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| DRAM makers look to reduce DDR2 testing times |
1/10/2006 |
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Since late last year, several DRAM makers have begun requesting that testing houses cut their DDR2 memory testing times by 20-40% amid cost concerns, according to sources
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| UMC top officers resigned |
1/9/2006 |
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After recently announcing his intentions to resign his post as chairman of United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC), Robert Tsao today kept his word by officially announcing his resignation
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| Market for LCD TVs keeps growing |
1/6/2006 |
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Global LCD-TV shipments soared past expectations in the second half of 2005 due to rising manufacturing capacity and falling prices, iSuppli said in its report.
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| Judge ruled in favor of Rambus |
1/5/2006 |
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Rambus Inc. said a judge dismissed a motion to throw out its lawsuit against chipmaker Hynix Semiconductor Inc., sending the computer memory technology company's shares surged.
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| DRAM prices stablize |
1/5/2006 |
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Despite a quiet week for DRAM transactions, stronger-than-expected demand during the year-end holidays have prompted most DRAM makers to plan on raising DRAM contract prices 3-5% in the first half of January, said DRAMeXchange.
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| Samsung market cap reached $100 billion |
1/5/2006 |
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The market capitalization of Samsung Electronics exceeded $100 billion (100 trillion won) on Wednesday, making the company one of only four in Asia to reach that mark.
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| South Korea exports $78 billion electronic products |
1/4/2006 |
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South Korea's electronics exports rose to $78.02 billion in 2005, up a modest 5 percent from a year ago, due mainly to surging sales of LCDs, digital TVs and semiconductors, the Ministry of Information and Communication reported Wednesday.
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| Tower Semi Q4 sales up 50% |
1/4/2006 |
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Tower Semiconductor Ltd. said it expects revenue for its Q4 ended December 31, 2005 to be approximately $31 million, an increase of approximately 50 percent sequentially over Q3.
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| Samsung, LG.Philips to mass produce 7G LCD |
1/3/2006 |
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Samsung Electronics and LG.Philips LCD separately reported the commencement of 7th generation (7G) thin-film transistor (TFT) liquid crystal display (LCD) panel production.
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| AMD licenses Rambus technology |
1/3/2006 |
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Rambus Inc. said Tuesday that chip manufacturer Advanced Micro Devices Inc. has agreed to pay $75 million over five years to license Rambus technology for boosting the speed at which computer chips communicate with each other.
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| Socket-478 going strong in emerging market |
12/29/2005 |
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Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) and VIA Technologies, two major chipset specialists in Taiwan, anticipate that strong sales of Socket-478 motherboards from the channel segment in emerging markets will be driving shipment growth throughout the first quarter of 2006.
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| Year end "state of memory" |
12/29/2005 |
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In DRAM spot market today, most OEMs were ready for inventory checking at the end of the year.
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