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| Intel advances into "Clear Picture" photo CMOS |
12/8/2008 |
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"We started with goal of getting [in silicon] 90 percent of the performance of [more] exotic materials with an order of magnitude less cost, but we now have a silicon devoice that is better performance than anything measured in indium phosphide,"
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| Qimonda may face Bankruptcy |
12/5/2008 |
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Qimonda AG said it may face bankruptcy if it fails to find new investors or the cash needed to operate in the coming weeks.
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| ITC investigating Nvidia |
12/5/2008 |
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Rambus said that the U.S. International Trade Commision (ITC) has opened an investigation into possible infringement of the company's patents by graphics chip vendor Nvidia Corp.
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| AT & T to cut 12000 jobs |
12/5/2008 |
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AT&T said it would axe 12,000 jobs a fresh wave of cuts to cope with an economic downturn that has exacerbated a decline in traditional phone sales.
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| AMD slashed 4th-Quarter Forecast. |
12/4/2008 |
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AMD expects revenue from continuing operations for the fourth-quarter to be approximately 25 percent lower than third quarter of 2008 revenue of $1.585 billion.
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| TSMC to report poor 4th Quarter Sales |
12/4/2008 |
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TSMC has announced that its fourth-quarter sales will come in well below the company's previous guidance given at the end of October due to a reduction of wafer shipments.
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| AMD to introduce new Chipsets |
12/3/2008 |
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AMD plans to launch a new entry-level IGP chipset, the 760G based on RS780 architecture, in January 2009.
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| AMD to introduce 45nm AM3 CPU |
12/2/2008 |
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AMD is expected to introduce six 45nm AM3 CPUs in February: the quad-core Phenom II X4 925 and 910 with 6MB L3 Cache, the quad-core Phenom II X4 810 and 805 with 4MB L3 Cache, and the triple-core Phenom II X3 720 and 710 with 6MB L3 Cache, according to sources at motherboard makers.
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| Panasonic Profit Nose-Dive by 90% |
12/1/2008 |
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Panasonic has slashed its net profit forecast by 90 percent. The company is facing tougher times as sales drop due to slower consumer spending
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| Spansion cut Q4 sales estimate |
11/26/2008 |
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NOR flash memory specialist Spansion Inc. became the latest semiconductor supplier to issue a warning about revenue in the current quarter, saying it expects fourth quarter net sales to be down about 20 percent sequentially.
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| Cell phone market to shrink next year |
11/26/2008 |
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Cellphone sales are set to fall up to 4 percent in 2009 from this year as the economic slowdown hurts consumer demand across the world, research company Gartner Inc. said.
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| Notebook sales, services lift HP |
11/25/2008 |
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As reported last week in preliminary results for the quarter ended Oct. 31, HP reported a 2% jump in revenue to $33.6 billion, excluding the acquisition of services company EDS and including currency adjustments. If EDS revenue is included, then sales were up 16% from the same period a year ago.
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| EMG sues Apple for patent infringement |
11/25/2008 |
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A small technology company has filed suit against Apple Inc., claiming the iPhone infringes a recently granted patent for technology used to help mobile devices access the Internet.
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