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| Part of Asia Network restored |
12/28/2006 |
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Asia's telecommunications services were partly restored on Thursday after earthquakes off Taiwan cut undersea cables and knocked millions of users offline.
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| AMD, New York signed deal on new fab |
12/27/2006 |
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AMD signed a Grant Disbursement Agreement with the state of New York on Friday to build a new 300mm wafer fabrication facility in Saratoga County, N.Y.
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| Samsung unveils new mobile DRAM |
12/27/2006 |
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Samsung claims it has developed the first 1-gigabit DRAM chip for mobile products, using 80-nanometer process technology. The new chip is at least 20 percent thinner than existing chipsets that use up to two 512-megabit chips, and it uses about 30 percent less power, the company said in a press release.
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| Asia network affected by earthquake |
12/27/2006 |
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Telecommunications around Asia were severely disrupted on Wednesday after earthquakes off Taiwan damaged undersea cables, slowing Internet services and hindering financial transactions.
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| Elpida delivers 70nm DDR2 chips |
12/27/2006 |
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Elpida Memory has begun mass production of the DRAM industry's first 1-gigabit and 512-megabit DDR2 SDRAMs using 70-nanometer process technology, according to a report.
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| Samsung president plead guilty on price fixing |
12/22/2006 |
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The president of Samsung Semiconductor Inc., a U.S. subsidiary of South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., has agreed to plead guilty, serve 10 months in prison and pay a $250,000 fine in connection with an ongoing U.S. Justice Department investigation into DRAM price fixing in 2001 and 2002, according to a Reuters report.
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| Solectron profit lowers |
12/22/2006 |
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Solectron Corp. posted a lower quarterly net profit as the contract electronics manufacturer booked higher restructuring costs.
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| Micron profit triple |
12/22/2006 |
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Micron Technology Inc. posted a bigger-than-expected quarterly profit Thursday as the company benefited from higher prices for computer memory.
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| Jabil earnings beat forecast |
12/21/2006 |
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Jabil Circuit Inc., an electronics contract manufacturer, said Wednesday its fiscal first-quarter revenue rose 34 percent from a year earlier to $3.2 billion.
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| NAND flash prices continue heading downward |
12/21/2006 |
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DRAMeXchange indicates that demand for NAND flash in China to continue increase through Chinese New Year in mid-February. The research firm, however, noted that some players will minimize their inventory to improve their financial statement.
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| Siemens set new record on network speed |
12/21/2006 |
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Germany's Siemens AG has set a new speed record for electrical processing of data through a fiber-optic cable, it said on Wednesday, opening the possibility of cheaper Internet and data networks.
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| Gartner forecast Capex up to stay flat in 2007 |
12/20/2006 |
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Gartner Inc. predicted that capital equipment spending will be $56.6 billion in 2007, up only 1 percent compare to 2006, but it will rebound and grow by 16.1 percent to $65.7 billion in 2008.
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| Circuit City posted loss |
12/19/2006 |
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No. 2 electronics retailer Circuit City posted a surprise third-quarter loss versus expectations for a profit, saying that its results in the important holiday quarter were hurt by the price war that Wal-Mart ignited, especially in the flat-panel television category.
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| China destination for used semi gears |
12/19/2006 |
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By the year 2009, the China market for used semiconductor equipment will hit $800 million, as more foreign companies decide to move their legacy gear to the country, according to an analyst from Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International.
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| Taiwanese DRAM makers gave bullish outlook |
12/19/2006 |
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PowerChip Semiconductor Corp. of Taiwan and Japan's Elpida Memory Inc. last week announced a joint venture to build what the companies billed as the world's largest memory fab in the Central Taiwan Science Park.
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| Hynix released 60nm DDR2 chips |
12/18/2006 |
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Hynix Semiconductor unveiled high capacity modules based on its 60nm 1Gbit DDR2 DRAM chips. This new memory is aimed for high performance graphic and mobile markets.
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