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| NOR Flash, life extended |
4/13/2007 |
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Considering the ongoing growth of the cellular industry, it's clear why manufacturers continue to make process improvements to NOR flash. Spansion, in announcing its soon-to-be-released 65-nm MirrorBit, said it has already begun development of a 45-nm NOR flash.
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| Space debris can blind US security satellites |
4/12/2007 |
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The additional debris (of the Chinese satellite killer), makes space astronomically more dangerous than it was on the eve of the 10th of January for both military and civilian payloads," Moseley said.
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| India: the fastest growing cell phone market! |
4/12/2007 |
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"A rise in per-capita income, the arrival of less-expensive phones, declines in tariffs, pro-industry and pro-consumer regulations enacted by the government and a host of other factors have been instrumental in driving this growth,"
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| Qimonda signed supply package with Spansion |
4/12/2007 |
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The companies have signed a strategic supply agreement that will combine Qimonda's low-power specialty DRAM with Spansion's MirrorBit NOR and ORNAND devices into multi-chip packages (MCP) memory solutions for mobile devices.
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| DDR2 chip stack infringement filed |
4/12/2007 |
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Lin Packaging Technologies filed suit against Infineon and Nanya Technology for infringing on two patents involving packaging of DDR2 memory modules.
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| CEO change at MosAid |
4/11/2007 |
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Mosaid announced the appointment of Carl Schlachte, president and CEO of ARC International, as chairman of Mosaid's board of directors, effective immediately. Schlachte succeeds Thomas I. Csathy, who has served on Mosaid's board for 16 years.
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| Carl Icahn to gain more control in Motorola |
4/11/2007 |
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In January, Icahn launched a campaign for a spot on Motorola's board of directors; he has since lobbied hard for shareholders to vote for him, describing himself as "an individual selected outside of the nomination process under which all board members are nominated by existing Motorola directors."
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| LED backlight enters into mainstream |
4/11/2007 |
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Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. said Wednesday (April 11) it would begin producing a 24-inch LCD panel with an LED backlight that enables computer monitors to deliver color quality resembling that of today's high-quality TVs.
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| Intel up Quad-core processor speed |
4/11/2007 |
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The Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6800 is the 12th chip in the quad-core product line and, at 2.93 GHz, the fastest desktop processor in the lineup. The new product, built on Intel's 65-nanometer process, has an 8 Mbyte cache and supports a 1066-MHz system bus.
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| Body motion to power electronic devices |
4/10/2007 |
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"We are creating a portable, adaptable and cost-effective technology for powering small electronic devices. Our nanogenerator allows us to harvest or recycle energy from many sources."
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| Samsung handset certified for DivX video |
4/10/2007 |
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"The addition of DivX certification to the Samsung F500 mobile handset opens a broad ecosystem of digital media that can be taken on the road while preserving the kind of high-quality experience that video aficionados demand,"
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| Toshiba waged war on 17 companies |
4/10/2007 |
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Toshiba today said that it filed a formal complaint on April 6 with the International Trade Commission (ITC) against 17 manufacturers and importers of DVD players, DVD recorders and other DVD-related products.
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| AMD lowers forcast |
4/10/2007 |
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AMD expects to report Q1 revenue of approximately $1.225 billion, down significantly from the $1.6 billion to $1.7 billion in Q1 revenues the company had forecast in January.
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| TSMC rolls 45-nm process |
4/9/2007 |
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd officially rolled out its 45-nm process technology for foundry customers, with plans to enter production as early as September 2007.
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| AMD cut prices on Athlon CPU |
4/9/2007 |
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AMD has cut prices for its desktop processor range with prices falling up to US$200 for high-end Athlon 64 FX-70 series processors.
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| NO cell phone on planes, FCC said |
4/4/2007 |
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The Federal Communications Commission said that it has terminated a proceeding that considered the use of cellular phones on airplanes.
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