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| Global Foundries: the spinoff of AMD fab. |
3/4/2009 |
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''We're beginning our business,'' said Doug Grose, chief executive of GlobalFoundries, in an interview. ''We see this as a game changer. There is a need to have an alternative (foundry) that is not set in Asia.''
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| Top 20 IC suppliers announced |
3/3/2009 |
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Qualcomm Inc. jumped from No. 13 to No. 8 in the world in semiconductor revenue while rival fabless chip vendor Broadcom Corp. leapt six positions to rank 17, according to a list of the top 20 chip vendors published Monday (March 2) by market research firm IC Insights.
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| The great DRAM merge pending capacity allocation |
3/3/2009 |
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Although Japan's Elpida Memory and Micron Technology of the US are eagerly looking to work with the Taiwan government's planned state-run memory company (Taiwan Memory) in light of the substantial equity investments on offer, the amount of production capacity that will be made available to each party has recently emerged as a greater issue that needs to be resolved.
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| TSMC to fab Atom MPU and chipsets |
3/3/2009 |
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"We view the collaboration as a strategic positive for Intel (potentially enabling expanded Atom revenues) although there were few details on time line, margin implications, and node."
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| DRAM vendor facing tough decision on migration |
3/3/2009 |
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Comparing to the 6x nm process, the gross die of DDR3 1Gb chip is 40% or even 50% more than the DDR2. The cost per chip could decrease 20% to 30% but the investment amount needed for equipments is higher than the 70 nm or 60 nm process. The 50 nm process requires immersion tools is because the line width of 50 nm process is narrower than the 60 nm,
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| Solar power reaches $1 a watt milestone |
3/2/2009 |
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“The solar industry has been aiming at this goal for the past 25 years, and now it has been met by First Solar. The US leads the world in photovoltaics in terms of the technology with First Solar being the lowest cost practical manufacturing modules below $0.98 per watt and SunPower reporting the highest solar converting efficiency of approximately 20%.”
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| Spansion files for bankruptcy |
3/2/2009 |
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The company believes that its current and anticipated cash resources will be sufficient to pay its expenses and maintain its business operations while it explores and implements options to address its long-term cash needs.
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| Can Android become the netbook OS? |
3/2/2009 |
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"Android was designed from the beginning to scale downward to feature phones and upward to [mobile Internet devices] and netbook-style systems," said a Google spokeswoman. Because it is open source software, "anyone can take the Android platform and add code or download it to create a mobile device without restrictions," she added.
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| MSI to unveil new product lines at Cebit |
2/27/2009 |
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MSI plans to showcase new products including X-Slim series ultra-thin notebooks, Wind Top all-in-one PCs, a performance motherboard, and military-specific graphics card at CeBIT 2009.
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| SIS offers SSD Controller |
2/26/2009 |
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LinkVast Technologies, a subsidiary of Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) have launched two solid-state drive (SSD) controllers – LVT820 and LVT815.
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| Nortel cuts 3200 more Jobs |
2/26/2009 |
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Nortel Networks have slash more jobs cutting another 3,200 workers worldwide as it continues its fight to survive.
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| Transcend unveil new SSD Product |
2/25/2009 |
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Transcend has recently announced a lineup of solid-state drives (SSD) that include a 1.8-inch portable SSD (SSD18M) and 1.8- and 2.5-inch form-factor SATA 3Gb/s
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| Intel to launch new low voltage CPU |
2/25/2009 |
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Intel plans to launch two new ultra low voltage (ULV) CPUs by the end of March this year mainly targeting ultra-thin notebook products.
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| Micron to shutdown 200mm US Fab |
2/24/2009 |
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Micron Technology will cut 500 jobs and phase out 200-mm wafer manufacturing operations at the company's Boise, Idaho headquarters in response to deteriorating economic conditions.
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| Powerchip to trim 5% of work force |
2/24/2009 |
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Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC), one of Taiwan's financially troubled DRAM makers, has cut 200-300 jobs, or less than 5% of its workforce.
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| Qimonda America filed Chapter 11 |
2/23/2009 |
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Qimonda North America Corp have filed a voluntary petition for relief under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.
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| Gigabyte to unveil 10-inch Netbook at Cebit |
2/23/2009 |
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Gigabyte Technology has recently confirmed that it will attend CeBIT 2009 where it will showcase new 10-inch netbooks, which are scheduled to launch in the second quarter of this year.
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