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| Poor attendance at CES Show |
1/13/2009 |
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The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) has confirmed that attendance at this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas was one of the lowest in many years.
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| Panasonic to trimmed TV investment |
1/12/2009 |
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Panasonic will cut its investment in two new flat-screen TV plants by about $1.5 billion and exit unprofitable businesses as the global economic slump slices into its profits.
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| AMD launch Dragon Platform |
1/12/2009 |
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AMD has launched Dragon platform technology for desktop PCs featuring the new AMD Phenom II X4 processor.
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| Microsoft chief kicks off CES pitching Windows 7 |
1/8/2009 |
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Kicking off CES 2009 Wednesday night in Las Vegas, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer used his opening keynote address to pitch Windows 7 to an audience of PC fans still smarting from a less-than-satisfying experience with Windows Vista.
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| AMD to release 45nm Phenom II chip |
1/8/2009 |
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Advanced Micro Devices announced at the Consumer Electronics Show the second processor design to come out of its new 45nm process technology.
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| Intel 4th quarter sales fall short |
1/7/2009 |
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Intel Corp. says its fourth quarter 2008 revenue fell a hefty 20 percent on a sequential basis and 23 percent from the comparable year-ago period due to soft end-equipment demand and inventory correction actions taken by customers towards the end of the year.
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| Intel eyes stake in SMIC |
1/6/2009 |
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Foundry chip supplier Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (Shanghai, China) is in discussions over the sale of a strategic stake in itself to the world's largest chip manufacturer Intel Corp., according to a Reuters report.
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| Global chip sales fell further |
1/5/2009 |
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Worldwide semiconductor sales fell in November, as the economic downturn continued to hammer chipmakers, industry figures showed.
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| Samsung might plan to raise DRAM prices, analyst said |
1/5/2009 |
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Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. is mulling a plan to raise its DRAM prices, while Taiwan's suppliers have cut projection, according to an analyst. Korea's Hynix Semiconductor Inc. has also cut its DRAM production.
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| SSD to compete with HDD in 2009 |
1/2/2009 |
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"The oversupply of flash memory, which has hurt the semiconductor industry in 2008 will hurt the hard disc drive market in 2009."
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| Apple's new version iPhone to help components market |
1/2/2009 |
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Positive news for Apple PC chip suppliers like Intel Corp., Marvell Technology Group Ltd., LSI Corp. and Nvidia Corp., Berger wrote. The news is neutral for iPhone chip suppliers like Broadcom Corp., Marvel, Linear Technology Corp., National Semiconductor Corp., Triquint. Semiconductor Inc. and Skyworks Semiconductor Inc
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| Dell quietly reorganized |
1/2/2009 |
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As part of the reorg, two executives hired by Michael Dell to revitalize the company upon his return in 2007 will leave the company.
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