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| Spansion to start 65-nm production a year early |
10/13/2005 |
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Spansion LLC, a joint venture between Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and Fujitsu Ltd., is planning to manufacture flash memory chips made using 65-nanometer manufacturing processes in 2006 instead of 2007 as reported earlier, according to an executive.
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| Wafer shipments expected to up 2% |
10/13/2005 |
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Year-end shipments of wafers are expected to be 2 percent higher than 2004 shipments, with total wafer shipments increasing by about 7 percent in 2006, according to the SEMI Silicon Manufacturers Group (SMG).
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| STMicro to build chip facility in India |
10/13/2005 |
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STMicrolectronics is planning a ¡§fully-fledged¡¨ chip manufacturing facility in Greater Noida near New Delhi, according to a report in The Economic Times from New Delhi.
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| DRAMeXchange said global DRAM output up 5% |
10/12/2005 |
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Global DRAM output continued to grow in September, with all segments up more than 5% from August and the total reaching 627.79 million 256Mbit equivalent units, according to DramXchange.
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| Survey shows modest IC growth in 2006 |
10/12/2005 |
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A survey showed that semiconductor industry is projected to see a modest improvement in growth for the first half of 2006, according to ChangeWave Research.
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| AMD earnings surpassed expectation |
10/12/2005 |
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AMD delivered third quarter earnings that were above expectation with sales of $1.523 billion and net income of $76 million, or $0.18 per diluted share.
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| LG Philips sales up 46% |
10/11/2005 |
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LG.Philips LCD today reported sales for its Q3 ended September 30 increased 46 percent to $2.6 billion (2.7 trillion Korean won) from $1.8 billion (1.9 trillion won) in the same quarter last year
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| Intel to unveil new chip |
10/10/2005 |
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Intel Corp. will unveil new chips on Monday that it hopes will close a performance gap with rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. in the market for server system chips, the Wall Street Journal reported.
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| Xilinx lowers quarterly guidance |
10/10/2005 |
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Xilinx Inc. lowered its sales guidance for fiscal Q2 2006, now expected to be down 1 to 2 percent sequentially, below prior guidance of flat to up 4 percent sequentially, the company reported.
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| Courts won't rehear RIM's patent case |
10/10/2005 |
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A U.S. appeals court refused to reconsider an earlier ruling that upheld patent infringement charges against RIM and their popular BlackBerry wireless e-mail device.
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| TI's Templeton: development alliance is too slow ! |
10/7/2005 |
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“Alliances are a patch you use when you can’t afford something. It is a slower, negotiated process. TI in the past did joint development and there was a slower result. … Our focus is on time to market and time to volume,” he said.
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| Flextronics to expand into India |
10/7/2005 |
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Singapore-based electronics manufacturing services (EMS) provider Flextronics reported today it would expand its existing operations in India through an agreement, to build an industrial park in Chennai.
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| Toshiba to expand on Flash production |
10/7/2005 |
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Toshiba (Tokyo) said it would look to boost capital spending above its initial plan for 169 billion yen ($1.49 billion) in the 2005 and 2006 time frame.
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| ATI feels obstacle on PC market |
10/7/2005 |
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ATI reported that PC revenue fell 18 percent to $377 million, due mostly to lower sales of performance and enthusiast desktop products.
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| Lockheed to supply military display system |
10/7/2005 |
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The awards are a follow-on to the AN/UYQ-70 Advanced Display Systems program contract initially awarded to Lockheed Martin in 1994. This indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract covers a five-year period and is valued at an estimated $500 million.
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| Atmel to unload its France fab |
10/6/2005 |
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“We are pleased to be able to reach an agreement that will preserve many jobs in France,” said George Perlegos, "this sale is an important step in Atmel’s plan to consolidate its manufacturing and reduce costs."
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| Luminescent Tech and SMIC to partner in 65nm litho |
10/6/2005 |
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The two companies will apply ILT to IC designs in their collaboration that commenced with the installation of Luminescent's Explorer development platform at SMIC’s production facility in Shanghai.
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