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| DRAM Exchange lowered 2009 NAND Flash projections |
12/31/2008 |
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DRAM Exchange attributed the revised growth rate to a significant decline in sales for devices that utilise NAND Flash chips. For example, 2009 shipments of mobile phones are expected to reach 1.16 billion units, which represents a 5.4 per cent decrease compared to 2008.
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| Actel loses president |
12/31/2008 |
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Anderson died unexpectedly on December 22 from medical complications following a recent hospitalization. He was 50 years old.
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| Executive changes at NXP |
12/31/2008 |
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Former Agere CEO, Richard L. Clemmer is taking over as president and chief executive officer of NXP Semiconductors.
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| Intel to introduce Student Notebook at CES |
12/31/2008 |
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Intel will debut at CES its so-called Learning Series of hardware, software and services for global education markets. The family includes a small notebook with a touch screen that folds into a tablet and is aimed at children.
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| HP to supply home server compatible to Mac and PC |
12/30/2008 |
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The servers will offer multimedia streaming, expandability, and ease-of-use that may take servers out of the realm of IT departments. It is a storage device to enable better home automation, and will serve as a central brain for a home network.
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| Counting back events on the DRAM industry |
12/30/2008 |
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After all, the global financial crisis once again pushed the DRAM industry into the frozen period, not only did the DDR2 1Gb eTT chip price fell once below its historical low 0.58 USD, the net cash outflow put the DRAM vendors in a devastating position.
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| 65nm cuts PS3 prices |
12/30/2008 |
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The second generation of Sony Corp.'s PlayStation 3 gaming console features a new design and carries a bill of materials (BOM) that is 35 percent lower than the original model.
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| Google designs their own computer |
12/30/2008 |
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Google has not disclosed details of its motherboard design, but it did release a white paper calling for designs built on 12V-only power supplies. Besides such supplies, Google's design is said to use at least two full servers per board and remove many of the unneeded parts found in many mainstream server motherboards.
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| As scientist look into 22nm DRAM |
12/29/2008 |
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As the cell gets smaller, the transistor necessarily gets smaller. But scaling the cell transistor into the 32-nm realm requires very shallow junction depths. That, in turn, creates problems with both high source-drain resistivity and high junction leakage.
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| Defining a Green Corporate |
12/29/2008 |
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1. Be part of an industry-wide dialogue about environmental issues and strategies. 2. Make plain your corporate environmental goals and strive to achieve them. 3. Focus your energies on actions, not rhetoric.
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| WalMart sells iPhone at $197 |
12/29/2008 |
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Wal-Mart plans to sell the black 8-gigabyte iPhone 3G model, which holds about 2,000 songs, for $197. The 16-gigabyte model, in black or white, will be priced at $297.
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| Elpida in talk to acquire PSC and ProMos |
12/29/2008 |
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The talks between Elpida and ProMOS would be a major surprise. ProMOS is working with DRAM rival Hynix Semiconductor Inc. Korea's Hynix also invested in ProMOS. At the same time, Micron Technology Inc. is also reportedly working with ProMOS.
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| Hynix To Cut Spending On Its Fab |
12/26/2008 |
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Hynix plans to cut spending on a South Korean fab and will delay a $260 million investment in its Chinese joint venture with Numonyx B.V.
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| Micron post signifcant loss |
12/26/2008 |
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Micron has posted a net loss of US$706 million ,on net sales of US$1.4 billion for the company's first quarter of fiscal 2009.
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| Taiwan Goverment May Bail Out DRAM Makers |
12/23/2008 |
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Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) has reportedly drafted about NT$200 billion (US$6.50 billion) to be used in a bailout of the island's fragile DRAM industry, according to sources close to the deal
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| Intel shipping 160GB SSD Drives |
12/22/2008 |
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Intel is now shipping a 160GB version of its solid state SATA drives for mainstream laptops and is preparing to launch a different version for ultraportable notebooks in January 2009.
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| MicroSoft release new IE patch |
12/22/2008 |
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Microsoft issued an emergency patch for Internet Explorer vulnerability that has opened the door for hackers to install malware on susceptible computers without any user intervention.
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| Foxconn Plans To Cut Thousands Of Jobs |
12/22/2008 |
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Foxconn Electronics's chairman Terry Gou has said that the economic crisis is three times worse than expected and that Foxconn will have to issue more layoffs in order to reduce the company's operating costs.
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