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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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| Lam Research to reduce 15% of workforce |
11/24/2008 |
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Lam Research said this week it would cut 600 jobs or 15% of Lam's total headcount and will impact regular, temporary, and contract employee positions.
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| TSMC chairman said current IC downturn substantial |
11/24/2008 |
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Chairman of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (TSMC), was blunt about the market downturn during a speech after being presented with an award from the Semiconductor Industry Association.
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| IBM plans to buy Transitive |
11/24/2008 |
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IBM Corp. has said it plans to acquire Transitive Corp. in California, a developer of virtualization technology that has its R&D base in Manchester, England.
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| Converge reports on state of DRAM memory |
11/21/2008 |
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Pricing has finally stabilized in the DRAM market, there are still no signs of demand. Contract pricing has caught up to pricing in the spot market and both are essentially at parity.
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| Financial situation hurting Suntech |
11/21/2008 |
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"The problem here is the banks. The customer wants more modules, but they have to have liquidity," Chairman and Chief Executive Dr. Zhengrong Shi told an analysts conference call. "We have to separate the market demand and the financial (situation)."
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| Dell surprise Wall Street |
11/21/2008 |
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Dell Inc., the world's No. 2 PC maker, posted a better-than-expected quarterly profit Thursday (Nov. 20) as cost cuts offset lower revenue, sending its shares up about 6 percent.
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| Core i7 not likely to take hold until 2H09 |
11/20/2008 |
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Due to the impact of the dropping global economy affecting consumers' willingness to upgrade their PCs, demand for Core i7 is unlikely to pickup until the third quarter in 2009.
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| Taiwan DRAM industry pushing for government bail out |
11/20/2008 |
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The government is mulling whether efforts should be made to salvage Taiwan's DRAM industry, whose major makers have been making huge losses since 2007. For the first three quarters of 2008, combined losses amounted to NT$90.83 billion (US$2.73 billion), and losses are expected continue.
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| SIA predicts semi re-bounce in 2010 |
11/20/2008 |
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Growth will return in 2010 and continue in 2011, the SIA said. Sales will grow by 7.4% in 2010 to $264.9 billion and by 7.5% in 2011 to $284.7 billion, according to the group's data.
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| NXP have seen first sign of decline |
11/20/2008 |
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"We now foresee a 15 percent to 25 percent sequential sales decline in the fourth quarter on a business and currency comparable basis."
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| Micron customized MCP for TI mobile chip |
11/19/2008 |
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The small form factor designs of Micron’s MCP solutions allow customers to keep space constraint concerns at bay, while the low-power 1.8-volt power supply of the NAND flash and the inherently low self refresh of the Mobile DRAM allow for extended battery life.
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| Taiwan's PCS falls from grace |
11/19/2008 |
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Taipei, Nov. 18, 2008 (CENS)--PowerChip Semiconductor Corp. (PSC) saw its revenue for October drop over 30% from a month earlier to a five-year low of NT$2.6 billion (US$78 million at US$1:NT$33), losing No.1 title in Taiwan`s DRAM industry.
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| Analyst rate HP as a star in 2009 |
11/19/2008 |
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Hewlett-Packard Co. posted stronger-than-expected results and forecast full-year profit above Wall Street estimates, underscoring its resilience to an economic crisis that has dragged down other tech companies.
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| ON Semi drops bid for Atmel |
11/19/2008 |
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Keith Jackson, On Semi president and CEO, blamed the withdrawal on weakness in the financial markets and "the unforeseen deterioration in the semiconductor market" since the companies first proposed a $2.3 billion takeover bid for Atmel last month.
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| Polysilicon price drop to increase output on Photo-Voltaic Cells |
11/18/2008 |
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Global supply of polysilicon is expected to double in 2009, while demand will grow by only 34%. Although demand for polysilicon will still exceed supply in aggregate in 2009, iSuppli predicted the sharp increase in supply will cause polysilicon pricing to begin a steep plunge in 2009 after peaking this year.
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| Jerry Yang (Yahoo) stepping down |
11/18/2008 |
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The change in command announced Monday won't be completed until Yahoo finds his replacement. The Sunnyvale-based company said it is interviewing candidates inside and outside Yahoo in a search led by its chairman, Roy Bostock, and the executive recruitment firm Heidrick & Struggles.
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| Novafora to acquireTransmeta |
11/18/2008 |
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The move comes after Transmeta, a struggling IP licensing company that had originally played in the x86-based MPU market, put itself up for sale in September.
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| Spansion sue Samsung on MirrorBit Flash |
11/18/2008 |
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Samsung's approach seems similar to the path Spansion took for its MirrorBit NOR devices. MirrorBit technology also uses a trapped-charge, nitride-based architecture and eliminates the floating gate.
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