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| Yahoo affirms low-end growth rate |
5/18/2006 |
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Yahoo Inc. Chief Financial Officer Sue Decker said Wednesday the company can at least meet the low end of its current 2006 revenue growth forecast.
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| Samsung said chips sales to be brisk |
5/17/2006 |
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Samsung Electronics expects stronger demand for computer memory chips in the second half of this year and sees NAND flash memory chip prices strengthening.
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| Flash to reach $27 billion by 2008 |
5/17/2006 |
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The flash card market is expected to grow to more than $27 billion by 2008, according to market analyst Semico Research Corp.
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| HP meets earnings target |
5/17/2006 |
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Hewlett-Packard Co. posted a profit of $1.5 billion, or 51 cents per share on sales of $22.6 billion in its second fiscal 2006 quarter ended April 30, compared with earnings of $1.0 billion, or 33 cents per share on sales of $21.6 billion in the year-ago quarter.
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| Wafer shipments slowing down |
5/16/2006 |
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Total silicon wafer shipments were 1,884 million square inches in the first quarter of 2006, an increase of 3 percent from 1,826 million square inches shipped during the previous quarter, according to the SEMI Silicon Manufacturers Group (SMG).
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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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