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| Chips sales hit records |
10/2/2006 |
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Worldwide sales of semiconductors reached an all-time monthly record of $20.5 billion in August, an increase of 10.5 percent from the $18.6 billion reported in August 2005, according to the latest report from the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA).
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| ATE sales to slow down ahead |
10/2/2006 |
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Most ATE vendors experienced a surge in orders in recent quarters, but vendors are now seeing a slowdown.
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| Intel to develop "Tera-scale" chips |
9/29/2006 |
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At the Intel IDF, Justin Rattner said that during the next decade online software services, hosted by mega data centers with more than a million servers, will allow people to access personal data, media and applications from any high-performance device to play photo-realistic games, share real-time video and do multimedia data mining
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| Half million Thinkpad batteries recalled |
9/29/2006 |
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LENOVO are recalling more than half a million notebook batteries made by Sony after a Notebook caught fire at the Los Angeles International Airport on September 16.
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| Lenovo offers AMD-based PC |
9/29/2006 |
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Lenovo has rolled out its first AMD-based desktop PC, which is being targeted at small businesses.
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| Intel unveil $400 Laptop at IDF |
9/28/2006 |
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Intel president and CEO Paul Otellini introduced a sub-US$400 "Classmate PC" notebook model for the company's "Intel World Ahead Program" that targets emerging markets
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| Intel "Bearlake" chipset to support DDR3 Memory |
9/28/2006 |
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Intel plans to launch its second-generation quad-core processors - the Yorkfield series–as replacement parts for the upcoming Core 2 Quad (codenamed Kentsfield) CPUs in the third quarter of 2007.
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| Intel to offer 802.11n Wi-Fi |
9/28/2006 |
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Intel disclosed details about its next-generation mobile processor platform, including support for the emerging 802.11n Wi-Fi standard.
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| Microsoft release new IE security patch |
9/27/2006 |
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Microsoft released a new security patch to fix a "critical" flaw in its Internet Explorer (IE) Web browser, which, according to the company, could allow a hacker to take control of a user's computer.
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| Intel launch new 945GC chipset |
9/27/2006 |
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Intel will introduce the 945GC chipset, which will support an FSB of up to 800MHz for the Core 2 Duo E4000 and Pentium E1000 CPU families, in the first quarter of 2007.
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| Micron to sample DDR3 Chip |
9/26/2006 |
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Micron Technology said it will start producing DDR3 memory with a 1-Gbit chip made in its 78-nm process that is ready to ship to customers for evaluation.
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| Intel to launch low end Xeon at IDF |
9/26/2006 |
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Intel will launch a low-end version of its Xeon processor based on the Core 2 Duo at the fall Intel Developer Forum, which kicks off this week.
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| NEC announce world 's first eDRAM |
9/25/2006 |
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NEC Electronics have announced what is claimed to be the industry's first 55nm CMOS-compatible embedded DRAM (eDRAM) technology.
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| IC Insights: Semi electronic market to expand |
9/22/2006 |
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While next year is likely to bring a yawner of an electronics systems sales increase -- 7 percent -- IC Insights is speculating that 2008 might actually be “a surprisingly good year,” for the semiconductor industry.
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| Samsung executive to go to jail for DRAM price fixing |
9/22/2006 |
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The Justice Department maintains that the price-fixing scheme directly affected sales to U.S. computer makers Dell Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., Compaq Computer Corp., IBM Corp., Apple Computer Inc., Gateway Inc. and Sun.
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| Dell request hearing on Nasdaq delisting |
9/22/2006 |
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Dell is unable to file its Form 10-Q on schedule because of questions related to an informal investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) into certain accounting and financial reporting matters
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