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WinBond to exit Dram Business |
8/5/2009 |
Winbond Electronics plans to lower its sales proportion from standard DRAM to 10% in 2010, and gradually phase out the business, according to company president Tung-Yi Chan.
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Winbond to license Qimonda GDDR Technology |
8/4/2009 |
Winbond announced that its board of directors has approved a proposal to enter a product transfer and technology licensing agreement with Qimonda for licensing the GDDR specification.
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Seagate to close Singapore Operation |
8/4/2009 |
Seagate Technology said it will close its hard-disk drive manufacturing plant in Singapore by the end of next year and lay off about half of its 4,000 workers.
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Microsoft to ship IE with Windows 7 in Europe |
8/3/2009 |
Microsoft said it would not separate its Internet Explorer (IE) Web browser from versions of Windows 7 shipped to the European Union when the new operating system launches worldwide in October.
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Intel halts shipment of SSD Drive |
8/3/2009 |
Intel has suspended shipments of its recently launched 34nm NAND flash-based SSDs due to the discovery of a bug that could render the drives inoperable on systems
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Dell was fined $30,000 in Taiwan for pricing errors |
7/31/2009 |
Dell was fined on Thursday by a Taiwanese city agency for failing to meet sales obligations of heavily discounted products resulting from online pricing snafus, according to online news reports.
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Infineon Austria workers recover full-time work |
7/30/2009 |
Infineon has terminated the short-time schedule for most of its Austrian workers ahead of schedule. The move reflects the improving market situation for the semiconductor company.
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Agilent will purchase Varian for $1.5 billion |
7/28/2009 |
Agilent Technologies Inc. said it will purchase Varian Inc. for $1.5 billion, paying a 35 percent premium for the supplier of scientific instruments and vacuum technologies in a bid to broaden its own product offerings in new growth areas.
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Verizon plan to cut 8,000 job |
7/28/2009 |
Verizon Communications Inc. posted a lower quarterly profit and said it would cut 8,000 jobs in its wireline business, as weakness in wholesale and corporate segments overshadowed wireless growth.
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Nanya to to solicit Intel investment |
7/23/2009 |
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 |
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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