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| Digital convergence promises to reshape industry and world |
12/13/2007 |
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Digital convergence promises to reshape the entire electronics industry. The shift will be characterized by lower power consumption, higher processing capacity, greater functionality, interoperability and wireless access to information from myriad sources along with rapid introduction of new products.
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| Attentions are on future server power consumption |
12/13/2007 |
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In total, electricity to power computer servers and related infrastructure worldwide reached 123 billion kWh in 2005, which is equivalent to fourteen 1,000-megawatt power plants, or 14 typical nuclear or coal-burning plants
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| SSD standard in the forming |
12/12/2007 |
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Taiwan manufacturers in the NAND flash industry are probing the possibility of forming a solid state drive (SSD) alliance to work towards setting worldwide standards for a device promising to replace the hard disk drive (HDD) as the market mainstream.
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| DRAM market at below cost level |
12/12/2007 |
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Samsung and Hynix in combination own nearly 50% of the global DRAM market, once they or other DRAM makers decide to reduce production, we will then see a chance for DRAM market to reach a balance between supply and demand next year
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| TSMC has 32nm technology not based on high-k |
12/12/2007 |
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TSMC calling attention to the fact that this is the first 32 nm low-power technology that did not have to resort to high-k gate dielectric and metal gates to achieve its performance characteristics.
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| AMD's disclosed bug on Barcelona |
12/12/2007 |
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A chip-level bug, or errata, that affected both the quad-core Opterons and AMD's recently released quad-core Phenom desktop processors was "part of the reason" for the sluggish ramp-up, said Phil Hughes of AMD Global Communications.
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| Wii shortage, a pricing strategy? |
12/11/2007 |
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By rationing the supply of Wii, Nintendo might have hit upon the right strategy to forestall the inevitable price erosions and the low, low margins most consumer electronics products suffer.
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| LED Christmas lighting have its own set of problems |
12/11/2007 |
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"My experience last year with LED lights was less than satisfactory ... While I am loath to spend the money for electricity, I think I will switch back to the old-fashioned warmth of regular lights this year."
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| Problems ahead at Motorola |
12/11/2007 |
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Fundamentally, Motorola suffers from a dysfunctional design and supply chain system that is prone to churning out one-time hit products in the wireless handset industry, a fast-growing market that analysts say requires quicker updates, a wider range of products and a deeper understanding of consumer preferences.
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| Tessera filed complaint on DRAM package infringements |
12/11/2007 |
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The companies named as respondents in this ITC complaint include A-DATA Technology, Acer Inc., Acer America, Centon Electronics, Elpida, International Products Sourcing Group, Kingston Technology, Nanya Technology, Peripheral Device and Product Systems, Inc., Powerchip Semiconductor, ProMOS Technologies, Ramaxel Technology, SMART Modular, and TwinMOS Technologies.
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| Sony to close sites in France |
12/11/2007 |
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Sony France SA announced its decision to sell its manufacturing site in Pontonx-sur-L'Adour, in the French region of Aquitaine, and to cut 230 jobs, on a total of 791 jobs, at its mobile phone plant in Ribeauvill, in the French region of Alsace
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| More manufacturers moved into SSD |
12/10/2007 |
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Toshiba America Electronic Components Inc. late Sunday announced their entry into the emerging market for NAND-flash-based solid-state drives (SSD) with a series of products
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| Irland to go "true green" on lighting |
12/10/2007 |
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Legislation is being introduced to ban the sale of the normal incandescent lightbulb from January, 2009 so as the normal lightbulb breaks, householders will have to replace them with the more environmentally friendly long-life bulb which uses far less energy.
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| Dell to shut down India R & D Center |
12/7/2007 |
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Dell Inc. plans to shut down its India based hardware R&D unit , and will relocate its R & D work to its centers in Texas and Taiwan.
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| Apacer cancels Taiwan IPO |
12/7/2007 |
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Apacer Technology has called its plans to list on Taiwan's over-the-counter (OTC) stock market, saying it does not want to go forward amid the industry downturn.
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| VIA reports poor 3rd Quarter revenue |
12/6/2007 |
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VIA report November revenue were only NT$737 million (US$22.81 million), a drop of 29.07% compared to NT$1.04 billion in October and a drop of 35.6% on year
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| Dipping SDRAM chip prices |
12/6/2007 |
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SDRAM prices are plunging quickly as DRAM makers scramble to unload SDRAM chips inventory that has piled up since the start of the low season
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