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| SIA's report showed sequential growth of chip shipments |
10/2/2009 |
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The three-month average of global sales of semiconductors rose to $19.06 billion in August, July, up 5.0 percent from $18.15 billion in July and down 16.1 percent from $22.71 billion in August 2008, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA).
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| Teradyne sees better days ahead, raises guidance |
10/1/2009 |
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ATE giant Teradyne Inc. has updated guidance for the third quarter ending on Oct. 4. The company now expects revenue will be $250-to-$260 million, a sequential increase of approximately 50 percent.
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| Micron reported $88 million quarterly loss |
9/30/2009 |
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Micron Technology Inc. reported Tuesday a net loss of $88 million for the quarter ended Sept. 3, down from a net loss of $290 million in the prior quarter and a net loss of $344 million in the year-ago quarter.
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| TI set to open 300-mm fab in Richardson |
9/30/2009 |
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Texas Instruments Inc. plans to open a 300-mm analog semiconductor fab in Richardson, Texas, the company said Tuesday. TI expects to begin equipping the facility next month and ship the first chips from the fab by the end of next year, the company said.
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| Intel extends its reach beyond PC |
9/28/2009 |
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The Intel Developer Forum showed that the chip-making giant is overclocking its product development efforts to blitz the smartphone and consumer electronics market.
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| ARM to ship more chips than Intel by 2012, said analyst |
9/28/2009 |
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Intel Corp. will claim 94 percent of the netbook/smartbook market in 2009 but ARM Holdings plc and its processor licensees with take the lead in 2012, according to Robert Castellano of market research company The Information Network.
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| Closed Hynix DRAM plant to produce solar cell |
9/28/2009 |
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A South Korean leather goods manufacturer plans to buy from Hynix Semiconductor the closed DRAM plant here with plans to turn it into the largest solar cell producer in the United States. The move comes at a time when analysts say the solar market has too much capacity and prices are falling for solar panels.
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| Microsoft announces Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3 |
9/26/2009 |
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At the Embedded Systems Conference here on Sept. 23, Kevin Dallas, general manager of Microsoft's Embedded Division, announced a series of new products, including the release to manufacturing of Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3.
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| A-Data purchases PQI shares |
9/24/2009 |
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A-Data Technology has posted a filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) announcing a purchase of new shares worth NT$39.25 million (US$1.2 million) from rival Power Quotient International (PQI) through private placement. Accordingly, A-Data will hold a 0.86% stake in PQI.
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| DDR3 memory shortage will be end |
9/24/2009 |
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Oh-Hyun Kwon, president of the company's semiconductor business said that his outfit has aggressively increased output and as a result, current chip shortages are expected to ease.
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