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| PCB makers production affected by Snowstorm |
1/30/2008 |
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PCB makers are seeing their production in China affected by severe snowfall that is causing transportation chaos and power shortages in the eastern and central parts of the country
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| Toshiba profits down |
1/30/2008 |
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Toshiba posted a worse-than-expected 25 percent drop in quarterly operating profit after flash memory chip prices ate into profit margins.
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| Fiber network gaining consumer accepatance |
1/25/2008 |
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In a recent survey of customer satisfaction, respondents ranked Verizon's Fios FTTH network highest in satisfaction with 96 percent of respondents satisfied with the service. By contrast, satellite-based services for DirecTv and Dish Network ranked at 89 and 82 percent respectively.
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| New spectrum auction starts |
1/25/2008 |
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The major bids likely came from companies with very deep pockets. The big three outfits that signaled their intention to bid in advance of the auction were AT&T, Google, and Verizon.
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| ST and Infineon stock down |
1/24/2008 |
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Qimonda chief executive Kin Wah Loh blamed a 40% drop in prices for dynamic random-access memory chips during the December quarter, which dashed attempts to reduce operating expenses and improve productivity.
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| IBM/AMD deal speculated |
1/24/2008 |
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"The takeover of AMD by IBM has been mentioned before and with AMD shares being so low, it might be a good time for IBM to acquire them," said William Lefkowitz, options strategist at brokerage firm vFinance Investments in New York.
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| Mobile handset shipment on the rise |
1/24/2008 |
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The market research group forecasts 1.24 billion units will be sold globally in 2008, up 10 percent from 1.12 billion during 2007.
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| DRAM contract price firming up |
1/23/2008 |
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Spot price as well as contract price both saw an exciting upward trend last night. In spot market, as supply of DRAM reduced markedly, DDR2 branded chips appreciated more than 10%.
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| Inotera and Nanya count loses |
1/23/2008 |
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"The outlook for the second half seems more promising, with tightness on the supply side appearing a possibility,"
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| National Semi to retrench |
1/23/2008 |
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Approximately 200 positions will be eliminated from the analog company’s worldwide manufacturing facilities, costing National some $20 million in charges.
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| Siemens claim to have perfected 802.11n |
1/23/2008 |
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Though not yet finally ratified by the IEEE, the 802.11n standard is expected to offer five times the throughput of existing Wi-Fi networks, plus increased stability and reliability.
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| HP wants to lead in power saving PC |
1/22/2008 |
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HP has long focused on developing products designed with the environment in mind, and it was the first PC manufacturer to register an EPEAT Gold product with the HP Compaq rp5700 Long Lifecycle Business Desktop PC in 2007.
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| Elpida to deliver 64bit wide LPDRAM |
1/22/2008 |
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x64-bit 256-megabit DDR Mobile RAM with a clock frequency of 166MHz that enables a 2.6GB/sec high-speed data transmission rate. Ultra-low voltage of 1.2V I/O (VDDQ) based on world-leading technology to enable low-power consuming mobile products.
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| Nanochip funded on terabyte silicon memory |
1/22/2008 |
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"As flash process technology scaling begins to approach its limits, Nanochips technology is well positioned to provide memory capacity with exponentially higher storage densities at a cost per gigabyte significantly below that of flash technology."
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| DRAM packaging price squeezed |
1/21/2008 |
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DRAM makers have asked the suppliers for a 20% break in their quotation prices. And most have accepted -- under the threat that contract buyers would ship gross dies instead of packaged and tested chips to customers if the requests were turned down, the paper notes.
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| Analyst predicts DRAM prices to stay at bottom |
1/21/2008 |
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Converge believes that current spot-market pricing is where the market will remain during the next 3 months, plus or minus a percentage point. There is not much room for further decline,
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| Patent reform heats up on Capital Hill |
1/21/2008 |
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Calls for patent reform will heat up next month when the US Senate is expected to take up a broad and controversial patent reform bill that aims to raise the quality of patents and reduce patent litigation and abuse.
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| PC market continue to expand |
1/21/2008 |
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"We're still talking about significantly strong and healthy growth" even if it slows to about 8 percent from 10 percent or more in emerging markets, AMD CEO Hector Ruiz said on a Thursday conference call, referring to markets such as Eastern Europe, China, the Middle East and Africa.
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| Sprint to cut 4000 jobs |
1/18/2008 |
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Sprint Nextel said today it plans to cut 4,000 jobs and close 125 retail locations in an expected slowdown in subscriber growth and revenue.
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