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| Brocade to spend $3 billion buying Foundry |
7/23/2008 |
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Brocade Communications Systems Inc. said it plans to buy data equipment maker Foundry Networks for around $3 billion to expand its product line, customer reach and sales channels.
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| TI posts lower quarterly earnings |
7/22/2008 |
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Texas Instruments Inc. Monday posted lower quarterly profit and revenue as growth in analog chips was offset by weakness in its wireless chip business.
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| Sandisk reports quarterly loss |
7/22/2008 |
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SanDisk quarterly results swung sharply to a loss in Monday amid an unexpected decline in sales and warned worse was in store as it further slashes the prices of its memory chips in the current quarter, sending its shares down 14% after-hours.
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| JEDEC to set standard for flash SSD |
7/21/2008 |
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JEDEC, the standards group best known for its work on DRAM interfaces, has formed a new group to set standards for solid-state disks that use NAND flash chips.
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| China unveils their own 3G standard |
7/21/2008 |
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China unveils their own 3G standard--time-division synchronous code-division multiple access, or TD-SCDMA in time for the Summer Olympics.
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| On Semi acquires Catalyst |
7/18/2008 |
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Phoenix, Ariz.-based ON Semiconductor Corp said today it would acquire Santa Clara, Calif.-based Catalyst Semiconductor Inc in an all-stock transaction in which Catalyst shareholders will receive 0.706 shares of ON Semi common stock for each share of Catalyst common stock owned, representing an equity value of approximately $115 million and an enterprise value of approximately $85 million.
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| Disappointing performance seen at AMD |
7/18/2008 |
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In contrast to the strong financial results reported two days earlier by rival Intel Corp., Sunnyvale, Calif.-based AMD posted a hefty $1.2 billion net loss for the quarter ended June 28, compared with a smaller $600 million net loss for the comparable quarter in 2007.
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| Blooms in solar power will create shortage of labor |
7/18/2008 |
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Under the renewables umbrella, one of the most promising and fastest moving technologies is that connected with solar power. And for electronics engineers with their eye on the next big thing it may well prove the source of mini-boom in jobs and career development over the next few years.
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| Converge updates state of memory market |
7/17/2008 |
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Open-market vendors are listening to offers, but there are no signs of any buyers. It appears that for the second year in a row, we could be looking at a lackluster back-to-school build season.
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| Former Samsung Group chief received suspended sentence |
7/17/2008 |
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Analysts and experts had expected Lee to escape prolonged jail time because judges have often been lenient to South Korean corporate leaders convicted of white collar crimes on the basis that putting them behind bars could hurt business.
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| Solar-thermal stores energy for peak usage |
7/17/2008 |
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Along with cost per watt, solar thermal's biggest selling point is its ability to store energy and deliver electricity to consumers during periods of peak power demand.
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| U of Michigan achieves ultra bright OLED |
7/17/2008 |
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By fabricating a tandem system of grids and micro lenses on a white OLED, the device can achieve a brightness of over 70 lumens per watt, compared with 15 lumens for incandescent bulbs.
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| Intel beats analysts' expectations |
7/16/2008 |
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Intel, the world's No. 1 semiconductor company based on sales, posted a 25 percent surge in profit for the June-quarter on record shipments of mobile microprocessors and chipsets. Net income rose to $1.6 billion, or 28 cents per share, compared with $1.3 billion, or 22 cents per share.
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| Photovoltaic cars race from Dallas to Calgary |
7/16/2008 |
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The 24 teams racing from Dallas to Calgary are mostly from American universities and colleges, but they also include Canadian entries such as Eclipse VI from Ecole de technologie superieure (ETS; Montreal) and Schulich 1 from the University of Calgary.
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| SEMI president predicts equipment sales to fall |
7/15/2008 |
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While this drop follows 6% market growth in 2007, SEMI believes the semiconductor manufacturing equipment industry will experience a rebound with annual growth of 13% in 2009, and 6% in 2010.
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| 10 Gbit/second Ethernet ramps up |
7/15/2008 |
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"What is interesting to note is the number of startups that are currently playing in this space, with some actually surpassing sales of 10GE chips compared with established companies," said Aileen Arcilla, a senior analyst for semiconductors at IDC.
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| Gartner cuts forecast for handsets |
7/15/2008 |
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Gartner now predicts the market will grow by 10-11 percent in 2008, having forecast growth would be between the 10 and 15 percent range just two months ago.
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