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| AMD promotes Rivet to Chief Operations Officer |
10/28/2008 |
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The promotions follow on major changes at AMD in recent weeks, ones that saw the company spin out its manufacturing operations into a new company. That move is expected to allow AMD to focus its resources more on technology, as well as help the company move back to quarterly profits.
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| SMIC Shanghai gets 32nm technology |
10/28/2008 |
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As early of January 1, the foundry can launch 32-nm logic process development in all of its own manufacturing facilities and can start 32-nm flash R&D in its 300-mm fab in Wuhan, China.
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| Toshiba launches 43nm SLC NAND |
10/28/2008 |
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The new lineup includes three products—16Gb, 32Gb and 64Gb—which integrate 43-nm monolithic 16Gb chips, the highest density SLC NAND chips available, according to Toshiba.
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| Vendors to build reduced spec. 11n |
10/28/2008 |
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Atheros Communications Inc. will try to drive 802.11n into mainstream Wi-Fi markets with a new line of chips. By stripping out support for multiple radios, Atheros is betting it can create a new class of higher volume 11n devices that hit the estimated $3-5 pricing of 11g parts but deliver better performance.
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| Happening at the Taipei IDF |
10/28/2008 |
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Comparing Intel’s X25-E Extreme SATA SSD with other current SSD offerings in the market, Intel’s solution features capacity of either 32 or 64GB and SATA1.5/3.0 interface with read/write speed up to 250MB/s and 170MB/s respectively.
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| Horizons: Semi market changed but not doomed |
10/27/2008 |
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"2009, could slip negative, depending on what happens to IC unit growth. At the moment we think this highly unlikely, given (a) the 6.1 percent advanced and developing market GDP growth forecast and (b) the fact there have only been two years of negative IC unit growth in the last 23 years, namely 1985 and 2001, both triggered by a massive inventory build."
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| Kingston braced for down turn |
10/27/2008 |
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Tu, who is visiting Gitex this week, said the company is positioned to weather the current global economic crisis. "Financially we are very strong." Tu also said the company has solid cash reserves, but did not specify.
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| Division between phone and computer gets blur |
10/27/2008 |
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But in five years, the market will see many "shades of gray" in mobile computing devices, predicted the Nokia executive. Smart phones and mobile computers are "converging and colliding,"
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| HDTV growth to explode |
10/27/2008 |
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Costs to providers to generate and deliver HD content are declining and the savings is being passed along to consumers.
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| Samsung report 40% drop in Profits |
10/24/2008 |
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Samsung posted a profit of US$856 million in the quarter, down 43 percent from the previous period and down 44 percent from a year ago.
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| HP introduce TouchSmart PC |
10/24/2008 |
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Hewlett-Packard has introduced the TouchSmart IQ518 all-in-one PC emphasizing its 22-inch multi-touch ready panel.
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| Nanya reports poor 3-Quarter revenue |
10/23/2008 |
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Nanya Technologies has reported revenues of NT$11.5 billion (US$348 million) for the third quarter of this year, up 21% from the previous quarter but down 14% on year
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| SanDisk reports 3-Quarter Loss |
10/23/2008 |
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SanDisk posted a wider-than-expected quarterly loss and said it would slash costs and sell some equipment to Toshiba in a bid to boosts its finances.
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| Yahoo to cut 1500 jobs |
10/22/2008 |
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Yahoo said it plans to cut at least 10% of its workforce, or more than 1,500 employees, in the fourth quarter in an effort reduce costs.
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| PSC to scale back Dram Fab expansion |
10/22/2008 |
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Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) has no plans for any capacity expansion next year, according to company chairman Frank Huang.
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| Ericsson makes healthy 3-Q profits |
10/21/2008 |
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Ericsson surprised investors with strong third-quarter earnings and made an operating profit of 5.7 billion Swedish crowns ($772.5 million) excluding restructuring charges. .
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| PowerChip makes 3-Q Loss |
10/21/2008 |
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Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation has announced third quarter revenues of NT$14.97 billion (US$457 Million),
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