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| First spec on NAND flash interface standard |
1/23/2007 |
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Working on standardizing the NAND flash memory interface, The Open NAND Flash Interface (ONFI) Working Group unveiled its first specification for that common integration with consumer electronics, computing platforms and industrial systems.
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| 4-bit-per-cell flash by Spansion |
1/23/2007 |
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Spansion Inc is pushing its four-bit-per-cell MirrorBit flash memory into production this quarter with densities ranging from 256Mbit to 2Gbit.
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| TI earnings beat forecast |
1/23/2007 |
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Texas Instruments posted a better than expected quarterly profit due to a tax credit, but its first-quarter forecast fell short of analyst forecasts due to average selling price phones and declining inventories across the board.
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| Samsung pours in 1.9 billion to boost DRAM output |
1/22/2007 |
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Samsung Electronics said it would invest about $1.9 billion to boost chip output as it expects another strong year for DRAMs which have been enjoying brisk sales and higher margins amid a surge in demand for personal computers.
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| Microsoft to launch Zune in Europe by year end |
1/22/2007 |
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Microsoft corp. is happy with the early sales of its Zune music player in the United States and it could launch the service in Europe before the end of 2007, its marketing director said.
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| Motorola announced job cut of 3500 |
1/22/2007 |
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Motorola announced plans to cut 3,500 jobs, or 5 percent of its work force. Motorola's CEO Ed Zander said the job cuts, which should be completed in the first half of 2007, will save the company about $400 million over two years.
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| Sun to use Intel's Xeon chips |
1/22/2007 |
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Sun Microsystems Inc. will announce plans to use Intel's microprocessors, according to a source familiar with the situation.
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| HP shipment tops Dell again |
1/19/2007 |
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According to Gartner, worldwide PC unit shipments in Q4 grew 7.4 percent compared to a year ago: 67.3 million units were shipped over the quarter, the firm said.
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| NEC offers Hi-k film for 55nm notes |
1/19/2007 |
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CB-55L is based on NEC Electronics' UX7LS CMOS process technology, which the company claims is the first 55-nm process to utilize a high-k dielectric. The introduction of the high-k dielectric would reduce leakage current to one-fourth.
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| Spansion samples 65nm Mirror Bit memory |
1/19/2007 |
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Spansion Inc. said Thursday (Jan. 18) it has begun sampling 65-nanometer MirrorBit Ornand devices optimized for data storage in high-end, multimedia wireless handsets.
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| Apple PC sales grew 28% |
1/19/2007 |
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"Apple's done extremely well compared to the overall U.S. market," says Gartner analyst Mikako Kitagawa. While overall U.S. total sales slipped 3.2% in the fourth quarter of 2006 compared to 2005's last three months, Apple swelled its numbers by 30.6%.
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| TI can get 100,000:1 contrast on your TV |
1/18/2007 |
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“LEDs can switch very fast, and DLP mirrors switch very fast, it allows us to expand the color gamut and get higher image quality,” John Reder, manager for DLP TV worldwide strategy and business development at TI.
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| Intel made prototype processor based on 45nm |
1/18/2007 |
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The 45-nm process is scheduled for production in the second half of 2007 and will ramp to three 300-mm factories in 2008. ''These are good indicators of how healthy our 45-nm manufacturing and future product designs are looking so far,'' according to an Intel spokeswoman.
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| IBM Fishkill is looking for tenants |
1/18/2007 |
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The available space includes 103,000 square feet of Class 100 clean room, an additional 100,000 square feet for adjoining offices, 25,000 square feet of office space with 200 desks ready to "plug and play," and 30,000 square feet of flex space with minimal permitting required for build-to-suit projects, IBM said.
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| China to try SCDMA at 2008 Olympic |
1/18/2007 |
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Client can reach download speeds of up to 1Mbps and upload speeds of 500Kbps while traveling at 120 kilometers per hour. Xinwei has several devices in production, including access points, PCMCIA cards and modules for PDAs. It is also prototyping a combination 3G/McWiLL handset.
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| iSupply discloses iPhone cost to make |
1/18/2007 |
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Based on intelligence from the suppliers' community, that some of the winners could be Micron Technology, with its imaging sensors, Marvell Technology, CSR for Bluetooth, and Samsung for the audio chip.
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| Qimonda buys into phase-memory technology |
1/17/2007 |
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“Ovonyx’ PCRAM technology has the potential to revolutionize the flash and DRAM businesses,” said Kin Wah Loh, president and CEO of Qimonda, in a statement.
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| Intel to sell Jerusalem fab to Sony Ericsson |
1/17/2007 |
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Israel will shut down Fab 8 in Jerusalem, which currently employs around 600 workers, but sell Fab 18 at Kiryat Gat with an announcement due in a matter of days, according to the report.
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| Intel to sell Colorado Fab. |
1/17/2007 |
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The company is on track to generate spending and manufacturing cost savings of approximately $2 billion in 2007 exclusive of restructuring costs.
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| Skype founders venture into IPTV |
1/17/2007 |
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The service, which combines file-sharing software and broadcast television over the Internet, is expected to launch by June and is already undergoing private trials in a number of countries and with several content providers.
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| KYEC China to concentrate on DDR2 package and test |
1/16/2007 |
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The company will be well prepared for its deployment in the DDR2 sector by consolidating with its subsidiaries. The paper cited Lee as saying that these subsidiaries will focus on DDR2 packaging and KYEC will maintain its focus on testing.
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| HP has breakthrough on FPGA cross-bar connection |
1/16/2007 |
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Hewlett-Packard Co. claimed a breakthrough that could lead to the creation of field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) up to eight times denser — while using less energy for a given computation.
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