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| Unity to partner with IM Flash on resistive RAM |
5/26/2009 |
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"We want to be a product company not a licensing company, so we will partner with an IDM," Rinerson said. But Rinerson also said that, rather than ask an IDM to run RRAM wafers through an established wafer fab, Unity would expect to raise money to either build or take a share in the production facility.
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| Crisis in semi equipment can wipe out innovation |
5/26/2009 |
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Chip makers may have to help fund--or bail out--their friendly fab automation vendors. If not, look out for the next Chapter 11. And dreams of next-generation, automated fabs could up in smoke.
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| Handset fonts to become new fashion? |
5/25/2009 |
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Now, according to some experts, the next big thing on your handset screen is printed text. But not just any text. A multitude of typeface fonts are said by some to be the new battleground for mobile handset applications.
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| CEA reports on household spending on consumer electronics |
5/25/2009 |
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On average, men continue to spend more on consumer electronics than women, spending $902 annually compared to women, who spent $558. Young adults spent more than any other age group. Consumers ages 18-24 spent $1056 last year on CE devices.
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| Researcher: Fundamental flaw on basic transistor |
5/25/2009 |
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The theory — or the elastic tunnelling model — predicts that as transistors shrink the noise frequency should get higher. But Campbell and his colleagues at NIST, together with scientists from the University of Maryland College Park and Rutgers University, have now shown that even in nanometer sized transistors, the noise frequency remains the same.
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| Micron looking to diversify from memory |
5/25/2009 |
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Microdisplays are small panels paired with LED light sources and optics. They are integrated into projection engines for applications such as stand-alone pico projection devices and embedded projection capability within cellphones or other handheld consumer devices.
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| Lenovo reports Q4 loss |
5/22/2009 |
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Lenovo Group Ltd. posted a second straight quarterly loss, missing analysts' forecasts as restructuring costs weighed, and said it expects an enduring industry slump to bring more pain in the coming year.
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| Sanyo announced its solar cells refresh record |
5/22/2009 |
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Sanyo Electric Co Ltd. has announced that it has broken its own record for energy conversion efficiency in practical size (100 cm2 or more) crystalline silicon-type solar cells
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| Nokia lead the smartphone market |
5/22/2009 |
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Worldwide Smartphone sales surpassed 36.4 million units in the first quarter of 2009, a a 12.7 percent increase from the first quarter of 2008, according to market analysis firm Gartner Inc.
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| Axcelis cuts 235 jobs |
5/21/2009 |
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Semiconductor manufacturing equipment vendor Axcelis Technologies Inc. said Wednesday it has cut about 235 jobs, or 20 percent of its global workforce, since the end of 2008
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| AMD expects earnings by year's end |
5/20/2009 |
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Advanced Micro Devices Inc. expects its core business to make a net profit by year's end with the personal computer market potentially stronger in the second half, Chief Executive Dirk Meyer said Monday.
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| Analog Devices revenue better than expected |
5/20/2009 |
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Analog Devices Inc beat its revenue target for the fiscal second quarter by a wide margin, even as sales declined 27 percent compared to the same period of 2008, the company said Tuesday
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| Nokia plan to cut 490 jobs |
5/20/2009 |
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The world's top cellphone maker Nokia Oyj said on Tuesday it plans to cut a further 490 jobs as part of its global cost cutting programme
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| Samsung and IMEC to collaborate on green radio |
5/19/2009 |
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South Korean chipmaker Samsung Electronics and Belgian research organization IMEC have signed a MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) to establish collaboration on green radio research.
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| China's top OEMs to rise. |
5/19/2009 |
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Revenues for wireless infrastructure systems fell off a cliff in the first quarter of 2009 despite record sales of base stations
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| Top 20 IC supplier ranking changed |
5/18/2009 |
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In the midst of a global downturn and financial crisis, 17 of the top 20 semiconductor companies changed positions in the first quarter
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| SMIC announces 65-nm IP portfolio |
5/18/2009 |
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Chinese silicon foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC) announced the availability Friday (May 15) of a set of 65-nanometer low leakage process IPs, including the preliminary version release of six memory compliers.
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| HP recalls 70,000 Laptop batteries |
5/15/2009 |
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Hewlett-Packard is voluntarily recalling 70,000 lithium-ion batteries that shipped with several models of its HP and Compaq laptops.
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