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| Elpida, PSC venture to ramp up output |
1/26/2007 |
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Joint venture partners Elpida Memory Inc. and Powerchip Semiconductor Corp. aim to launch manufacturing operations with a 70-nm process by this summer.
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| Elpida said DRAM prices would fall |
1/26/2007 |
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Elpida Memory foresees intensifying price pressure in the first quarter 2007 and estimates that overall prices will drop by 20%, according to the company.
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| Xbox helps lift Microsoft |
1/26/2007 |
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The Xbox, along with sales of Microsoft's server software, lifted the company's revenues during the quarter reported Thursday.
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| Chartered forth quarter earnings disappoint |
1/26/2007 |
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Chartered posted forth quarter gross profit $67.7 million on revenues of $339.1 million down 4.6 percent from Q3 and down 7.6 percent from the same quarter a year ago.
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| AMD sells its low cost PC asset |
1/25/2007 |
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Data Evolution Holdings Inc. (DEC) has completed the acquisition of Advanced Micro Devices Inc.'s Personal Internet Communicator (PIC) device technology assets.
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| Nanya earnings jump |
1/25/2007 |
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Nanya announces its fourth quarter revenues grew by 56% year to year at NT$22.33 billion (US$680 million) in the fourth quarter of 2006. Net income totaled NT$6.47 billion, a 2120% jump from last year.
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| TCL PCs to be powered by AMD chips |
1/25/2007 |
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AMD cut a deal with China-based TCL Computer which will offer a range of commercial notebooks and desktops based on AMD processors.
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| Nokia earnings beats forecast |
1/25/2007 |
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Nokia's earnings rose to €0.32 from €0.25 per share a year earlier with sales of €11.7 billion ($15.22 billion), beating the analysts' average projection of €11.57 billion.
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| Qimonda earnings beat expectation |
1/24/2007 |
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Qimonda reported the fiscal first quarter net profit of 177 million euros compared to a loss of 127 million euros a year ago. Sales jumped 73 percent to 1.17 billion euros ($1.52 billion) year-over-year.
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| Sun returns to black |
1/24/2007 |
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Sun posted second-quarter net profit of $126 million, or 3 cents per share, compared with a net loss of $223.0 million, or 7 cents per share, a year ago. Revenue rose to $3.57 billion from $3.34 billion.
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| AMD reported a loss |
1/24/2007 |
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AMD posted a surprise quarterly loss on Tuesday amid a price war with Intel Corp.
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| Sandisk, Toshiba to ship 56nm flash |
1/23/2007 |
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SanDisk Corp. announced the of launch of its 56-nm, multi-level cell (MLC) flash memory chips this month with Toshiba Corp. at Fab 3 (300-mm) wafer fabrication near Nagoya, Japan.
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| PCS delivers upbeat earnings, outlook |
1/23/2007 |
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After announcing its 2006 profits triple, Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) said it is confidence over the memory outlook in 2007 and projects earnings to grow further.
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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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