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| Toshiba cut NAND production amid sluggish demand |
12/16/2008 |
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Toshiba Corp. said it has decided to cut NAND production by up to 30 percent at four of its major facilities in Japan starting early in 2009 in response to sluggish demand and as a sharp cutback in sales led to a buildup in inventories worldwide.
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| Qimonda got loan, to cut jobs |
12/16/2008 |
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The State of Saxony has agreed to loan 150 million euros (about $200 million) to struggling DRAM maker Qimonda AG if parent company Infineon Technologies AG puts up an equal amount of money, according to a Bloomberg report.
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| Acer crowned top mini-notebook seller |
12/15/2008 |
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Acer outdueled Asus in the third quarter to become the world's No. 1 seller of mini-notebook PCs, according to DisplaySearch and Gartner.
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| Top 10 chip companies by Gartner |
12/15/2008 |
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In the projected chip rankings for 2008, Intel Corp. is expected to hold the No. 1 position for the 17th consecutive year, according to Gartner Inc.
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| Global bluetooth sales keep rising |
12/15/2008 |
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The worldwide Bluetooth semiconductor revenue market is expected to be about $1.9 billion in 2008 and about $2.2 billion in 2009, according to IDC.
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| Appleton brags about Micron's condition |
12/12/2008 |
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Appleton and other Micron executives said the Boise memory-chip maker's cash flow, cash holdings and debt are all better than those of its overseas competitors. Micron is the only U.S. maker of dynamic random-access memory.
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| NASA show 487 TFlops super computer |
12/12/2008 |
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Pleiades uses more than 12,000 Intel quad-core Xeon chips linked on dual 20 Gbit/second Infiniband interconnects to deliver 487 TFlops of Linpack performance. NASA hopes to expand the installation within two years to hit performance of more than a petaflops.
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| Intel and Ericsson to work on secured laptop computer |
12/12/2008 |
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The modules will integrate Intel's Anti-Theft PC Protection technology within the Centrino 2 mobile platform that will disable the PC and protect stored data. They will also include a global positioning system for locating the laptop.
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| Microtune introduces automobile tuner chip |
12/12/2008 |
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"It is engineered specifically to meet the complex, rigorous technical, operating and qualification requirements of our automotive customers, providing an advanced electronics solution as the industry strives to deliver competitive entertainment value and options to ever-more demanding consumers."
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| Apple production cut reached bottom? |
12/11/2008 |
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According to supply chain checks by FBR, the magnitude of recent Apple production cuts to its iPhone and iPod lines is lessening and order patterns among component suppliers may begin to stabilize somewhat.
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| Chip equipment purchase to fall in 2009 |
12/11/2008 |
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Capital spending by chip makers on semiconductor manufacturing equipment will decline to $35.2 billion in 2009, down 17.6 percent from 2008, iSuppli said. This will mark the lowest level of spending since 2003
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| HP to offer Sonata long life battery |
12/11/2008 |
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The Sonata promises to deliver 1,000 charge/discharge cycles without degrading cell performance, about three times the lifetime of current batteries. In addition, it can achieve an 80 percent charge in as little as 30 minutes without degrading the battery's life.
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| Can local government save Qimonda? |
12/10/2008 |
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Qimonda AG hopes to soon strike a deal to research chip technology with the German state of Saxony, where its main chip factories are located, a company representative said.
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| Beware of your USB sticks |
12/10/2008 |
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In the USB ruse, a cookie or malicious executable is transferred from the stick to the host system and then removed from the stick before any trace of it is detected by the user.
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| DDR3 Trends |
12/10/2008 |
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"I think it could be a very strong upturn as we look at the three-to-five year period," Matas said.
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| Promos to sell asset for survival cash |
12/9/2008 |
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In a recent report, Primasia said ProMOS, which had cash of about T$2.9 billion ($86.5 million) as of the end of September, could face increasing risk of default unless it can raise additional funds early next year.
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| TI to idle fab and curtail spending |
12/9/2008 |
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In late December and early next year, TI also plans to idle some undisclosed fabs amid a drop in demand. On average, the company sees fab utilization rates hitting the mid-40 percent range in the fourth quarter.
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| Sony to reduce investment by 30% |
12/9/2008 |
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Hit hard by the current and deep downturn, Sony (Tokyo) also intends to curtail or delay part of its investment plans, and downsize or withdraw from unprofitable or non-core businesses. It plans to reduce the total number of manufacturing sites by approximately 10 percent, from the current total of 57, by March 31, 2010.
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| State of the DRAM market |
12/9/2008 |
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Last week (Dec 2nd to Dec 8th), the DDR2 1Gb eTT chip price dropped from US$ 0.67 to US$ 0.61, with the drop range of 9%. The DDR2 667 MHz 1Gb also dropped from US$ 0.64 to US$ 0.61, with the drop range of 5%. The DDR2 512 Mb eTT slightly dropped 3%, but the price was already closed to the packaging and testing price.
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| Is Patent Pool an easy way out for standardization? |
12/8/2008 |
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Patent pools have become increasingly popular in recent years to handle licensing in cases of relatively large numbers of patent holders and licensors. The pools can help lower transaction costs and reduce uncertainty and time spent negotiating deals, sometimes with competitors across barriers of language and geography.
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| China semi company ranking exposed |
12/8/2008 |
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According to the PwC report, the top indigenous Chinese chip company for 2007 was HiSilicon Technologies Co. Ltd., with revenue of about $170 million. HiSilicon Technology is the former chip R&D center of the Huawei Co. that was spun out in 2005.
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