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| TMSC profit squeezed amid rising costs |
5/27/2008 |
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TSMC said on Tuesday it may increase its prices amid rising costs. Semiconductor makers face higher costs to build state-of-the-art chip plants for most cutting-edge chips, and are also feeling the pain of high oil prices and rising inflation.
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| Microsoft Windows Mobile sales on target |
5/27/2008 |
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Microsoft said that the company expects sales of its Windows Mobile operating system to grow by at least 50% annually through fiscal years 2008 and 2009.
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| Infineon without CEO, to sell stage |
5/27/2008 |
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Amid the departure of its top executive, rumors said that Germany's Infineon is looking to sell a 40-to-50 percent stake in the company to private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Co. (KKR), according to reports.
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| Acer offers new Gaming PC |
5/22/2008 |
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Acer unveiled a new the high-margin "gaming PC" called the "Predator series", part of its Aspire G range of desktop and notebook PC systems.
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| Intel reopens Chengdu Factory |
5/21/2008 |
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Intel said it has reopened its chip assembly and test facility in Chengdu, China, a site 55 miles from the epicenter of the massive earthquake that rattled Sichuan province last week.
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| Qimonda launch GDDR5 chip |
5/21/2008 |
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Qimonda today announced that the company has won AMD as launch partner for the new graphics standard GDDR5
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| Intel release price for Centrino2 CPU |
5/21/2008 |
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Intel has release pricing for six 45nm dual-core notebook CPUs it is planning to launch in late June along with its Centrino 2 notebook platform, according to sources at notebook makers.
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| Altera launch new Stratix IV FPGA |
5/20/2008 |
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Altera Corp announce a new family of 40-nanometer FPGA also known as HardCopy IV structured ASICs, as well as corresponding software tools for both device types.
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| MicroSoft and Yahoo deal not dead yet |
5/19/2008 |
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MicroSoft said it has proposed an alternative deal to Yahoo, rather than a full acquisition, in a move that could save the web pioneer from fighting a proxy battle with financier Carl Icahn.
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| DRAM prices altered semi manufacturer ranking |
5/16/2008 |
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Companies that moved down in IC Insights ranking included DRAM-supplier Qimonda, whose nightmare continued in Q1 as the company dropped 10 positions from 19th overall in 2007 to 29th in Q1 based on a 52% sales decline year-over-year.
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| Qualcomm won new spectrum bid in UK |
5/16/2008 |
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"Acquiring this spectrum will enable us to develop, test and explore a variety of innovative wireless services and technologies that will benefit European consumers and the wireless industry as a whole."
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| Kingston invests in Flash controller company |
5/15/2008 |
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Kingston is paying roughly $5 million for 10% of Taiwan's Phison Electronics Corp., a maker of controller chips for USB flash memory drives. The investment is part of Kingston's expansion into flash memory for consumer electronics and computers, which began in 2003.
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