the worst of the technology downturn may be over.
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| Google to offer Skype type of free mobile VOIP service |
7/20/2009 |
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The "Google Voice service is similar to what Skype is doing in the U.K. using a carrier's normal voice channels for the first leg of a long-distance call, which is then routed from their call center over the Internet to the destination,"
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| Xilinx working with foundries on 40nm FPGA supply. |
7/17/2009 |
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Xilinx is reportedly working closely with United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) and Samsung Electronics, to ensure smooth supply of its recently-announced Virtex-6 and Spartan-6 FPGAs (field-programmable gate arrays) built on 40/45nm process technology, according to industry sources.
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| Intel to unveil new product roadmap at IDF SFO |
7/17/2009 |
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Intel is expected to unveil its new product roadmap as well as new technology innovations at the upcoming IDF to be held in San Francisco from September 22-24, according to market sources.
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| Notebook to outsell Desktop in 2009 |
7/16/2009 |
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Notebook computers will outsell desktops for the first year ever in 2009 as overall PC unit shipments decline for the first time since 2001, according to market research firm iSuppli Corp.
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| Global Semiconductor Sale up 5% |
7/16/2009 |
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Global semiconductor sales for June are estimated to come in at a month-on-month increase of 4.5 percent against that achieved in May
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