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| VIA and SIS may skip Computex |
4/9/2008 |
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Chipset makers VIA Technologies and Silicon Integrated System (SiS) have decided not to participate in Computex 2008.
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| Intel delays P45 chipset |
4/4/2008 |
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The delay of the chipset is due to problems over compatibility between the chipset's PCI Express x16 port and graphics cards, noted the sources, adding that Intel has notified them that the problem should be solved and ready to launch 2-4 weeks.
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| Intel to use Atom on low cost notebook |
4/4/2008 |
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Future Classmate PCs will be built with the Intel Atom processor because it is an energy-efficient, low-cost computer chip designed to provide wireless capability to small mobile computing devices such as netbooks. Atom processors range from 800 MHz to 1.86 GHz in speed.
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| Hynix licensed technology for future NVM process |
4/4/2008 |
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While existing memory technologies can be difficult to manufacture beyond the 40-nm process node, STT-RAM has shown excellent scalability with shrinking design rules, translating to greater density and, ultimately, lower cost per die.
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| Patent reform coming up on docket |
4/4/2008 |
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Bills are aimed in part at curbing a flood of patent litigation by limiting damages and the over-use of so called "rocket dockets," courts such as the Eastern District of Texas that tend to quickly set trail dates for patent suits.
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| LCD backlight TV delayed due to cost |
4/3/2008 |
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Despite a lot of interest in LED backlight units (BLU), "the reality is that the cost is 2 to 2.5X that of a cold-cathode fluorescent (CCFL) BLU," traditionally used in LCD TVs
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| Effect of exchange rate felt in Semi-industry |
4/3/2008 |
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During 2007, the U.S. dollar devalued against the NIS by 9 percent. During the first two months of 2008, the dollar has devalued by a further 5.9 percent against the NIS. The devaluation had a negative impact on the company's operating expenses outside the U.S. in 2007, and Nova has said it is concerned that it might have a negative impact on its expenses in 2008.
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| Indian companies anxious to buy Motorola |
4/3/2008 |
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Chairman of Videocon Industries Ltd., as saying that "we have hired one of the world's top three investment bankers, who will convey our interest to buy out the mobile-handset business of the U.S. company."
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| Solar efficiency boosted by gallium selenide |
4/3/2008 |
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CIGS technology converts 19.9 percent of the sunlight hitting the cell into power, beating the previous mark of 19.5 percent and nearing the multicrystaline silicon cell record of 20.3 percent.
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| DRAM leaders said: No price hike |
4/1/2008 |
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``As far as I know, Samsung Electronics has no immediate plans to raise contract computer chip prices to major clients,’’ a Samsung source who is familiar with the situation told The Korea Times Monday.
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| Gartner releases 2007 semi manufacturer ranking |
4/1/2008 |
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Three vendors in the top 10 reporting double-digit growth while four vendors showed declines in revenue, Stamford, Conn-based market research company Gartner Inc reported worldwide semiconductor revenue of $273.9 billion in 2007, a 3.8% increase from 2006.
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| European smart card security compromised |
4/1/2008 |
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Chaos Computer Club (CCC) experts along with colleagues from the University of Virginia cracked the encoding scheme with little effort. The achievement allows the crackers to read out data, recharge payment cards, copy RFID cards or generate "new" users.
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| Dell to eliminate Austin manufacturing |
4/1/2008 |
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Plans to save $3 billion annually over the next three years by closing its Austin, Texas desktop computer manufacturing plant and cutting thousands of jobs.
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| Rambus threatened to file injunction agains Hynix |
3/31/2008 |
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Fresh off a major courtroom victory over Hynix Semiconductor and other manufacturers, Rambus says it's considering seeking an injunction against Hynix to keep it from making memory chips that infringe on its patents.
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| Elpida calls for 20% increase in chip prices |
3/31/2008 |
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Elpida will inform computer makers that it plans to increase prices 10 percent in the first half of next month and another 10 percent in the second half of April after demand rose and inventory levels fell, Chief Executive Officer Yukio Sakamoto said in a Bloomberg Television interview broadcast today.
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| Printable solar cells? |
3/31/2008 |
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Printed electronics technology promises extremely low cost, flexible, and disposable circuitry that can be manufactured with custom inkjet printers or high-speed presses with designers using multilayer ink formulations.
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| Indian tech companies owns work but not the IP |
3/31/2008 |
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Indian engineers' names appear on patents they help develop for their overseas clients, but the overseas customers own those patents. India companies typically file invention disclosures on behalf of their customers, but rarely own any IP based on their work.
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| iPhone to go full 3G |
3/31/2008 |
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"Our latest channel checks point to a significant production build of a 3G iPhone beginning in the month of June after a initial small build in May,"
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