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| Micron to setup research lab at Utah University |
11/2/2007 |
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Micron announced that its non-profit arm, the Micron Technology Foundation, has pledged to donate $1 million over the next four years to create the Micron Research Center at the Utah State University College of Engineering
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| Nextest reports profit amid stronger sales |
11/2/2007 |
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ATE vendor Nextest Systems Corp. said revenue for the quarter ended Sept. 29 was $23 million, up 67 percent from the June 2007 quarter revenue of $13.8 million but down 14 percent from the September 2006 quarter revenue of $26.9 million.
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| Cisco next expansion in China |
11/2/2007 |
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Cisco announced a multi-year, $16 billion series of initiatives to expand in China with investments in manufacturing, venture capital and education efforts.
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| UMC Q3 report beats estimates |
11/1/2007 |
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UMC reported that its Q3 revenue increased 11.4 percent year-over-year and 23.6 percent sequentially to $952 million (31 billion New Taiwanese dollars) while net income rose 7.5 percent year-over-year and 88 percent sequentially to $283 million (9.23 billion NT).
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| Rambus narrows loss |
11/1/2007 |
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Rambus Inc posted a smaller quarterly loss than a year earlier as legal costs fell sharply.
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| SMIC's loss widen |
10/31/2007 |
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SMIC has reported a net loss of US$25.6 million for the third quarter ended September 31 due to severe price declines in the DRAM market.
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| $200 laptop shipped to Libya |
10/31/2007 |
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Intel and Microsoft are supplying Libya's government with 150,000 rugged laptop computers that cost $200 to build and are designed to meet the needs of children in developing countries.
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| 2-Gbit DDR3 chip by Micron |
10/30/2007 |
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Micron today announced what the company claims is the industry's first 2-Gbit double data rate (DDR) 3 component, which, the company said, is now the highest density DDR3 component available on the market.
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| Matsuhita earnings rise |
10/30/2007 |
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Matsushita Electric Industrial posted a 3 percent gain in quarterly operating profit on strong sales of digital cameras and flat TVs, but kept unchanged an annual outlook that falls short of market expectations.
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| SanDisk sues competitors on patent infringement |
10/29/2007 |
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SanDisk Corp. has filed three patent infringement complaints against 25 companies that manufacture, sell and import USB flash drives, CompactFlash cards, multimedia cards, MP3/media players and other removable flash storage products.
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| Toshiba quarterly earnings increase |
10/29/2007 |
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Toshiba posted a 38 percent rise in quarterly operating profit on Monday, thanks to sales of its flash memory chips and thermal power plants, and it raised its full-year outlook closer to market estimates.
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| Nokia raise market shares in handset |
10/29/2007 |
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Nokia shipped 111.7 million units or nearly four in 10 handsets shipped worldwide, a 10.8% increase from the 100.8 million units sold in the second quarter, a market research firm said.
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| Global chip sales rose 5.9 percent |
10/29/2007 |
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Global chip sales rose 5.9 percent in September as demand for cell phones and personal computers increased, the Semiconductor Industry Association said.
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| Applied Material named new CTO |
10/26/2007 |
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Stork is a recognized leader in the semiconductor industry and will lead the roadmap for Applied’s silicon technology equipment, oversee integrated technology development across the silicon products,
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| SanDisk named 25 companies on infringement suit |
10/26/2007 |
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The Milpitas, Calif.-based company on Wednesday announced the filing of three patent infringement actions against 25 companies that manufacture, sell and import USB flash drives, compact flash cards, multimedia cards, MP3/media players and/or other removable flash storage products.
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| Balloon at 22miles high telescopes the Sun |
10/26/2007 |
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Placing a telescope at that attitude places it above turbulence, dust, clouds—all the things that satellites are launched above, but at a cost of thousands of dollars compared to millions for a satellite launch.
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