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| Creative fights back with lawsuit |
5/16/2006 |
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Creative Technology Ltd. filed suit against Apple Computer Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California for allegedly infringing a Creative patent governing the user interface in portable media players, including those used in Apple’s iPod, iPod Nano and iPod Mini.
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| AMD introduces energy saving chips |
5/16/2006 |
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AMD has begun to market a line of energy-efficient desktop processors that consume a maximum of 35 to 65 watts. Current AMD desktop chips can consume a maximum 89 watts or more.
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| Gate, Otellini optimistic on PC growth |
5/16/2006 |
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Bill Gates and Paul Otellini, two titans of the PC industry, said reports of the demise of personal computer are premature as PCs find new functions in the growing market for digital devices, including cell phones and music players.
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| Chip inventories on the rise in 2nd half |
5/15/2006 |
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Chip inventories continue to surge and point towards a possible and dreaded ¡§correction¡¨ in the semiconductor industry for the second half of 2006, warned an analyst.
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| Xilink sampels 65nm Virtex-5 FPGA |
5/15/2006 |
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Xilinx has started general sampling of its 65nm FPGA family Virtex-5 and expects to be in volume production of the first version of Virtex-5 at the beginning of next year.
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| Infineon unveils 65nm handset chip |
5/12/2006 |
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Infineon Technologies unveiled handset chips equipped with its 65nm CMOS process technology and said that products with this new technology are expected to be market-ready towards the end of 2006.
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| Qimonda planning year end IPO |
5/10/2006 |
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Ending speculation about the location of the initial public offering for its memory chip affiliate, Qimonda, Infineon Technologies will hold the IPO at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) later this year.
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| TSMC sales up in April |
5/10/2006 |
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Taiwan Semiconductor said that its April 206 sales were about $865 million, 43.7 percent a above sales in the same month in 2005 and up 0.2 percent over March 2006.
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| Dell lowers guidance |
5/10/2006 |
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PC maker Dell Computer said it expects to achieve GAAP earnings per share of approximately 33 cents for its fiscal 2007 first quarter and expects revenue of approximately $14.2 billion.
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| Samsung raise Nand Flash Price |
5/9/2006 |
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Samsung Electronics and Hynix Semiconductor have separately raised their NAND flash-memory prices for the first time this year.
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| Intel announces new brand name for chips |
5/8/2006 |
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Intel will sell its new generation of 65-nanometer desktop and laptop chips under the brand name “Core 2 Duo” when it launches them this summer, the company said.
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