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| Microsoft to strip IE from Window 7 |
6/12/2009 |
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Microsoft said EU regulatory wrangling has prompted it to strip Internet Explorer Web browsers from copies of its Windows 7 operating system to be sold in Europe.
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| Cadence cuts 225 jobs in US |
6/11/2009 |
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Cadence Design Systems will eliminate 225 jobs as part of a restructuring expected to save about $30 million per year.
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| Micron support JEDEC standard eMMC 4.4 |
6/11/2009 |
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Micron Technology has announced support of the newly-ratified JEDEC eMMC 4.4 standard with its portfolio of managed NAND solutions for mobile applications.
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| Taiwan motherboard makers reports poor May sales |
6/10/2009 |
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Taiwan-based motherboard maker Micro-Star International (MSI) saw May revenues increase on month while Asustek Computer, Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS), and Gigabyte Technology all recorded a decline in revenues.
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| Winbond reports high yield at 65nm Fab |
6/9/2009 |
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Winbond said DRAM production at its 65nm process node is progressing with yield rates on the rise. Annual production capacity is expected to reach 8,000 wafers at the end of 2009.
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| Apple offers $99 iPhone |
6/9/2009 |
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Apple launch a new iPhone model complete with a video camera and slashing the price of its predecessor to 99 dollars.
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| Has the global memory chip industry hit bottom or is it still sliding? |
6/8/2009 |
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Analysts say it's too early to predict full recovery with demand for PCs and other electronic devices still soft. ``Global sales declined 14.3 percent in the first quarter for both DRAM and NAND flash chips. Although sales are forecast to surge to a strong finish with 17.5 ¯ percent growth in the fourth quarter, that's only telling half of the story,''
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| Qimonda sells solar cell development |
6/8/2009 |
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The Portuguese government has backed an investment group which has agreed to take control of Qimonda's solar cell joint venture Itarion Solar situated near Porto.
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| Printable display becoming reality |
6/8/2009 |
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"Because the active component of our device can be fabricated from a liquid, there is the potential that in the future we can print the entire memory device as simply and inexpensively as we now print a slide on an overhead transparency."
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| TSMC will expand its working relationship in European |
6/4/2009 |
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TSMC will expand its working relationship with Leuven, Belgium-based nanoelectronics research center IMEC through an agreement that will see the top foundry base its extended European research efforts at IMEC's premises.
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