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| Oracle missed sales but beat earning targets |
3/27/2008 |
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Oracle announced fiscal third-quarter earnings rose 30% from a year ago, in line with Wall Street expectations. But sales missed forecasts, a possible sign that big businesses may be starting to pull back on tech spending.
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| Rambus got victory this round |
3/27/2008 |
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Rambus won a major court victory Wednesday in its decade-long effort to get royalties from the world's major DRAM makers.
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| Worldwide Semi equipment sales up in 2007 |
3/27/2008 |
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Worldwide sales of semiconductor manufacturing equipment rose 6% over $40.47 billion in 2006 to $42.77 billion, industry association Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI)reported.
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| PC industry experinced battery shortage |
3/26/2008 |
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Dell Inc said the market was experiencing a shortage of laptop batteries partly because of a recent fire at a major supplier, but the company was working with other suppliers to limit any price increases.
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| Motorola to spin off handset division |
3/26/2008 |
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Motorola Inc. announced plans to separate its struggling handset business from other operations Wednesday, forming two separate, publicly traded companies.
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| Analyst lowers Micron's earning estimates |
3/26/2008 |
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Semiconductor analyst lowered estimates on Micron Technology Inc’s February quarter estimates due to a combination of memory price deterioration, lower gross margin assumptions, and weaker than initially anticipated image sensor volumes.
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| Slower economic might hurt PC growth |
3/26/2008 |
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Worldwide PC shipments are forecast to reach 293 million units this year, a 10.9% jump from 2007, a market research firm said. But weaker economic could drive the growth down to single digit.
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| Renesas plans to expand back-end production |
3/25/2008 |
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Renesas Technology announced plans to invest four billion yuan (US$566.4 million) to add a new building at its back-end process plant to increase its capacity for micro-controller production.
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| 40nm manufacturing process by TSMC |
3/25/2008 |
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TSMC announced its first 40 nm manufacturing process technology that includes a full design service package and a design ecosystem that covers verified third party IP, third party EDA tools, TSMC-generated SPICE models and foundation IPs.
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| Intel unveiled WiMax/WiFi module for Notebook |
3/19/2008 |
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Intel has unveiled the prices for its upcoming Echo Peak WiMAX/Wi-Fi and Shirley Peak Wi-Fi modules with volume shipments of the wireless modules for Montevina-based notebooks.
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| SIS to restructure company |
3/17/2008 |
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Silicon Integrated System (SiS) has signed off on plans to reorganize the company and will spin-off its investment management, digital TV, and mobile device businesses to form three wholly-owned subsidiaries.
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